Ministerial Meeting 2015: Economic Outlook

 

ITEM 1: Presentation of the Economic Outlook

Wednesday 3 June 2015 - 10:35am The was presented by the OECD Secretary-General and the Chief Economist and was followed by a brief Q&A. The  highlights issues relevant to the Ministerial Council Meeting (MCM) themes, in particular: latest developments on and projections of public and private investment policies to encourage stronger and more sustainable investment

Panel discussions

The  presentation was followed by two back-to-back high-level panels, featuring:

• the MCM Chair and Vice-Chairs
• the Secretary-General
• Ministers from Member and Partner countries, and representatives from international organisations
• institutional partners.

The Panels addressed, respectively:

i) How structural reforms can help unlock investment in support of sustainable growth

ii) How investing in human and Knowledge-Based Capital (KBC) can help reduce unemployment and inequality, including through better education and skills, and by addressing labour market gaps

Further reading

• Read the news release Strengthening investment key to improving world economy’s B-minus grade, says OECD
• Economy
• Investment
• Policy challenges for the next 50 years
• New sources of growth: Knowledge-based capital
• OECD Initiative on Inclusive Growth
• New Approaches to Economic Challenges (NAEC)
• Inequality
• Employment
• Skills