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Navigating demographic headwinds in Croatia

Croatia’s economy has experienced robust and resilient GDP growth and improved living standards over the past decade. Yet a rapidly shrinking and ageing population threatens future growth and fiscal sustainability. Advancing pension, health care and labour market reforms will be essential to extend working lives, improve healthy ageing and raise labour force participation.

By Federica De Pace and Oliver Roehn, OECD Economics Department

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Strengthening Romania’s competitiveness

Romania has made remarkable progress in converging toward OECD income levels over the past two decades, supported by deeper integration into global markets, substantial capital inflows, and wide‑ranging economic reforms.

by Katja Schmidt, OECD Economics Department

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Why Argentina needs a labour market reform

Argentina is going through one of the most comprehensive reform efforts in its history. Since late 2023, the authorities have taken unprecedented measures to reform fiscal, monetary, trade and regulatory policies, all of which have triggered significant improvements in the business environment. For this transformation to translate into new jobs and better living standards, policymakers need to continue reducing institutional and market frictions that impose costs on the reallocation of workers from low- to high-productivity sectors.

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Aprovechar el impulso de España para sostener el crecimiento y la convergencia de ingresos

Por Aida Caldera, Claudia Ramírez y Dimitris Mavridis, OCDE Versión en inglés Desde la pandemia, la economía española ha crecido… Read More »Aprovechar el impulso de España para sostener el crecimiento y la convergencia de ingresos

Leveraging Spain’s momentum to sustain growth and income convergence

By Aida Caldera, Claudia Ramírez and Dimitris Mavridis, OECD Spanish version Since the pandemic, Spain’s economy has grown robustly and… Read More »Leveraging Spain’s momentum to sustain growth and income convergence

Making Reforms Happen in Latin America: Key Insights from the IMF–OECD High-Level Conference

Senior policymakers, ministers, academics and experts gathered in Montevideo on 17 and 18 November for the IMF–OECD High-Level Conference “Making… Read More »Making Reforms Happen in Latin America: Key Insights from the IMF–OECD High-Level Conference

Reaching equal pay: a pending job

By Claudia Ramírez Bulos and Aida Caldera Sánchez, OECD In 2024, a woman working full-time in the average OECD country… Read More »Reaching equal pay: a pending job

Overcoming persistent obstacles to growth in South Africa

By Nikki Kergozou and Lilas Demmou, OECD. South Africa, under the Presidency’s Operation Vulindlela, has embarked on bold reforms to… Read More »Overcoming persistent obstacles to growth in South Africa

Convertir la incertidumbre global en oportunidad: Una agenda de competitividad para América Latina

Por Jens Arnold, Aida Caldera, Priscilla Fialho, Paula Garda, Alberto González Pandiella, Michael Koelle, Alessandro Maravalle, Dimitris Mavridis, Claudia Ramírez… Read More »Convertir la incertidumbre global en oportunidad: Una agenda de competitividad para América Latina

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Lithuania: Addressing demographic challenges 

By Pierre-Alain Pionnier Lithuania’s population is expected to decline by 20% and its working-age population by 30% over the next… Read More »Lithuania: Addressing demographic challenges