Structural Issues

One of the purposes of OECD is to promote policies "to achieve the highest sustainable economic growth and employment and a rising standard of living in Member countries, while maintaining financial stability, and thus to contribute to the development of the world economy".

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OECD Economic Survey of Australia 2008

10-Oct-2008

The Australian economy, which is in its 17th consecutive year of growth, has benefited from remarkable results. But difficult challenges lie ahead. How to balance inflation threats and risks of a strong downturn? How to strengthen labour supply? How to enhance education performance? What reforms are needed for labour and product markets? How to implement climate change policy and sustainable water management?

The challenge of rapidly improving transport infrastructure in Poland

03-Oct-2008

Following many years of underinvestment, renovating and building new transport infrastructure is an important policy priority that would increase labour mobility and improve Poland’s competitiveness. .

Economic survey of Norway 2008

20-Aug-2008

The Norwegian economy has benefitted from rising world energy prices, fiscal restraint, successful monetary policy and a capacity to attract foreign labour. But difficult challenges lie ahead. Could the rapid rise in labour costs lead to inflation becoming entrenched? Is rising household debt a serious risk? How can the education system be improved?

OECD Economic Survey of Turkey

17-Jul-2008

Turkey should adopt tougher fiscal rules and reform its labour market to boost its economic performance, according to this new OECD report.

Regulation, allocative efficiency and productivity in OECD countries: industry and firm-level evidence

13-Jun-2008

This paper relates diverging productivity performances across OECD countries over the past fifteen years to differences in the stringency of regulations in the product market.

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