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Norway
Norway increases official development assistance15-Dec-2008 Norway committed USD 3.7 billion to development assistance in 2007, a substantial increase over the previous year. It now gives the world’s highest level of official development assistance as a percentage of gross national income. Norway is also consistently at the forefront of donor efforts to improve the international aid system, as well as its own development policies and programmes. |
OECD Economic Outlook No. 84 - Norwaypdf,23Kb,English | View long abstract 25-Nov-2008 Summary of economic developments and projections for Norway taken from the latest OECD Economic Outlook. Also available:Related documents: |
OECD Science, Technology and Industry Outlook 2008: Profile of Norwaypdf,133Kb,English | View long abstract 27-Oct-2008 This country profile highlights the strengths and challenges for science and technology performance and describes recent policy responses. Also available:Related documents: |
Norway does well on vocational training but should improve the quality of apprenticeships23-Oct-2008 Norway’s vocational education and training system has many strengths: good co-operation between employers, unions and vocational authorities and high-status vocational tracks in upper secondary education. |
International Migration Outlook 2008: Norway country notepdf,283Kb,English | View long abstract 10-Sep-2008 This country note together with a standardised table describes recent trends in migration movements and policies. Also available:Related documents: |
Norway’s job market works for most youth but too many rely on sickness benefits27-Aug-2008 On many counts, the youth labour market in Norway is performing very well. The unemployment rate among young people aged 16-24 was 7.3% in 2007, 6 percentage points below the OECD average and the employment rate was almost 12 percentage points above the OECD average. |
