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Mr. Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD, in Lisbon, on 18 February 2019

Mr. Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD, will be in Lisbon on 18 February 2019 to present the 2019 OECD Economic Survey of Portugal.While in Lisbon, the Secretary-General will hold bilateral meetings with high-level Portuguese Officials.




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Portugal can use its economic recovery to build up resilience

Portugal’s economic recovery is now well established, with GDP back to pre-crisis levels, a substantially lower unemployment rate and renewed investment and domestic consumption now joining a robust export sector to drive the economy. Efforts should now focus on reducing vulnerabilities to build resilience to future shocks, according to a new OECD report.




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Portugal’s pension system needs to prepare for rapid population ageing

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.




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Taxing Energy Use: Key findings for Portugal

This country note explains how Portugal 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.




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Revenue Statistics: Key findings for Portugal

The tax-to-GDP ratio in Portugal increased by 1.0 percentage points from 34.4% in 2017 to 35.4% 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.




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Taxing Wages: Key findings for Portugal

The tax wedge for the average single worker in Portugal increased by 0.2 percentage points from 40.8 in 2018 to 41.0 in 2019. The OECD average tax wedge in 2019 was 36.0 (2018, 36.1). In 2019 Portugal had the 13th highest tax wedge among the 36 OECD member countries, compared with the 14th in 2018.




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Coronavirus layoffs: Cure.fit fires 800 employees, plans to go all-virtual

Soon after its launch in 2016, it has attracted huge support helped by its state-of-the-art group fitness sessions and celebrity endorsements.




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'We're not going anywhere': Gold's Gym as it files for bankruptcy

Gold's Gym is one of the biggest names in the industry to file for bankruptcy due to the economic slowdown caused by coronavirus lockdown.




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Tips To Protect Your Trademark Against Any Confliction

Possibly existing, older trademark would stand in the way of a successful application. It is correct and no doubt to say that before trademark registration it is necessary to conduct trademark search...




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Increased Uptime and reliability for Manufacturers

Machine-to-machine  communication  is the exchange of data between a remote equipment and a back-end IT infrastructure. The transfer of data can be:

- to collect product and usage...




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Income Protection Insurance Against Redundancy

Redundancy can come about at anytime but you can safeguard against the unknown as well as the reality that it could possibly occur to you. Income protection insurance would let you take out a policy to get a fixed premium every month...




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Right use of coupons can save your money

Shopping coupons are now widely in use and we often wonder about the reason behind the popularity of these coupons. We often found that there are lots of dedicated websites dealing only with coupons and they are enjoying huge traffic....




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Take Your Business to A New Level by Effective Business To Business Networking

Networking is everywhere. It, in fact, is an integral part of our human existence. We are social animals and connecting and communicating with others comes naturally to all of us. There really is no place, where you cannot network with...




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Pros And Cons Of Buying Cars From Private Sellers

Buying used cars is a practical way to get the vehicle you need without spending a lot more than you can afford. And there are two popular ways of buying the vehicle you need. You can buy from used car dealerships or buy from private...




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Ensure your Outsourcing Partnership!

 




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Setting up ice production anywhere for ice maker in Southeastern Countries




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Here's why recovery for auto sector would be an uphill task even post Covid-19

The auto industry is staring at a loss of Rs 21,000 crore due to the Covid-19 pandemic and job losses especially in the organised sector will have a direct implication on auto sales, especially two-wheelers.




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Economic Policy Reforms: Going for Growth 2011 - Poland Country Note

This note is taken from Chapter 2 of Economic Policy Reforms: Going for Growth 2011.




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Society at a Glance 2011 - OECD Social Indicators: Key findings for Poland

This one-pager note presents key findings for Poland from Society at a Glance 2011 - OECD Social indicators. This 2011 publication also provides a special chapter on unpaid work across the OECD.




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Education: Korea tops new OECD PISA survey of digital literacy

Korea tops a new OECD PISA survey that tests how 15-year olds use computers and the Internet to learn. The next best performers were New Zealand, Australia, Japan, Hong-Kong China and Iceland.




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Economic Policy Reforms: Going for Growth 2012 - Poland Country Note

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




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Official visit of the Secretary-General to Poland (Warsaw, 27 - 28 March 2012)

During his official visit, Angel Gurría will attend a press conference to present the latest OECD economic survey of Poland and will meet with government representatives including the President of the Republic.




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Economy: Further reform needed to raise growth prospects in Poland

Poland has been a strong performer across the OECD through the global economic crisis, growing much faster than most other countries and making impressive steps toward reducing the income gap with its European Union partners, according to the OECD’s latest economic survey.




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Poland needs strategy to meet growing risk of foreign bribery

The current Polish framework for fighting foreign bribery is still inadequate to fully meet foreign bribery risks resulting from Poland’s growing economy, says a new OECD report.




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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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Government at a Glance 2013: Information by country

These country notes contain indicators which compare the political and institutional frameworks of national governments as well as revenues and expenditures, employment, and compensation. They include a description of government policies on integrity, e-government and open government.




