ga Diagnostic of Chile’s Engagement in Global Value Chains By www.oecd.org Published On :: Fri, 04 Mar 2016 09:25:00 GMT This OECD report lays an empirical foundation for structuring economic policies to facilitate Chile’s participation in global value chains and to maximise the associated benefits for national firms and workers. Full Article
ga Organising sporting events: Preventing corruption and promoting responsible business conduct By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 12 May 2016 08:13:00 GMT This brochure looks at the corruption, labour, human rights and environmental risks associated with the organisation of large sporting events. It describes how OECD instruments and expertise in implementation of complex projects can help host governments, event organisers and their business partners ensure that the world of sport remains associated with the traditional values of excellence and fair play. Full Article
ga New OECD due diligence guidance targets the garment and footwear sector By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 08 Feb 2017 09:13:00 GMT 8/2/2017 - The OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains in the Garment and Footwear Sector will help enterprises to identify and prevent potential negative impacts related to human rights, labour, the environment and corruption in garment and footwear supply chains worldwide. Full Article
ga Due diligence guidance on stakeholder engagement in extractive industries By www.oecd.org Published On :: Mon, 05 Feb 2018 17:54:00 GMT When companies involve stakeholders, such as local communities, in their decision making, it enables them to identify, and account for the impacts of their activities, and contribute to positive social and economic development. To address the challenges raised when engaging with stakeholders, the OECD is preparing a user guide on how to undertake due diligence in engaging with stakeholders for mining, oil and gas enterprises. Full Article
ga Industrial robotics and the global organisation of production By dx.doi.org Published On :: Tue, 27 Feb 2018 12:06:00 GMT In order to safeguard their competitiveness in an increasingly digitalised global economy, governments across OECD and emerging economies are implementing a range of policy measures/programmes to support investment in and use of robotics. This paper assesses the extent to which robotics impact the organisation of production through offshoring and backshoring. Full Article
ga OECD highlights serious weaknesses in the fight against illicit trade By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 01 Mar 2018 07:56:00 GMT Inconsistent penalties, insufficient checks on small parcels, and a lack of information on shipments in free trade zones allow criminal networks to traffic billions of dollars worth of fake and prohibited goods each year. Today, the OECD introduced a new phase in its efforts to help governments counter these enforcement gaps and better protect consumers and businesses. Full Article
ga Survey on the sourcing practices of SMEs operating in the garment and footwear sector supply chain By www.oecd.org Published On :: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 16:43:00 GMT As part of the implementation strategy for the recently adopted OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains in the Garment and Footwear Sector, the OECD is conducting a series of surveys that target SMEs operating within the sector. Full Article
ga Levelling the playing field: Dissecting the gender gap in the funding of start-ups By www.oecd-ilibrary.org Published On :: Tue, 18 Jun 2019 10:36:00 GMT The objective of this paper is to shed light on some of the determinants of success in early-stage venture capital financing bids. In particular, the work focuses on the effect of founders’ gender on investors’ funding decisions. Results from empirical analysis show that start-ups with at least one woman in the team of founders are less likely to receive funding by 5-10%. Full Article
ga From G7 announcement in August to Paris Peace Forum, Business for Inclusive Growth (B4IG) coalition gains momentum By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2019 11:29:00 GMT Powered by the OECD, spearheaded by Danone, and driven forward at the G7 Leaders’ Summit in Biarritz in August 2019, B4IG, the ambitious initiative against inequality sponsored by French President Emmanuel Macron, is a coalition of leading multinational enterprises committed to tackling inequalities and promoting inclusive growth: economic growth that is distributed fairly across society and creates opportunities for all. Full Article
ga Responsible Supply Chains in the Garment and Footwear Sector By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 13 Feb 2020 18:56:00 GMT Adopted in 2017, the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains in the Garment and Footwear Sector establishes a common understanding of due diligence in the sector to help companies meet the due diligence expectations laid out in the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises. Full Article
ga Economic Policy Reforms: Going for Growth 2011 - Hungary Country Note By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT This note is taken from Chapter 2 of Economic Policy Reforms: Going for Growth 2011. Full Article
ga Doing Better for Families country note - Hungary By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT This note highlights the most pressing issues on families and children in Hungary, as discussed in the OECD publication Doing Better for Families. Full Article
ga Long-Term Care in Hungary By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 18 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT An overview of the long-term care situation in Hungary is available here. Full Article
ga Economic Policy Reforms: Going for Growth 2012 - Hungary Country Note By www.oecd.org Published On :: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT This note is taken from Chapter 2 of Economic Policy Reforms: Going for Growth 2012. Full Article
ga Hungary must stabilise its economy for a durable recovery, OECD says By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT Swift action is needed to stabilise the Hungarian economy and put growth on a sound footing for a durable recovery, according to the latest Economic Survey of Hungary. Strengthening the credibility and predictability of domestic policies and undertaking much-needed fiscal consolidation will be key. Full Article
