Posts Tagged: OECD
Israel Second Best Place in the World to Retire, New Study Finds
Despite its ongoing war with Hamas to the south in Gaza and escalating tensions with Lebanese Hezbollah to the north, Israel has been ranked as...
Israel Is An OECD Leader For Investment and Research in High Tech
i24 News - Israel has the highest rate of venture capital investment as a percentage of GDP in high-tech companies among OECD countries (1.76 percent)....
OECD Tells Israel to Cut Red Tape in Non-Tech Sectors to Boost Productivity
Israel needs to cut red tape in traditional industries so they can boost productivity and catch up with the country's booming high-tech sector, the head...
Israel Intends To Adopt OECD Digital Economy Tax Plan
i24 News - Israeli Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman announced his first major gesture on Tuesday morning at a meeting of senior officials in the ministry,...
Israelis Pay More for Basic Necessities
CTech - Ahead of the country’s general election set for September 17, the Israeli government has been boasting lower prices of goods and services, allegedly...
Israeli Government Expenditure on R&D Second Lowest of OECD Countries
CTech - In 2016, the Israeli government was responsible for 1.57 percent of the country’s total national expenditure on research and development, far below the...
One in Five Israelis Live in Poverty, Annual Report Finds as 2018 Draws to Close
One in five Israelis -- around 1,780,500 -- live in poverty, according to an annual report published by the National Insurance Institute on Monday, as...
Report: Israel Has Highest Birthrate in Western World
Israel has the highest birthrate in the Western world, with an average of 3.11 children per family, Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics reported on Tuesday. According...
Israeli Education Key to Country’s Innovation Success
Education ministers, senior delegations and high-ranking officials from some 30 countries arrived in Israel this week for a three-day summit on “innovation in education and...
New Israel Poverty Poll: 95% Pessimistic About Coming Year
A new poll on poverty in Israel charges that "despair and anger" among the country's Jewish population are rife, and even more worrying, that...
Israel’s Economic Growth Slows, But Remains Far Ahead of Global Average
Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics published bearish economic numbers Monday, forecasting growth at 3.4%, down from the 3.8% the Bank of Israel forecasted for this...
At 65, Israel Defies Economic Meltdown
While most of the world is afflicted by an economic meltdown, Israel demonstrates fiscal responsibility, sustained economic growth with no stimulus package...
Israel Ranks #2 in List of World’s Most Educated Countries
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development released it's 2011 list of the worlds most educated countries. Israel, which saw the largest population increase of...
