Austria's Challenges and Successes in the OECD Report

PeopleOther ♦ Published: July 9, 2024; 15:13 ♦ (Vindobona)

The OECD has presented its latest country report for Austria. Every two years or so, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development analyses each member country as a whole and summarizes the findings of this analysis in a comprehensive report. Austrian policymakers have now taken up this report and are hotly debating it.

Magnus Brunner, Austria's Finance Minister, at a press conference about the OECD Country Report. / Picture: © BKA / Wenzel / Flickr Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0 DEED)

The recently published OECD Country Report 2024 highlights Austria's current challenges and progress in various areas such as the economy, education, and environmental protection. The central themes of the report, presented by Finance Minister Magnus Brunner, Climate Protection Minister Leonore Gewessler, and Economics Minister Martin Kocher, include improving competitiveness and the…