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OECD is inviting comments, The
- 2008-09-01
on draft guidelines to help pensions regulators and supervisory authorities improve pension fund governance. The guidelines, which were first issued as an OECD recommendation in 2005, have since been revised by the OECD working party on private pensions. New issues covered by the revised guidelines include the need for balanced...
Protecting pensions; policy analysis and examples from OECD countries
- 2008-08-01
Protecting pensions; policy analysis and examples from OECD countries. OECD 2007 315 pages $67.00 Paperback Private pensions series; no.8 HD7091 This book examines how government policy makers can promote the financial security of occupational defined-benefit plans, particularly those financed by pension funds....
OECD chief warns of 'peril' if Europe does not reform
- 2008-03-24
LONDON AFP — Europe faces "peril" if it does not reform its labour and product markets, Angel Gurria, the secretary-general of the OECD warned in an interview published Tuesday. "Reform is indispensable," Gurria told the Financial Times business daily. "People have to be aware of the costs of...
Many countries slash unemployment benefits
- 2008-02-01
Faced with labor shortages and pressure on pension funding due to aging populations, one in three countries have cut unemployment benefits in the last six years to encourage unemployed people to find jobs, according to an Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development OECD report. In December, the OECD released...
global takes
- 2008-01-01
YOU WORK HARDER You teach more hours than anybody else in the developed world. Well, maybe not you personally, but American teachers easily outrank educators in 34 other industrialized countries in the number of hours they teach, according to a new report from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development....
Japan
- 2007-12-01
The economic expansion--the longest in Japan's post-war history--continues despite some deceleration in the pace of growth since early 2007. A further tightening of the labour market is projected to reverse the decline in wages, helping to sustain output growth of some 1 1/2-2% in 2008-09 and pushing inflation into positive...
News: UK relies heavily on employers to provide pensions.
- 2007-11-26
Byline: James Thomas The disparity between the UK's occupational and state pension provision has been highlighted in a global indu-stry report. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development OECD Pension Markets Focus underlines just how heavily the UK's pension system is...
OECD health care spend rises to cope with aging populace
- 2007-11-13
PARIS AFP — Leading industrialised nations are spending more and more money on health care to cope with aging populations and a surge in the consumption of medicines, the OECD said Tuesday. Data published in an OECD report called "Healthcare at a glance 2007" show that its 30 member...
The Fraser Institute: High-Priced Canadian Health Care System Provides Poor Access to Care Compared to Other Nations.
- 2007-11-05
CALGARY, ALBERTA, Nov 5, 2007 Marketwire via COMTEX -- Canada spends more on health care than any industrialized nation except Iceland and Switzerland yet we rank near the bottom in terms of access to physicians and new medical technology, according to a new study released today...
Conference to examine world obesity epidemic
- 2007-10-19
WASHINGTON AFP — Some 1,800 researchers will gather in New Orleans this weekend to discuss efforts to treat and contain the worldwide obesity epidemic. More than 300 studies will be presented during the annual conference, organized by the Obesity Society, a US scientific association created 25 years ago to...
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