OECD: economic surveys: France, Italy, Portugal, Sweden, Argentina

Economic Survey of France Global economic conditions, monetary policy and structural reforms have supported exports and investment in recent years. However, global uncertainties and the effects of social unrests weighed on activity in 2018.   Available in ENGLISH and FRENCH OECD Secretary-General, Angel Gurría, with the French Minister of Economy and Finance, Mr. Bruno Le Maire.

Economic Survey of Italy Italy continues to suffer from long-standing social and economic problems. Italy's GDP per capita is at the same level as 20 years ago and well below its pre-crisis peak. GDP growth has slowed and is projected to contract by 0.2% in 2019 and expand by 0.5% in 2020. Expansionary fiscal policy and low growth will push the general government budget deficit to 2.5% of GDP in 2019 from 2.1% in 2018. Available in ENGLISH and ITALIAN

Economic Survey of Sweden GDP has expanded at an average rate of close to 3% over the past five years. Employment has grown steadily and the unemployment rate has fallen. But jobseekers are increasingly low-skilled and immigrants, who struggle to find jobs.. Read more... OECD's Secretary-General, Angel Gurría, with the Swedish Minister of Finance, Madame Magdalena Andersson

Economic Survey of Argentina The economy is in recession. A strategy of reducing the large fiscal deficit only gradually, the reliance on its foreign financing and high interest rates due to tight monetary policy opened up significant vulnerabilities. In April 2018, markets reacted with a reversal of capital inflows, exacerbating a slowdown of currency inflows due to a record drought. Available in ENGLISH and SPANISH

Economic Survey of Portugal Economic conditions in Portugal have improved markedly over the past few years. GDP is now back to its pre-crisis level and the unemployment rate has declined 10 percentage points since 2013 to below 7%, one of the largest reductions in any OECD country over the past decade. Available in ENGLISH and PORTUGUESE

Upcoming

JAPAN - Economic Survey 15 April CHINA - Economic Survey 16 April  MEXICO - Economic Survey - 2 May OECD Economic Projections - 21 May

OECD and the global political economy, 1948 to present - conference, Zurich, 27-29 August 2015

Received from my list of Economic History:

Dear all,
We are happy to announce the program for the first historical conference on the OECD entitled “Warden of the West. The OECD and the global political economy, 1948 to present” that will take place 27-29 August 2015 at the University of Zürich. You will find enclosed the conference poster and final program (both are also available at www.OECDhistoryproject.net).
Registration: attendance is free and all interested are most welcome. However, for organization purposes, please contact us (matthias.schmelzer@unige.ch) if you plan to attend the conference!
Please distribute widely.
Best wishes,
Matthias Schmelzer
Paul Bairoch Institute of Economic History
University of Geneva
Pont d'Arve 40, CH-1205 Geneva
www.unige.ch/ses/ihise

WARDEN OF THE WEST: THE OECD AND THE GLOBAL POLITICAL ECONOMY, 1948 TO PRESENT 

UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH, 27–29 AUGUST 2015

CONFERENCE PANELS:
Thursday 27.08.2015
• Increasing output. The challenges of productivity and free trade
• From growth to crisis. Overseeing the capitalist economy

Friday 28.08.2015
• Beyond competition. Connections across the economic front of the Cold War
• Being a member of the Club. Membership, rules, and access
• Natural limits. Facing environmental and energy challenges
• Roundtable – Writing the history of the OEEC/OECD

Saturday 29.08.2015
• Human capital. Managing and adapting the workforce
• Contested development. The Rich Mans’ Club and the Global South

CONVENORS
Prof. Matthieu Leimgruber & Dr. Matthias Schmelzer - Forschungsstelle für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte, University of Zurich, www.fsw.uzh.ch

CONFERENCE VENUE
Rämistrasse 74 (Law faculty building), room RAI-J-031

PROGRAM AND REGISTRATION
www.OECDhistoryproject.net

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

THURSDAY 27.08.2015
13h30 Welcome & Introduction
13h45 Increasing output. The challenges of productivity and free trade
Comments: Jakob Tanner (Zurich)
• Carine Germond (Maastricht)
Sharing ideas, shaping policy. Agricultural experts and expertise in the OEEC/OECD, 1955-1992
• Ludovic Fulleringer (Geneva & EHESS Paris)
Ore, wood and coal. A new look at the OEEC productivity program during the 1950s
• Wolfram Kaiser (Portsmouth)
The OEEC/OECD and steel, 1948-1989

15h45 Coffee break

16h15 From growth to crisis. Overseeing the capitalist economy
Comments: Tobias Straumann (Zurich)
• Floriane Galeazzi (Rouen)
The OECD WP3 as a gatekeeper of the international payments system, 1961-1987
• Samuel Beroud (Geneva)
“Positive adjustments”: the emergence of supply-side economics in the OECD and G7, 1975-1983
• William Glenn Gray (Purdue, USA)
Peer pressure in Paris. OECD country exams in the radical 1970s

18h30 Food and drinks

FRIDAY 28.08.2015
9h00 Beyond competition. Connections across the economic front of the Cold War
Comments: Sandrine Kott (Geneva)
• Andrej Marković (Zurich) & Ivan Obadić (EUI Firenze)
The limits of non-alignment. Yugoslavia and the OEEC/OECD, 1955-1980
• Daniel Stinsky (Maastricht)
“Community of destiny”? The OEEC and the UN Economic Commission for Europe, 1947-1961

