Healthcare Reform in the United States
The US Health-care system has many attractive features: in particular, most of the population has access to high standards of medical care. Nevertheless, the overall health status of the US population appears to rank among the lower third of OECD countries, despite much higher health expenditure per capita than in any other country. This working paper from the OECD Economics Department focuses on two factors that contribute to this discrepancy and suggests two sets of reforms to improve the US healthcare system.
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19-Mar-2009 - Washington Event!
OECD Breakfast Series: Recent Developments in Labor Migration- The impact of the economic crisis and beyond
Presentation by Georges Lemaitre, OECD International Migration Specialist. Co-sponsored by Georgetown University.
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06-Mar-2009 - Washington Event in honor of International Women's Day 2009
OECD Breakfast Series: Culture Counts - A new set of indicators to measure gender equality
Presentation by OECD Economist, Denis Dreschler. Katherine Blakeslee, Director of USAID’s Office of
Women in Development, will provide comments.
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OECD Breakfast Series: Going for Growth 2009 - Structural reforms to promote long-term economic growth
04-Mar-2009 - Presentation by OECD Chief Economist, Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel. Adam Posen, Peterson Institute for International Economics, will provide comments.
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Governments must maintain reforms for long-term growth during crisis
03-Mar-2009 - The current crisis offers governments the opportunity of combining emergency action with the important structural reforms needed to improve long-term growth and resilience in their economies, according to OECD’s latest Going for Growth.
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Overcoming the Financial Crisis in the United States
20-Feb-2009 - Just Released - The global financial crisis that emerged in mid 2007 has caused considerable economic disruptions in the United States and elsewhere, and exposed major flaws in the global financial system. After examining the origins of the crisis, this paper recommends specific policy responses to resolve the immediate problems and discusses how to make the US financial system more resilient and stable in the future.
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For a stronger, cleaner, fairer economy: A strategic response to the financial crisis
With major economies now in or threatened by recession, 2009 will be a difficult year. The OECD can help governments to build a stronger, cleaner, fairer world economy.
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OECD Economic Survey of the Euro Area
14-Jan-2009 - Strengthening the financial system in the wake of the current crisis is one of the key challenges discussed in OECD’s latest economic survey of the Euro area. Secretary-General Angel Gurría will present the report on Wednesday 14 January 2009 at 10.30 a.m. in Paris.

OECD Composite Leading Indicators signal deep slowdown in OECD area and major non-OECD member economies
12-Jan-2009 - Just released - OECD composite leading indicators (CLIs) for November 2008 point to deep slowdowns in the major seven economies and in major non-OECD member economies, particularly China, India and Russia.
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OECD Congressional Seminar: US Economic Survey 09-Dec-2008 - This seminar will offer two sessions based on the findings of the OECD's new US Economic Survey: Overcoming the Financial Crisis and Financing Health Care: Lessons from Home and Abroad. OECD Deputy Secretary-General Pier Carlo Padoan and Robert Ford, Deputy Director of OECD Country Studies, will present.
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