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Good news! Teas shops and private businesses in Tamil Nadu to open from Monday

The government has permitted the tea stalls to open in the state although nobody would be allowed to drink tea outside or inside the stall.




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Why do Russian firms use fixed-term and agency work contracts?

This study looks into the use of fixed term contracts and agency work in Russia during and shortly after the crisis 2009 10 with the help of an enterprise survey.




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Russia and the World: Challenges of Integration - G20’s Answers to the Global Challenges

During the Gaidar forum on "Russia and the World: Challenges of Integration", OECD Chief of Staff and G20 Sherpa Gabriela Ramos gave a presentation on the role of the G20 in solving the global economic and financial crisis, the most pressing challenges the Group faces today and OECD recommendations to address them, as well as Russian G20 Presidency’s role in moving forward the G20 agenda.”




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Secretary-General in Moscow, for the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting (14th - 16th February 2013)

The Secretary-General of the OECD will be in Moscow from 14th to 16th February 2013, to attend the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting organized under the Chairmanship of the Russian Federation.




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Education at a Glance 2013 - Country notes and key fact tables

Education at a Glance 2013 - Country notes and key fact tables




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G20 Leaders’ Summit: Growth and Global Economy

Building an international tax system that is transparent, efficient and fair, will serve our economies, our governments and our citizens, said OECD Secretary-General at the G20 summit in St. Petersburg.




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Openings for AngularJS/NodeJS/Java/PHP Tech Lead/Core Dot Net for MNC Company- Andheri Seepz

Company: Confidential
Experience: 4 to 8
location: Mumbai, Mumbai City, Navi Mumbai, Thane
Ref: 24828121
Summary: Openings for AngularJS/NodeJS/Java/PHP Tech Lead/Core Dot Net for MNC Company- Andheri Seepz Experience: 1) Angular JS: 3 to 5 Years 2) Node JS: 3 to 5 Years 3) Java: 3 to 5 Years 4) PHP Tech....




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Work From Home Jobs (Excel Data Entry, Data Processing & Handwriting Jobs) Serious candidates only-R

Company: RM Infotech
Qualification: Bachelor of Arts (B.A), Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch), Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A), Bachelor Of Computer Application (B.C.A), Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com), Bachelor Of Technology (B.Tech/B.E), Bachelor of Education (B.Ed), Bachelor in Hotel Management (B.H.M),....




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Work From Home Jobs (Excel Data Entry, Data Processing & Handwriting Jobs) Serious candidates only

Company: RM Infotech
Qualification: Bachelor of Arts (B.A), Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch), Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A), Bachelor Of Computer Application (B.C.A), Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com), Bachelor Of Technology (B.Tech/B.E), Bachelor of Education (B.Ed), Bachelor in Hotel Management (B.H.M),....




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Work From Home Jobs (Excel Data Entry, Data Processing & Handwriting Jobs) Serious candidates only

Company: RM Infotech
Qualification: Bachelor of Arts (B.A), Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch), Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A), Bachelor Of Computer Application (B.C.A), Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com), Bachelor Of Technology (B.Tech/B.E), Bachelor of Education (B.Ed), Bachelor in Hotel Management (B.H.M),....




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Graphic Designer Req For Canada | Australia | New Zealand

Company: Pear Visa Immigration Services Private Limited
Experience: 2 to 8
Salary: 45.30 to 61.60
location: Australia, Canada
Ref: 24210092
Summary: Conceptualizing visuals based on requirements Creating images and layouts by hand or using design software Testing graphics across various media




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Openness and Transparency - Pillars for Democracy, Trust and Progress

Openness is one of the key values that guide the OECD vision for a stronger, cleaner, fairer world. This is why the OECD welcomes the launch of the Open Government Partnership today and the efforts led by Presidents Obama and Rousseff to promote government transparency, fight corruption, empower citizens and maximise the potential of new technologies to strengthen accountability and foster participation in public affairs.




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Divided We Stand: Why Inequality Keeps Rising- Country Note: United States

This country note provides information on latest trends in income inequalities as well as key findings from the 2011 OECD report "Divided We Stand: Why Inequality Keeps Rising".




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Improving Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems: OECD Conference Proceedings

How can government policies move towards increasing agricultural innovation and improving productivity? This OECD conference shared case studies and ideas from Europe, China, United States, India, Africa, Brazil, Australia and New Zealand.




