OECD Information for journalists, Costa Rica’s economy has made remarkable progress in recent years and is performing well in the face of global challenges. To safeguard its achievements and continue to improve living standards, Costa Rica will need further reforms to strengthen public finances, boost productivity, and improve education outcomes, according to a new OECD report.
OECD Information for journalists, Ireland’s economy weathered the COVID-19 pandemic well, emerging with solid GDP growth and a strong fiscal position. Yet rising inflation and global economic uncertainty over Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine will dent the pace of the recovery, according to a new OECD report.
OECD Information for journalists, The OECD will present its latest Economic Survey of Ireland on Wednesday 14 December 2022. The Survey examines how Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine is affecting the Irish economy and looks at ways to tackle rising inflation as well as longer-term challenges such as pressures in the housing market, an ageing population and the need to accelerate efforts to reduce greenhouse emissions.
OECD Information for journalists, Carsten Staur, currently Denmark’s Permanent Representative and Ambassador to the OECD and UNESCO, was today appointed as the new Chair of the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC), the leading international forum for bilateral providers of development aid.
OECD Information for journalists, Like many countries, Luxembourg is seeing its post-pandemic recovery lose momentum as Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine weighs on economic activity and drives up inflation, according to a new OECD report.