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By Naomitsu Yashiro,Structural Surveillance Division, OECD Economics Department The pace of structural reforms is slowing just when the world economy needs decisive policy actions to strengthen fundamentals and restore healthy growth…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee on Thursday signed off on the repeal of police traffic stop reforms made in Memphis after the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols by officers in January 2023, despite pleas…

On Monday evening Australia’s state premiers and territory chief ministers got together and called on the federal government to delay or amend draft laws to overhaul the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). The laws are to…

By Mauro Pisu, Head of Italy Desk, Country Studies Branch, OECD Economics Department Italy is recovering after a deep and long recession. Structural reforms, accommodative monetary and fiscal conditions, and low commodity prices have…

By Orsetta Causa,  Mikkel Hermansen and Nicolas Ruiz, Structural Surveillance Division, OECD Economics Department Structural reforms are regularly assessed based on their ability to boost GDP per capita. This emphasis relies on the…

by Christian Daude, Senior Economist, Office of the Chief Economist, OECD Economics Department (former head of the Greek Desk) The Greek economy is turning around lately, but it remains in a deep depression. GDP has fallen by more than a…

Vaughan, Ontario, Feb. 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Municipal Class Environmental Assessment (MCEA) reforms announced by the Government of Ontario are long overdue. The Residential and Civil Construction Alliance of Ontario…

Some of the procedural checks that states adopted could be helpful, the authors noted—for example, requirements that officials provide explanations for the health orders they issue. But other legal reforms could hobble emergency…

Originally posted in The Daily Star on 9 February 2024 Devise strategy for extension of post-LDC benefits Economist Mustafizur urges govt to take preparation on WTO ministerial conference Bangladesh should…

For big multinationals that love tax havens, the start of 2024 was not cause for celebration. On Jan. 1, the European Union, Japan, Canada, and Australia joined other jurisdictions in requiring their largest companies to pay a tax rate…

Transformational change. That’s what the Federal Emergency Management Agency (The Federal Emergency Management Agency) says they want to see with the reforms to disaster assistance to support survivors that will go into effect on…

Transformational change. That’s what the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) says they want to see with the reforms to disaster assistance to support survivors that will go into effect on March 22, 2024. The policy changes…

The Human Rights Council-appointed experts’ call follows on from the election victory of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina earlier this month, who secured a controversial fourth term with the main opposition party deciding to boycott the…

Research Questions How does implementing state-funded subsidies affect Minnesota's health insurance enrollment, premiums, and state spending?To what extent do these state-funded subsidies offset expected reductions in…

Actor and filmmaker Justine Bateman, right, speaks outside Netflix during a Writers Guild rally on July 13, 2023, in Los Angeles. Bateman said she was disturbed…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In a new report aimed at rebuilding trust in health care and science, leading experts urge the U.S. Food…

  14/03/2018 - Korea’s economy has progressed rapidly over the past 40 years, catching up with the level of well-being in most OECD countries. It now needs to continue and speed up the reforms of its labour…

  12/11/2020 - The OECD Working Group on Bribery has, since 2013, repeatedly urged Poland to reform its laws to ensure it can effectively investigate and prosecute foreign bribery. Since then, the legislative…

  04/12/2020 - Poland has suffered milder economic losses from COVID-19 than many other countries, yet the crisis still risks aggravating inequalities and reversing gains in living standards. Focusing reforms and…

  16/12/2020 - Brazil was pulling out of a long recession when the COVID-19 outbreak hit, bringing the economy back into another, even deeper recession. However, swift government support has helped millions of…

  18/11/2021 - Swift and effective government support has helped France to rebound rapidly from its COVID19-induced recession. Using the country’s announced Recovery and Investment Plans to invest in education,…

  05/12/2019 - India is set for a modest recovery after a loss of momentum, as reforms to simplify taxation, lighten business regulations and upgrade infrastructure start to bear fruit. Further reforms to…

  25/01/2022 - The OECD Council decided today to open accession discussions with six candidates to OECD Membership – Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Croatia, Peru and Romania. This follows careful deliberation by…

The new Renewable Energies Reform was officially presented by the Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy. The German cabinet had been meeting since last year to come up with a quote-new beginning concerning energy. This reform is…

President Park is expected to lay out a vision for how she plans to run the country during the second half of her fiveyear the midpoint of her presidency later this month she is likely to seek public support for the four areas shes…

THE Barbados-based financial institution, the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), projects that Guyana, along with Suriname and Haiti, will take the lead amongst the regional economies, in terms of accelerating growth in the next two is…

Members of the European Commission are due to hold talks on Monday to reform the controversial Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).The CAP began in 1962 as a way to increase food production. It costs around $75bn () per year in subsidies to…

The transformational reforms that have been passed in Mexico are a result of its inclusive political process and all the people pulling together. Since December, President Pea Nieto has pushed relentlessly for the structural reforms that…

http://www.instablogs.com/Mexico reforms energy sectorNew rules governing Mexico's energy sector will put foreign oil companies on more solid legal footing, assigning them to explore and drill specific blocks of territory in the Gulf of…