Lithuania: Sailing through rough waters
Reading Time: 3 minutesLithuania: a strong recovery is undermined by the war in Ukraine.
United States: Challenges Faced by the Middle Class
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe US middle class faces challenges from the climate transition and high child care costs.
The United Kingdom: Stronger growth needs significant productivity improvements across regions
Reading Time: 3 minutesRaising productivity requires more investment, re-and up-skilling to facilitate worker’s relocation and better use of existing skills to address shortages.
Chile: How can growth be made more inclusive?
Reading Time: 4 minutesImprove productivity, social protection and raise more revenues for a sustainable recovery.
Chile: ¿Cómo hacer el crecimiento más inclusivo?
Reading Time: 5 minutesMejorar la productividad, la protección social e incrementar ingresos tributarios para una recuperación sostenible.
Korea: Stunning success and work in progress
Reading Time: 4 minutesProductivity gaps fuel inequalities and a race to win a golden ticket.
What is driving the spike in inflation dispersion in the euro area and how should policy react?
Reading Time: 7 minutesInflation dispersion has surged and could raise further, complicating macroeconomic policy. This requires reforms to make the euro area more resilient.
OECD Public Integrity Indicators – New data on quality of anti-corruption and public integrity strategies
Reading Time: 4 minutesOECD Public Integrity Indicators, measuring strength of anti-corruption policies, show improvement needed in government strategies to tackle corruption.
South Africa: Improving productivity and the efficiency of public spending to bolster living standards
Reading Time: 4 minutesOECD Economic Survey of South Africa examines the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on South Africa’s economy and proposes reforms to overcome long-running structural weaknesses and raise living standards.
Addressing the housing challenges in Central and Eastern Europe
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe historical development of housing in Central and Eastern European countries continues to have implications for the tenure, type, quality and affordability of housing today, calling for policy actions to address a looming affordability challenge.