OECD Economic Survey of Norway

13/08/2008 - OECD’s latest economic survey of Norway, to be published on Wednesday 20 August 2008, looks at the key challenges, particularly in the areas of public finance, monetary policy, labour market participation and improving the education system.

The survey will be available to journalists in English on the OECD's password-protected website at 10.30 Paris time (08.30 GMT) for immediate release.

A press conference will take place at the Norwegian Ministry of Finance, Akersgata 40, Oslo at 10.30 a.m. the same day. It will be presented by OECD economists Patrick Lenain and Paul O’Brien. For further information about the event, journalists are invited to contact Anders Lande of the Norwegian Finance Ministry’s Information Unit.

A Policy Brief with the main conclusions will be freely accessible in pdf format (in English and French) on the OECD’s web site at www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/norway. You are invited to include this internet link in reports on the survey.

Journalists will be allowed advance access to the electronic version of the publication, by e-mail and under embargo from 7.00 a.m. Paris time. For journalists in Asia/Pacific time zones such advance access is allowed 12 hours ahead of release time.

The study will be sent by e-mail on request only. In asking to receive the Survey under embargo, journalists undertake to respect the OECD’s embargo procedures. Requests to receive the survey by e-mail under embargo or to obtain a password to access the website should be sent by e-mail to Charlotte Bardsley in the OECD’s Media Division.