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Governance: The Chicago Tri-State metro area is a powerful region – policy makers must work together to maintain a global pole position and fully realise the region’s potential

Chicago is at a tipping point: despite economic strengths, it faces considerable challenges to compete in the “Premier League” of world-class cities, warns the OECD’s review of the Chicago Tri-State Metropolitan Region.




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Ensuring Transparency and Integrity in Lobbying

On 8 June 2012 an International Seminar on « Ensuring Transparency and Integrity in Lobbying : Towards a Regulatory Framework » will take place in Moscow, Russia.




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Economy: The United States needs to foster education and innovation to keep its cutting edge

The United States should do more to foster innovation and provide more equitable access to high-quality education in order to maintain its status as the world's most vibrant and productive economy, according to OECD's latest Economic Survey of the United States.




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OECD Development Centre and UN Women event - 5 July

The OECD Development Centre will present the 2012 Social Institutions and Gender Index at UN Women in New York on 5 July. The event will be hosted by the UN Women Research and Data Section and chaired by Michelle Bachelet, Executive Director of UN Women.




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Education at a Glance 2013 - Country notes and key fact tables

Education at a Glance 2013 - Country notes and key fact tables




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OECD: Postsecondary education key to maintaining global standing of U.S. workforce

The United States should improve postsecondary career and technical training provisions to help students transition smoothly into education programs and the labor market, according to a new OECD report published today.




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Europe and the United States: Jump-starting the engine of global growth

The OECD was born transatlantic since its very origins as the Organisation for European Economic Cooperation in 1948, established in the immediate post-war period to manage and distribute Marshall Plan aid to reconstruct Europe. The centre of gravity of the world economy is now shifting and will continue to do so but this does not mean that the Transatlantic Partnership has a lesser role to play on the global stage, said Angel Gurría.




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OECD Secretary-General visit to Washington and launch of OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), 2-3 December 2013

The Secretary-General of the OECD, Mr. Angel Gurría, will be in Washington on 2-3 December 2013, to present the results of the 2013 OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), alongside Mr. Arne Duncan, Secretary of Education of the United States. The Secretary-General will also meet with several high-level US officials.




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PISA 2012 mathematics, reading and science results - United States

Note summarising the performance of 15-year-old students in the United States in the PISA 2012 assessment of mathematics, reading and science




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A USA and International Perspective on 2012 PISA Results

PISA provides the most comprehensive international comparison of the skills and knowledge of 15-year-olds around the world in mathematics, science and reading. We take stock in three year periods and run the numbers and publish them a year later. Thus, these results correspond to the 2010-2012 period and they are the 5th set we prepare and publish since 2000.




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EU-US trade and investment talks: Why they matter

Talks to free up more trade and investment between the European Union and the United States got under way early in 2013. A good agreement in 2014 would be a positive thing, and not just for the EU and the US.




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“Happy, Healthy and Wise” are Top Priorities for American, Canadian Users of OECD Better Life Index

When it comes to well-being, American users of the OECD Better Life Index (BLI) want to be happy, Canadians care most about health, while Latin Americans strive for better education. That’s according to user feedback as the Index marks its third birthday.




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Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS)- Country Note - United States

Country notes highlight some key findings from TALIS 2013 for individual countries and economies




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Health-care expenditure and health policy in the USA versus other high-spending OECD countries

The USA has exceptional levels of health-care expenditure, but growth slowed dramatically in recent years, amidst major efforts to close the coverage gap with other OECD countries.




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Educational Attainment and Mobility Slowing in the United States, OECD Finds

The proportion of adults in the U.S. population with a tertiary qualification is growing more slowly than in most OECD countries, while fewer Americans are achieving an educational level which is higher than that of their parents, a new OECD study finds.




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OECD maps location of skilled U.S. workers and the employers who seek them

U.S. employers are demanding skilled workforces, but are not always able to find a local supply, says a new OECD study looking at Job Creation and Local Economic Development.




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Job Creation and Local Economic Development in the United States

This publication highlights new evidence on policies to support job creation, bringing together the latest research on labour market, entrepreneurship and local economic development policy to help governments support job creation in the recovery. It also includes a set of country pages featuring, among other things, new data on skills supply and demand at the level of smaller OECD regions (TL3).




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Revenue Statistics and Consumption Tax Trends 2014: Key findings for the United States

The tax burden in the United States of America increased by 1percentage point from 24.4% to 25.4% in 2013. The OECD average was an increase of 0.4 percentage points from 33.7% to 34.1%. The United States is the only OECD country that employs a retail sales tax rather than a value added tax (VAT) as the principal consumption tax.




