All posts tagged "Growth"

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  Report suggests new national authority to improve health care in China

  The government of China should consider establishing a national authority to lead improvements across the health system, according to a new report which highlights the challenges created by the country’s

  • Posted July 28, 2016
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  OECD praises Turkey’s ‘resilient’ business sector but calls for reforms

  The OECD has praised Turkey’s business sector for demonstrating “extraordinary resilience” during the current political unrest in the country, but also called for the government to implement a number of policies in

  • Posted July 19, 2016
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  EU exports to South Korea increase by 55% after bilateral trade deal

  EU exports to South Korea have increased by 55%, and European companies have saved €2.8 billion (US$3.2 billion) in scrapped or discounted customs duties, since the European Union struck a

  • Posted July 4, 2016
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  OECD calls on Canada to design new policies to boost productivity

  The Canadian economy is adjusting to the fall in commodity prices, but additional policies are needed to boost productivity, reduce financial stability risks and make future growth stronger, greener and

  • Posted June 14, 2016
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  EU urges member states to improve populations’ skills with new 10-point action plan

  The European Commission has called on member states to boost the quality of skills and their relevance for the labour market after studies showed that 70m Europeans lack adequate reading

  • Posted June 13, 2016
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  Iain Rennie announces new transport secretary for New Zealand

  Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) chief Peter Mersi will become transport secretary and chief executive of the transport department in July, state services commissioner Iain Rennie has announced today. Mersi

  • Posted May 31, 2016
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  EU migration crisis has exposed ‘structural issues’ in Sweden’s housing market, says OECD

  Delays in the settlement of EU migrants in Sweden have exposed structural issues in the country’s housing market, according to a recent OECD report which calls on the government to

  • Posted May 23, 2016
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  America’s troops to get 1.6% wage increase, but critics say the law calls for bigger rise

  A key panel in the U.S. upper house has voted in favour of a 1.6% pay rise for America’s troops. The Senate Armed Services Committee last week approved the proposals

  • Posted May 19, 2016
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  Wanted: ‘forward-thinking and innovative leader’ to become World Bank’s next chief economist

  The World Bank is looking for a new chief economist. The new appointee will support the World Bank’s president – Dr Jim Yong Kim – and its senior management in

  • Posted May 16, 2016
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  Latvia to join OECD ‘rich nations’ club’

  Latvia is to join the OECD, after the organisation’s council agreed unanimously to invite the small nation to become its 35th member. The country with a population of 2m people will

  • Posted May 13, 2016
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