Ministerial Meeting 2012: Economic Outlook - Policies to foster job-rich and green growth

 

Wednesday 23 May: 10:30-13:00

 

Though the global economy is showing signs of improvement, there is still a serious risk of renewed weakening. Are governments’ efforts to balance their budgets working?

The Ministerial will kick off with the public launch of the latest Economic Outlook - an update of the health of the world’s major economies. OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría and Chief Economist Pier Carlo Padoan will outline the present state of the world economy and give projections for the coming years.

(Right/Left) Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General and Pier Carlo Padoan, Chief Economist, 2012 Ministerial Council Meeting

Immediately following a Q&A session with media, the Secretary-General and the Chief Economist will lead a panel discussion by ministers and senior economists responding to the burning questions of the day: when will the recovery fully resume? What are the main downside risks? How can we create jobs and increase youth employment without further burdening budgets? And is it possible to balance job-rich and inclusive growth with environmental concerns?

 

Economy

Economy: Global economy recovering, but major risks remain, says OECD  22 May 2012  Presentation of the 2012 Economic Outlook  Remarks by Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General, Paris, 22 May 2012 Paradigm lost: Rethinking economics and politics Remarks by Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General, delivered at the INET Annual Plenary Conference - PANEL: The Challenge of Deleveraging and Overhangs of Debt - Inflation and Austerity, 13 April 2012, Berlin, Germany Fiscal Consolidation: How much, how fast and by what means? OECD Economics Policy Paper No. 1, 12 April 2012

US and Europe facing separate growth tracks, says OECD Launch of the Interim Economic Assessment, 29 March 2012 Bigger euro bailout fund needed to create space to boost growth Launch of the OECD’s Economic Surveys of the Euro Area and the European Union, 27 March 2012 Economic Policy Reforms: Going for Growth 2012 24 February 2012 Managing government debt and assets after the crisis OECD Economics Department Policy Notes, No. 10, February 2012 OECD work on economy

Green growth

• Tunisia and Morocco join multilateral business integrity and green growth instruments
  23 May 2012
  
  
• G20 Green Growth Seminar
  Opening Remarks by Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General, delivered at the G20 Green Growth Seminar, 22 May 2012
  
  
• OECD and Rio+20
  
  
• OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) Policy Statement for the Rio+ Conference
  Development Assistance Committee (DAC) Senior Level Meeting, 3-4 April 2012
  
  
• Chairs' Summary
  Policy Statement to the Rio+20 Conference
  Message to the Council on the Implementation of the Environmental Strategy for the First Decade of the 21st Century 
  Review of the Implementation of the Environmental Strategy for the First Decade of the 21st Century 
  Meeting of the Environment Policy Committee at Ministerial Level: “Making Green Growth Deliver”, 29-30 March 2012
  
  
• Green Chemistry
  Global Director of Energy and Climate Change Policy, The Dow Chemical Company; Chair, Environment Committee of the Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD (BIAC), OECD Yearbook 2012
  
  
• Investment for green growth

 

• Development and Green Growth
  
  
• Green Growth Indicators
  
  
• OECD work on green growth