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Arnold, Jens Matthias - 2012

Indonesia has come a long way in improving its tax system over the last decade, both in terms of revenues raised and administrative efficiency. Nonetheless, the tax take is still low, given the need for more spending on infrastructure and social protection. With the exception of the natural...

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2015 indicators of regulatory policy and governance : design, methodology and key results

Arndt-Bascle, Christiane; Baker, Antonia Custance; … - 2015

This paper presents the methodology, key results and statistical analysis of the 2015 Indicators for Regulatory Policy Governance (iREG) to complement the OECD Regulatory Policy Outlook 2015. Three composite indicators were constructed corresponding to three key principles of the 2012 OECD...

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Collective bargaining through the magnifying glass : a comparison between The Netherlands and Portugal

Hijzen, Alexander; Martins, Pedro S.; Parlevliet, Jante - 2018

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Boosting export performance in Portugal

Arnold, Jens Matthias - 2015

performance is therefore one of the principal challenges for Portugal. A successful rebalancing of the economy is underway since … to boost productivity growth, such as tax reform, improving the performance of the judicial system and better public … growth performance, as well as firms that are increasing their participation in international trade. …

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The costs of flexibility-enhancing structural reforms : a literature review

Boeri, Tito; Cahuc, Pierre; Zylberberg, André - 2015

This survey highlights the key results of the empirical literature concerning the costs of flexibility enhancing reforms in product and labour markets. The documented costs include reduced employment, loss of government revenue, undesirable distributional consequences and political instability....

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Labour market policies to promote growth and social cohesion in Korea

Jones, Randall Sidney; Urasawa, Satoshi - 2013

Labour market reform to improve growth prospects and reduce inequality is a top priority in the face of rapid population ageing and a dualistic labour market. Sustaining output growth requires policies to mitigate the impact of rapid population ageing by increasing labour inputs from...

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Reducing poverty in Chile : cash transfers and better jobs

Brandt, Nicola - 2012

Notwithstanding impressive progress, poverty and inequality remain high in Chile in OECD comparison, and the tax-benefit system does little to improve on this. The government plans to introduce a new cash transfer for the poor, the Ingreso Ético Familiar. This is a welcome initiative. However,...

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Towards green growth in emerging market economies : evidence from environmental performance reviews

Samson, Rachel; Capozza, Ivana - 2019

are members or partners of the OECD. It draws on the country studies conducted within the OECD Environmental Performance …

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Policy approaches to incentivise sustainable plastic design

Watkins, Emma; Schweitzer, Jean-Pierre; Leinala, Eeva; … - 2019

Plastics are an important material in the economy but present a challenge for waste management, resource efficiency and the environment. Low rates of recycling and high rates of environmental leakage represent key sustainability challenges for plastics as well as product designers and producers....

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Supporting research for sustainable development

Borowiecki, Martin; Machado, Diogo; Paunov, Caroline; … - 2019

This document presents nine innovation policy initiatives from different OECD countries that support research and innovation for sustainable development by embracing systemic solutions to address the challenge. The three types of initiatives reviewed include: i) grant schemes that support the...

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