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International Migration Outlook 2008: Sweden country note

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10-Sep-2008

This country note together with a standardised table describes recent trends in migration movements and policies.

Video: Angel Gurría accepts the "MDG3 Global Call to Action"

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21-May-2008

On 21/5/08 the Swedish Minister for Development Co-operation Gunilla Carlsson presented MDG3 champion torches to the OECD’s Secretary-General, Angel Gurría, and to the Chair of the DAC, Eckhard Deutscher.

Seminar on “Embracing globalisation in the 21st century: a dialogue on the Nordic approach

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21-May-2008

Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General

In his welcome at the Seminar on “Embracing globalisation in the 21st century: a dialogue on the Nordic approach”, Mr. Gurría wondered if there is a “Nordic model”, if the Nordic approach is sustainable and if elements of this approach were transferable.

Economic Policy Reforms: Going for Growth 2008 - Sweden Country Note

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04-Mar-2008

This note, taken from Chapter 2 of Economic Policy Reforms: Going for Growth 2008, contains information about the progress in implementing reforms in line with the 2007 priorities for Sweden. 

Babies and Bosses - Key Outcomes of Sweden compared to OECD average

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21-Nov-2007

Key indicators on fertility, female and sole parent employment, childcare participation, child poverty and gender pay gap.

Pensions at a Glance 2007: how does your country compare? A selection of indicators

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07-Jun-2007

Gross pension replacement rates (pre and post reform), Net pension replacement rates and Pension wealth, from OECD Pensions at a Glance - Public Policies across OECD Countries 2007 Edition.

Baltic Partnerships: Integration, Growth and Local Governance in the Baltic Sea Region

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16-Apr-2007

This book analyses new economic development in the Baltic States and Northwest Russia and provides suggestions on how to speed up this progress.

Trends in Severe Disability Among Elderly People (Health Working Paper No. 26)

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30-Mar-2007

Gaétan Lafortune, Gaëlle Balestat

As the number and share of the population aged 65 and over will continue to grow steadily in OECD countries over the next decades, improvements in the functional status of elderly people could help mitigate the rise in the demand for, and hence expenditure on, long-term care.

The Labour Market Integration of Immigrants in Sweden (OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers No. 48)

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26-Feb-2007

Georges Lemaître

Immigrant work force in Sweden is under-represented among the employed. There is a general awareness that the issue needs to be solved and an impressive mobilisation of the social partners in this regard.