ga OECD Workshop on One-Stop Shops in Hungary By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:06:00 GMT The workshop identified key challenges in the design and implementation of one-stop shops in Hungary and ways to address them. Full Article
ga Hungary deepens commitment to fight offshore tax avoidance and evasion By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 16:23:00 GMT OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría welcomed today Hungary’s steps to strengthen international tax co-operation after it became the 61st signatory to the Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters. Full Article
ga Society at a Glance 2014 - Key findings for Hungary By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 09:55:00 GMT This note presents key findings for Hungary 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. Full Article
ga Measuring Innovation in Education - Hungary By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 11:00:00 GMT The ability to measure innovation is essential to an improvement strategy in education. This country note analyses how the practices are changing within classrooms and educational organisations and how teachers develop and use their pedagogical resources. Full Article
ga OECD Employment Outlook 2014 - Key findings for Hungary By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 03 Sep 2014 13:44:00 GMT Hungary was hit harder by the global crisis than most OECD countries. Unemployment reached record levels at the peak of the crisis but has since recovered to its pre-crisis level around the current OECD average of 8%. Full Article
ga Hungary: Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the OECD By www.oecd.org Published On :: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 00:00:00 GMT Biographical note of Hungary's Permanent Representative to the OECD. Full Article
ga Job Creation and Local Economic Development in Hungary By www.keepeek.com Published On :: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 11:36:00 GMT 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). Full Article
ga Going for Growth 2015: Key findings for Hungary By www.oecd-ilibrary.org Published On :: Mon, 09 Feb 2015 10:00:00 GMT Going for Growth 2015: Key findings for Hungary Full Article
ga Water Resources Allocation: Hungary Country Profile By www.oecd.org Published On :: Mon, 13 Apr 2015 12:12:00 GMT Water resources allocation determines who is able to use water resources, how, when and where. Capturing information from 27 OECD countries and key partner economies, the report presents key findings from the OECD Survey of Water Resources Allocation and case studies of successful allocation reform. Full Article
ga Education at a Glance 2015: Hungary By www.keepeek.com Published On :: Tue, 24 Nov 2015 11:00:00 GMT The 2015 edition introduces more detailed analysis of participation in early childhood and tertiary levels of education. The report also examines first generation tertiary-educated adults’ educational and social mobility, labour market outcomes for recent graduates, and participation in employer-sponsored formal and/or non-formal education. Full Article
ga Special Meeting of the OECD Council – Introduction of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2016 11:37:00 GMT I am delighted to welcome Prime Minister Orbán to the OECD Council, just a month before the 20th anniversary of Hungary’s accession to the OECD. Today, we discussed with the Prime Minister two decades of partnership, marked by achievements but also great challenges. Full Article
ga Hungarian economy expanding but reforms needed to boost skills, business investment and incomes By www.oecd.org Published On :: Fri, 06 May 2016 10:41:00 GMT The Hungarian economy has expanded strongly in recent years, helped by robust exports and firm domestic demand. But incomes are among the lowest in the OECD and structural reforms will be needed to sustain growth over the medium term, strengthen business investment and better match skills to labour market needs, according to a new OECD report. Full Article
ga A magyar gazdaság növekszik, de a képzettség, az üzleti beruházások és a jövedelmek javításához reformokra van szükség By www.oecd.org Published On :: Fri, 06 May 2016 10:52:00 GMT A magyar gazdaság a jelentős exportnak és az erőteljes hazai keresletnek köszönhetően számottevően bővült az elmúlt években. Full Article
ga Environmental taxes: Key findings for Hungary LINK By www.oecd.org Published On :: Mon, 26 Sep 2016 09:30:00 GMT This country note provides an environmental tax and carbon pricing profile for Hungary. It shows environmentally related tax revenues, taxes on energy use and effective carbon rates. Full Article
ga PISA 2015 key findings for Hungary By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 06 Dec 2016 11:00:00 GMT This country note presents student performance in science, reading and mathematics, and measures equity in education in Hungary. The interactive charts allow you to compare results with other countries participating in the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). Full Article
ga Hungary joins the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 06 Dec 2016 12:00:00 GMT Hungary has become the 30th member of the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC), the leading international forum for bilateral providers of development co-operation. Full Article
ga OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2017 - Hungary highlights By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 22 Nov 2017 11:00:00 GMT 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. Full Article
ga Taxation of household savings: Key findings for Hungary By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 12 Apr 2018 11:00:00 GMT This note presents marginal effective tax rates (METRs) that summarise the tax system’s impact on the incentives to make an additional investment in a particular type of savings. By comparing METRs on different types of household savings, we can gain insights into which assets or savings types receive the most favourable treatment from the tax system. Full Article
ga Hungary has made progress on greening its economy and now needs to raise its ambitions By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 28 Jun 2018 09:30:00 GMT Hungary has made progress in greening its economy and cutting emissions, but it needs to speed up efforts to replace fossil fuels with renewable energy sources, improve energy efficiency in buildings and promote sustainable transport, according to a new OECD Review. Full Article