10h30 Coffee break

11h00 Being a member of the Club. Membership, rules, and access
Comments: Richard Woodward (Hull)
• Heinrich Hartmann (Basel)
Professor Tinbergen’s delicate mission. OECD expertise between policy making and public protest in Turkey in the 1960s
• Peter Carroll (Hobart, Australia)
Access, influence and policy learning in the 1960s and 1970s: Australian, Japanese and New Zealand membership of the OECD
• Magdaléna Hadjiisky (Strasbourg)
Exploration of a conversion. New Public Management at the OECD-PUMA, 1970s-1990s

13h00 Lunch

14h15 Natural limits. Facing environmental and energy challenges
Comments: Rüdiger Graf (ZZF Potsdam)
• Henning Türk (Duisburg-Essen)
Anticipations and reactions. The OECD, the IEA and the second oil crisis in 1979
• Iris Borowy (Aachen)
Addressing transfrontier pollution: The OECD Environment Committee in the 1970s
• Dominique Pestre (EHESS Paris)
The Economicization of the environment. The place of OECD, 1970-2010

16h15 Coffee break

16h45 Roundtable – Writing the history of the OEEC/OECD
• Vincent Gayon (Paris-Dauphine)
• William M. Hynes (OECD NAEC Program)
• Matthieu Leimgruber (Zurich)
• Richard Woodward (Hull)

19h30 Conference Dinner

SATURDAY 29.08.2015
9h00 Human capital. Managing and adapting the workforce
Comments: Matthias Schmelzer (Zurich)
• Emmanuel Comte (EUI Firenze) & Simone Paoli (Padua)
The OEEC/OECD in West European migration policies, from the Cold War to the North-South confrontation, 1947-1986
• Regula Bürgi (Luxemburg)
Planned education for the “free world”. The emerging role of the OEEC/OECD in education expertise, 1957-1972
• Rianne Mahon (Waterloo, Canada)
Articulating a feminist agenda Inside the OECD. The Working Party on the role of women in the economy, 1974-1998

11h00 Coffee break
 
11h30 Contested development. The Rich Mans’ Club and the Global South
Comments: Corinne Pernet (Basel)
• Patricia Hongler (Luzern)
The construction of a Western voice. OECD and UNCTAD in the 1960s and 1970s
• Kevin O’Sullivan (Galway)
Mobilizing for development. The OECD, NGOs and global governance, 1973-1988

13h00 Wrap up comments and lunch


WARDEN OF THE WEST: THE OECD AND THE GLOBAL POLITICAL ECONOMY, 1948 TO PRESENT

1785) Livro da OCDE sobre retomada do crescimento

Economic Policy Reforms 2010
Going for Growth
Paris: OECD, 2010

Free PDF
Language: English Pages: 246 Tables: 22 Charts: 236 ISBN: 9789264079960 OECD Code: 122010031P1 Frequency: Annual

The world is currently facing the aftermath of the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. Going for Growth 2010 examines the structural policy measures that have been taken in response to the crisis, evaluates their possible impact on long-term economic growth, and identifies the most imperative reforms needed to strengthen recovery. In addition, it provides a global assessment of policy reforms implemented in OECD member countries over the past five years to boost employment and labour productivity. Reform areas include education systems, product market regulation, agricultural policies, tax and benefit systems, health care and labour market policies. The internationally comparable indicators provided enable countries to assess their economic performance and structural policies in a wide range of areas.

In addition, this issue contains three analytical chapters covering intergenerational social mobility, prudential regulation and competition in banking, and key policy challenges in Brazil, China, India, Indonesia and South Africa.
Other Versions: E-book - PDF Format

Multilingual summaries: English, German, Norwegian, Portuguese, Finnish, Greek, Dutch, Spanish, Chinese, Danish, Japanese

Table of contents:

Editorial: Shifting Gears by Pier Carlo Padoan
Executive Summary
PART I. TAKING STOCK OF STRUCTURAL POLICIES IN OECD COUNTRIES
Chapter 1. Responding to the Crisis while Protecting Long-term Growth
-Growth-enhancing structural policy responses to the crisis
-Sustainable growth after the crisis
Chapter 2. Responding to the Going for Growth Policy Priorities: An Overview of Progress since 2005
-Introduction
-Notes
-Bibliography
-Annex 2.A1. Constructing Qualitative Indicators of Reform Action
-Annex 2.A2. Incorporating Terms-of-Trade Gains and Losses into International Income Comparisons
Chapter 3. Country Notes
Chapter 4. Structural Policy Indicators
PART II. THEMATIC STUDIES
Chapter 5. A Family Affair: Intergenerational Social Mobility across OECD Countries
-Intergenerational social mobility reflects equality of opportunities
-Assessing intergenerational social mobility and its channels
-Cross-country patterns in intergenerational social mobility
-How do policies and institutions affect intergenerational social mobility?
-Concluding remarks
Chapter 6. Getting it Right: Prudential Regulation and Competition in Banking
-Introduction and main findings
-Prudential banking regulation
-Prudential regulation and competition in banking
Chapter 7. Going for Growth in Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, and South Africa
-Introduction
-Overview of performance differences among the BIICS and vis-a-vis OECD countries
-Applying the Going for Growth framework to the BIICS
-Other Policy Reforms to speed up convergence