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Limiting long-term unemployment and non-participation in Sweden

After the onset of the crisis, unemployment in Sweden increased markedly, though much less than expected and than during the early 1990s, even as participation in the labour market held up well.

Enhancing the cost-effectiveness of climate change mitigation policies in Sweden

Sweden has developed an extensive and sound policy framework to limit greenhouse gas emissions.

Key findings from the OECD’s Economic Survey of Sweden and Economic Challenges Facing Swedish Economy

In his remarks for the launch of the Economic Survey of Sweden, Angel Gurría said that 'Sweden is recovering quickly and robustly from the crisis (...) in large part thanks to the sound macroeconomic and structural policies Sweden has pursued over the past couple of decades.'

Official visit of the Secretary-General to Sweden (Stockholm, 19-20 January 2011)

During his mission to Stockholm, Angel Gurría presented the latest Economic Survey of Sweden and met with government officials to discuss a range of key policy issues.

Regulatory Reform in OECD Countries: Reports by Country

The unique OECD peer review process has helped improve public policy. It assesses how countries manage the design, adoption and enforcement of regulations according to a conceptual framework. It ensures comparability while taking account of institutional and cultural differences across countries.

Strong Performers and Successful Reformers in Education (England, Poland and Sweden)

This volume combines an analysis of PISA with a description of the policies and practices of those education systems that are close to the top or advancing rapidly, in order to offer insights for policy from their reform trajectories.

Taxation, Innovation and the Environment

By putting a price on pollution, do environmentally related taxes spur innovation? Does the design of the tax play a critical role? What is the effect of this innovation? In analysing these questions, the report draws on case studies that cover Japan, Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Israel and others. It also covers a wide set of environmental issues and technologies, as well as the economic and policy contexts.

OECD Review on Evaluation and Assessment Frameworks for Improving School Outcomes - Country Background Report for Sweden

This report was prepared by the Ministry of Education and Research as an input to the OECD Review on Evaluation and Assessment Frameworks for Improving School Outcomes. The document was prepared in response to guidelines the OECD provided to all countries.

Sickness, Disability and Work: Breaking the Barriers: Sweden - Will the Recent Reforms Make It?

ICT in Initial Teacher Training - Sweden Country report

The aim of the present report is to describe how student teachers in Sweden are prepared to integrate technology in their future teaching. The report is part of the comparative OECD study ICT in initial teacher training which has the objectives of providing a detailed picture of how technology is used in initial teacher training in the OECD countries from a comparative perspective, analysing the views of the main stakeholders, and