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Breaking the vicious cycle between productivity and informality in Latin America: Insights from the 2025 Ministerial Conference in Lima

By Paula Garda, Jens Arnold, Luca Marcolin, OECD Economics Department Available in Spanish Around half of all workers in Latin… Read More »Breaking the vicious cycle between productivity and informality in Latin America: Insights from the 2025 Ministerial Conference in Lima

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The hidden carbon markets: how forests can balance emissions

How OECD Economic Surveys reveal the drivers of deforestation, and the policy tools to stop it
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The fiscal impact of population ageing: How can we afford getting older?

By Vassiliki Koutsogeorgopoulou and Hermes Morgavi, OECD. Populations are ageing in most countries, including emerging economies. The share of population… Read More »The fiscal impact of population ageing: How can we afford getting older?

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A balancing act: Reforms to tackle the Dutch housing crunch

To ensure affordability, the government should rebalance tax incentives, reform the rent control system, and make it easier to build.
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Reducing public debt: When growth meets sound fiscal policy

By Álvaro Pina, Mauricio Hitschfeld and Takashi Miyahara, OECD. Across the OECD, public debt reached 112% of GDP at the… Read More »Reducing public debt: When growth meets sound fiscal policy

Monetary policy and productivity: Unpacking multifaceted links

By Guido Franco and Filiz Unsal, OECD. Over the past decades, productivity growth has experienced a significant slowdown across most… Read More »Monetary policy and productivity: Unpacking multifaceted links

Generando espacio fiscal para un crecimiento sólido, sostenible y ampliamente compartido en el Perú

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Por Aida Caldera-Sánchez, Paula Garda y Michael Koelle, OCDE. Disponible en inglés El Perú tiene la oportunidad de combinar un… Read More »Generando espacio fiscal para un crecimiento sólido, sostenible y ampliamente compartido en el Perú

Building fiscal space for stronger, sustainable and broadly shared growth in Peru

By Aida Caldera-Sanchez, Paula Garda and Michael Koelle, OECD. Available in Spanish Peru has the opportunity to combine stronger growth… Read More »Building fiscal space for stronger, sustainable and broadly shared growth in Peru

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

Estonia’s new car tax and registration fee: Are they changing consumer demand?

By Zuzana Smidova and Vaiva Šeckute, OECD At the beginning of the year, Estonia introduced a vehicle registration fee and… Read More »Estonia’s new car tax and registration fee: Are they changing consumer demand?