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Development is the business of the people and governments of the countries concerned. Their own policies and institutions will remain the key to sustainable improvements in people's lives. The development community can merely help the process, and in particular facilitate faster progress.

Economic assistance -- Developing countries. --- Economic assistance -- International cooperation. --- Economic development -- International cooperation. --- OECD countries -- Economic policy. --- Technical assistance -- Developing countries. --- Economic assistance --- International cooperation.

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Economic development. --- OECD countries -- Economic conditions. --- OECD countries -- Economic policy. --- Business & Economics --- Economic Theory --- OECD countries --- Economic policy. --- Economic conditions. --- Development, Economic --- Economic growth --- Growth, Economic --- Economic policy --- Economics --- Statics and dynamics (Social sciences) --- Development economics --- Resource curse

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Going for Growth 2009 highlights the most appropriate structural reforms to pursue to improve performance, takes stock of recent progress in implementing structural policy reforms and identifies five policy priorities for each OECD country that could lift economic growth in the long run. It calls for reforms in a number of areas in order to strengthen labour productivity and employment, including reforms to education systems, product market regulation, agricultural policies, tax and benefit systems, health care and labour market policies. In addition, this issue contains four analytical chapte

Economic development. --- OECD countries -- Economic conditions. --- OECD countries -- Economic policy. --- Business & Economics --- Economic Theory --- OECD countries --- Economic policy. --- Economic conditions. --- Development, Economic --- Economic growth --- Growth, Economic --- Economic policy --- Economics --- Statics and dynamics (Social sciences) --- Development economics --- Resource curse

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This report examines why some policy reforms get implemented and others languish by examining 20 structural reform efforts in 10 OECD countries over the past two decades. The case studies cover a wide variety of reform attempts in three key areas: pensions, labour- and product-market regulation. Key factors in the political, economic and reform-specific arenas are identified as helping or hindering reform, and these findings are cross-checked using a relatively simple set of Spearman rank correlations. The report’s two-pronged analytical approach – quantitative and qualitative – results in unique insights for policy makers designing, adopting and implementing structural policy reforms.

Economic stabilization --OECD countries. --- OECD countries --Economic policy --Case studies. --- OECD countries --Economic policy. --- Structural adjustment (Economic policy) --OECD countries --Case studies. --- Structural adjustment (Economic policy) --- Economic stabilization --- Economic History --- Business & Economics --- Pensions --- Manpower policy --- OECD countries --- Economic policy. --- Employment policy --- Human resource development --- Labor market --- Labor market policy --- Manpower utilization --- Compensation --- Pension plans --- Retirement pensions --- Superannuation --- Government policy --- Labor policy --- Labor supply --- Trade adjustment assistance --- Retirement income --- Annuities --- Social security individual investment accounts --- Vested benefits

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Why do some regions grow faster than others, and in ways that do not always conform to economic theory? This is a central issue in today’s economic climate, when policy makers are looking for ways to stimulate new and sustainable growth. OECD work suggests that there is no one-size-fits-all answer to regional growth policy. Rather, regions grow in very varied ways and the simple concentration of resources in a place is not sufficient for long-term growth. This report draws on OECD analysis of regional data (including where growth happens, country-by-country), policy reviews and case studies. It argues that it is how investments are made, regional assets used and synergies exploited that can make the difference. Public investment should prioritise longer-term impacts on productivity growth and combine measures in an integrated way. This suggests an important role for regional policies in shaping growth and economic recovery policies, but also challenges policy makers to implement policy reforms.

OECD countries - Economic conditions. --- OECD countries - Economic policy. --- Sustainable development -- Government policy -- OECD countries. --- Sustainable development -- OECD countries. --- Sustainable development --- Business & Economics --- Economic History --- Government policy --- OECD countries --- Economic conditions. --- Economic policy. --- Development, Sustainable --- Ecologically sustainable development --- Economic development, Sustainable --- Economic sustainability --- ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) --- Smart growth --- Sustainable economic development --- Environmental aspects --- Economic development