ga Effective carbon rates: Key findings for Hungary By www.oecd.org Published On :: Mon, 17 Sep 2018 11:00:00 GMT This country note for Hungary provides detail on the proportion of CO2 emissions from energy use subject to different effective carbon rates (ECR), as well as on the level and components of average ECRs in each of the six economic sectors (road transport, off-road transport, industry, agriculture and fishing, residential & commercial, and electricity). Full Article
ga Good jobs for all in a changing world of work: The new OECD Jobs Strategy – Key findings for Hungary By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 04 Dec 2018 09:00:00 GMT The digital revolution, globalisation and demographic changes are transforming labour markets at a time when policy makers are also struggling with slow productivity and wage growth and high levels of income inequality. The new OECD Jobs Strategy provides a comprehensive framework and policy recommendations to help countries address these challenges. Full Article
ga Consumption Tax Trends: Key findings for Hungary By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 05 Dec 2018 11:00:00 GMT The Hungarian standard VAT rate is 27.0%, which is above the OECD average. The average VAT/GST¹ standard rate in the OECD was 19.3% as of 1 January 2019. The previous standard VAT rate in Hungary was 25% in 2011. It changed to the current level in 2012. Hungary applies reduced VAT rates of 5% and 18% to a number of goods and services. Full Article
ga Further reforms will promote a stronger and more inclusive Hungarian economy By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 31 Jan 2019 09:00:00 GMT The Hungarian economy is in the midst of a strong recovery, driven by high levels of employment that are boosting wages, consumer confidence and domestic demand. Policy should aim to prolong the economic expansion, ensure that growth is greener and that the benefits are shared amongst all Hungarians, according to a new report from the OECD. Full Article
ga Hungary must enforce its foreign bribery offence against companies, including foreign subsidiaries By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 01 Aug 2019 11:00:00 GMT The Working Group is concerned that Hungary has not commenced any foreign bribery investigations or prosecutions in over nine years since the Phase 3 evaluation of implementation of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention. Full Article
ga Taxing Energy Use: Key findings for Hungary By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 11:00:00 GMT This country note explains how Hungary taxes energy use. The note shows the distribution of effective energy tax rates across all domestic energy use. It also details the country-specific assumptions made when calculating effective energy tax rates and matching tax rates to the corresponding energy base. Full Article
ga Revenue Statistics: Key findings for Hungary By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 05 Dec 2019 11:00:00 GMT The tax-to-GDP ratio in Hungary decreased by 1.6 percentage points from 38.2% in 2017 to 36.6% in 2018. The corresponding figure for the OECD average was a slight increase of 0.1 percentage point from 34.2% to 34.3% over the same period. Full Article
ga Hungary - Country Health Profiles 2019: Launch presentation By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 17 Dec 2019 10:30:00 GMT Hungary - Country Health Profiles 2019: Launch presentation. The Country Health Profiles provide a concise and policy-relevant overview of health and health systems in the EU/European Economic area, emphasizing the particular characteristics and challenges in each country against a backdrop of cross-country comparisons. Full Article
ga How's life in Hungary? By www.oecd.org Published On :: Mon, 09 Mar 2020 14:49:00 GMT This note presents selected findings based on the set of well-being indicators published in How's Life? 2020. Full Article
ga Taxing Wages: Key findings for Hungary By oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 11:00:00 GMT The tax wedge for the average single worker in Hungary decreased by 0.4 percentage points from 45.0 in 2018 to 44.6 in 2019. The OECD average tax wedge in 2019 was 36.0 (2018, 36.1). In 2019 Hungary had the 6th highest tax wedge among the 36 OECD member countries, occupying the same position in 2018. Full Article
ga International Cables, Gateways, Backhaul and International Exchange Points By www.oecd-ilibrary.org Published On :: Wed, 19 Feb 2014 16:08:00 GMT This report focuses on the development of backhaul and cross-border networks, which enable local networks to connect to the wider Internet. To connect their networks to others around the world, operators need access to regional and international high-speed networks. The level of investment required in these networks varies and can be very different from region to region. Full Article
ga To seize the opportunities of digitalisation, Southeast Asia needs to close the gap between Technology 4.0 and Policy 1.0 By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 24 Aug 2017 05:30:00 GMT As one of the most dynamic regions in the world with an increasingly diversified economy, an expanding middle class, and a young and literate population, Southeast Asia is well positioned to embrace the ongoing global digital transformation. Digitalisation can spur the much needed innovation and productivity growth across many activities, transform public services, and improve well-being for all citizens. Full Article
ga Portugal’s pension system needs to prepare for rapid population ageing By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 20 Mar 2019 12:00:00 GMT Portugal needs to reform its pensions system to address the challenges of a fast-shrinking workforce and high levels of old-age inequality, according to a new OECD report. Full Article
ga SOPEMI 2011EbookFragments_with_friendlyHungary_engl By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT SOPEMI 2011EbookFragments_with_friendlyHungary_engl Full Article
ga Economy: Migration falls again but will pick up with recovery, says OECD By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT International migration fell in 2009, reflecting lower demand for workers in OECD countries for the second consecutive year after a decade of growth, according to a new OECD report. Full Article
ga SOPEMI 2011EbookFragments_with_friendlyPortugal_engl By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT SOPEMI 2011EbookFragments_with_friendlyPortugal_engl Full Article