Oecd israel

Your Taxes: How to live longer according to the OECD

By 2060, one out of three people in OECD countries will be at least 65 years old, up from one out of five today, according to the OECD, with careers now spanning decades, up to five generations

A photo shows a view of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) headquarters in Paris on September 22, 2025
Truck and car on highway in front of stacks of shipping containers

Israel, Costa Rica sign FTA eliminating over 90% of tariffs, expanding bilateral trade

 A person holds Israeli shekel coins in their hand in Jerusalem on December 18, 2024.

OECD sees sustained post-war growth in Israel

 OECD representative meet with Finance Ministry officials, including Minister Bezalel Smotrich, on April 2, 2025.

Time to invest in Israel's economic future through meaningful social change - editorial


Your Taxes: Slip slidin' away

The report says that tax administrations may sometimes be justified in using hindsight to increase a tax assessment if intangible assets (intellectual property) are shifted offshore.

Money [illustrative]

Your Taxes: Roadblock on the superhighway

We may be witnessing a renewed tax dispute between the US and UK among others. Are we back to the Boston Tea Party – no taxation without physical (not just digital) representation?

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Israel sees improvement by poor students, but still lags behind OECD

According to the report, the majority of students who perform poorly in The Program for International Student Assessment come from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds.

Students sit in a library at the Ariel University Center in the West Bank settlement of Ariel

OECD warns on Israel's high risk real estate

"The real estate sector risk is high, and the banks' involvement in the sector continues to be very deep," OECD economists write.

In Beit Shemesh, overlooking the valley from the northeast, construction of 14,000 planned housing units is now in full swing

OECD projects continued growth for Israel in 2017-18

Kahlon signs multilateral convention to combat tax avoidance.

FINANCE MINISTER Moshe Kahlon and his counterparts smile at the OECD Ministerial Council meeting in Paris yesterday

The 5776 mirror: Looking back over the past Jewish year

As we look back over the past Jewish year, Israel has room for much optimism and hope – and a dark cloud or two.

Painting by Avi Katz

Bennett to OECD education ministers: We can transform the world

The conference in Jerusalem brought together some 30 education ministers and delegations from around the world.

EDUCATION MINISTER Naftali Bennett speaks at the OECD global summit in Jerusalem yesterday as President Reuven Rivlin looks on.

OECD report: Israel’s gender pay gap is higher than average

Israel also lags behind on student spending.

WOMEN IN ISRAEL still earn less than similarly educated men in the same age group, relative to other OECD countries.

Israel lags OECD in broadband mobile subscriptions

Israel, ahead of only seven countries, has a 25.9% fixed penetration rate.

A record year for smartphone sales in Israel

‘Answer to OECD report is rezoning’

Peri says zoning of private land in central Israel can create supply of over 200,000 apartments.

Construction (illustrative).