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Poland can grow faster through labour market and pro-competition reforms, OECD says

Poland’s economic performance has been impressive over the past 15 years, but further reforms are now needed to put the economy firmly back on track for stronger and sustainable growth, according to the OECD’s latest Economic Survey of Poland.




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Society at a Glance 2014 - Key findings for Poland

This note presents key findings for Poland 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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Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS)- Country Note - Poland

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




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OECD Employment Outlook 2014 - Key findings for Poland

Poland’s employment rate at 61% (Q2 2014) remains well below the OECD average but, in contrast to many other countries, it has increased slowly since the onset of the economic crisis (from 57.9% in Q1 2007).




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Education at a Glance 2014: Country Notes

Country notes with main key findings of the book and key fact tables: a customised snapshot of a country's educational environment, highlighting the most important issues in the educational landscape.




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Health at a Glance: Europe 2014 - Key findings for Poland

Poland has narrowed the gap in life expectancy with other EU countries over the past two decades, thanks mainly to reductions in mortality in cardiovascular diseases; still further progress in life expectancy could be achieved by further reductions in risk factors and mortality from cardiovascular diseases and cancer.




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Revenue Statistics and Consumption Tax Trends 2014: Key findings for Poland

The tax burden in Poland increased by 0.3 percentage points from 31.8% to 32.1% in 20121. The OECD average was an increase of 0.4 percentage points from 33.3% to 34.7%. The Polish standard VAT rate is 23%, which is well above the OECD average. The average VAT/GST standard rate in the OECD was 19.1% on 1 January 2014.




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Going for Growth 2015: Key findings for Poland

Going for Growth 2015: Key findings for Poland




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Promoting longer working lives is vital to improving Poland’s future prosperity

Encouraging more people to work later in life would help Poland meet the challenges of a rapidly ageing population. The percentage of old to younger groups (defined as share of over 65s to people aged 20-64) is projected to nearly triple from 22% in 2012 to 63% in 2050, according to a new OECD report.




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Mr. Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD, in Warsaw on 7 April 2015

Mr. Gurría held bilateral meetings with Mr. Janusz Piechociński, Deputy Prime Minister, and Mr. Grzegorz Schetyna, Minister of Foreign Affairs.




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Poland needs a strategy for moving to a lower-emission economy

Poland has combined robust economic growth with reducing some of the pressures on its environment since it joined the EU in 2004. It has also brought environmental laws closer to European norms. Poland now needs to lessen its economy’s reliance on fossil fuels and make growth greener, according to a new OECD report.




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Seminar on “Poland before COP21 - Do we have enough energy to save climate?”

I would like to thank the Polish Delegation for organising this meeting. We only have six months left before the Paris COP21, where we must strive to achieve a historic deal, so it is absolutely necessary that we intensify our debates about the right energy model for a brighter future.




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OECD Health Statistics 2015 - Country Notes

Specific country notes have been prepared using data from the database OECD Health Statistics 2015, July 2015 version. The notes are available in PDF format.




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Education at a Glance 2016 - Country Notes

Education at a Glance 2016 - Country Notes




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Environmental taxes: Key findings for Poland LINK

This country note provides an environmental tax and carbon pricing profile for Poland. It shows environmentally related tax revenues, taxes on energy use and effective carbon rates.




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Society at a Glance 2016 - How does Poland compare?

The number of young people not in employment, education or training (NEETs) remains elevated in many countries since the crisis. This country note examines the characteristics of those at risk of being NEET in Poland along with policies to help meet the challenge. It also includes many new youth-specific indicators on family formation, self-sufficiency, income and poverty, health and social cohesion.




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Mr. Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD, in Poland on 25 November 2016

The Secretary-General delivered remarks to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Poland's OECD membership and presented the main findings of an OECD report on priorities for making Poland a more inclusive and knowledge-based economy.




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W 20-stą rocznicę członkostwa Polski, OECD zaleca dążenie w kierunku gospodarki opartej na wiedzy

Według OECD, Polska osiągnęła imponujące postępy pod względem poprawy standardu życia swoich obywateli w ostatnich 20-stu latach, ale musi nadal zmierzać w kierunku gospodarki opartej na wiedzy poprzez promowanie zaawansowanych technologii, zwiększania wydajności oraz poprawy dostępu do wysokiej jakości zatrudnienia i godziwych wynagrodzeń.




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OECD marks Poland’s 20 years of membership, sets out path to a more knowledge-based economy

Poland has achieved impressive progress in improving the living standards of its citizens over the past 20 years but needs to continue to move towards higher technology, boosting productivity and improving access to quality jobs and good pay, according to the OECD.




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PISA 2015 key findings for Poland

This country note presents student performance in science, reading and mathematics, and measures equity in education in Poland. The interactive charts allow you to compare results with other countries participating in the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA).




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OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2017 - Poland 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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Pensions at a Glance 2017 - Key findings for Poland

Key findings for Poland from the report "Pensions at a Glance 2017"




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Poland must make urgent legislative reforms to combat foreign bribery

Poland must make urgent progress on carrying out key recommendations of the OECD Working Group on Bribery that remain unimplemented, more than four years after its Phase 3 evaluation in June 2013.




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Taxation of household savings: Key findings for Poland

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.