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Low oil prices and monetary easing triggering modest acceleration of global recovery

Low oil prices and monetary easing are boosting growth in the world’s major economies, but the near-term pace of expansion remains modest, withabnormally low inflation and interest rates pointing to risks of financial instability, according to the OECD’s latest Interim Economic Assessment.




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Addressing Growing Inequality through Inclusive Growth: Insights for the US and Beyond

In his speech delivered at the Brookings Institute, OECD Secretary-General Gurría explains that OECD’s numbers tell a clear-cut story of how our traditional economic growth agenda has neglected inclusiveness. Yet to begin to tackle this problem, we have to understand that inequality is not just about money. It touches every area of people’s lives.




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Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes: United States

The United States has been successful at reducing the mortality due to cardiovascular diseases (CVD) but the burden of CVD and diabetes is increasing rapidly.




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"Is the United States still the land of opportunities for migrants?"

It is often said that the United States is a nation of immigrants. Is the US still the best place to settle in?




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Global mayors join forces to address inequalities and foster inclusive growth in cities worldwide

Mayors from cities across the United States, Asia, Europe, Africa and Latin America gathered in New York to launch a global campaign to address rising inequalities and foster inclusive growth in their cities, in their countries and worldwide.




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OECD welcomes ground-breaking peer reviews by China and US of their fossil fuel subsidies

The OECD has welcomed the release by China and the US of peer reviews of their fossil fuel subsidies.




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US manufacturing decline and the rise of new production innovation paradigms

Between 2000 and 2010, US manufacturing experienced a nightmare. The number of manufacturing jobs in the United States, which had been relatively stable at 17 million since 1965, declined by one third in that decade, falling by 5.8 million to below 12 million in 2010 (returning to just 12.3 million in 2016). Certainly, the 2007–08 recession accelerated the disruption, but the causes were also structural, not simply financial.




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OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2017 - United States highlights

This note presents selected country highlights from the OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2017 with a specific focus on digital trends among all themes covered.




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Research Fellowships and Conference Sponsorship

The Co-operative Research Programme (CRP)'s Call for Applications for conference sponsorship and research fellowships for funding in 2019 is now CLOSED. The CRP supports work on sustainable use of natural resources in agriculture, forests, fisheries and food production.




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OECD welcomes announcement of new trade agreement between US, Mexico and Canada

OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría has welcomed the announcement of a new, modernised United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.




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Long-Term Care in New Zealand

An overview of the long-term care situation in New Zealand is available here.




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Improving Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems: OECD Conference Proceedings

How can government policies move towards increasing agricultural innovation and improving productivity? This OECD conference shared case studies and ideas from Europe, China, United States, India, Africa, Brazil, Australia and New Zealand.




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Economic Policy Reforms: Going for Growth 2012 - New Zealand Country Note

This note is taken from Chapter 2 of Economic Policy Reforms: Going for Growth 2012.




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Education at a Glance 2013 - Country notes and key fact tables

Education at a Glance 2013 - Country notes and key fact tables




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Reflections on 120 years of women's suffrage in New Zealand

On 19 September 1893 New Zealand became the first self-governing country in the world to grant the right to vote to all adult women. New Zealand's Permanent Representative to the OECD Rosemary Banks says the 120th anniversary of this decision is an time to reflect on that achievement.




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New Zealand not immune from foreign bribery, says OECD

New Zealand must significantly increase its efforts to detect, investigate and prosecute foreign bribery. Since joining the Convention over 12 years ago, New Zealand has not prosecuted any cases of foreign bribery and only four allegations have surfaced to date. Outdated perceptions that New Zealand individuals and companies do not bribe may have also undermined detection efforts.




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Society at a Glance 2014 - Key findings for New Zealand

This note presents key findings for New Zealand from Society at a Glance 2014 - OECD Social indicators. This 2014 publication also provides a special chapter on: the crisis and its aftermath: a “stress test” for societies and for social policies.




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Recruiting Immigrant Workers: New Zealand 2014

New Zealand, is one of the OECD countries with large and longstanding labour migration. The report finds that by and large, the New Zealand labour migration system is functioning well. Several features of the NZ immigration system, such as the Expression of Interest system, are gradually about to become an example for selection systems elsewhere in the OECD.