This paper focuses on inequalities in learning opportunities for individuals coming from different socioeconomic backgrounds as a measure of (in)equality of opportunity in OECD countries and looks at the role played by policies and institutions in shaping countries’ relative positions.

The OECD Communications Outlook 2009 presents the most recent comparable data on the performance of the communication sector in OECD countries and on their policy frameworks. The 2009 edition analyses the communications sector over the years following the "dot com bubble" crisis and explores future developments. The OECD Communications Outlook provides an extensive range of...

Governments must continue reforms to ensure that public and private retirement income provision is socially as well as financially sustainable, according to this report. "More than one in four Australian seniors live in poverty on international measures," according to the report. "This is the fourth highest old-age poverty rate in the OECD countries and more...

Taking account of the deepest and most widespread recession in the OECD and world economies for more than 50 years, this report analyses recent developments and focuses on policy actions required to foster a sustained recovery.

Digital content has become an increasingly important and pervasive factor shaping economic and social development. High-speed communications, increasing upstream as well as downstream bandwidth, declining access prices, convergence of previously distinct networks, innovation in new devices and applications and lower entry barriers will drive new ways of creating, distributing, preserving, and accessing digital content.