OECD Organisation for Economic operation and : Economic Survey of Norway launches Monday 18 January 2016

12/01/16-The OECD Economic Survey of Norway, to be published on Monday 18 January, assesses the policy challenges for sustaining the country's exceptionally high living standards and levels of well-being, notably in the context of falling oil prices. The Survey discusses how policies can help Norway adjust to lower oil incomes. It also addresses policy measures that can bolster competitiveness and improve skills to help both productivity and inclusiveness. The in-depth chapters of the Survey examine higher education and agriculture and rural policy.

Bob Ford, deputy director of country studies in the OECD Economics Department and Phil Hemmings, OECD senior economist,will present the Survey on 18 January in Oslo with Norway's Minister of Finance Siv Jensen during a press conference starting at 9:30 local time (8:30 GMT) at the Ministry of Finance (Akersgata 40, 0180 Oslo).

The Survey will be available to registered journalists on the OECD's password-protected website at 8:30 GMT for immediate release.

An Overview of the Economic Survey, with the main conclusions, will be freely accessible on the OECD's web site at: http://oecd.org/norway/economic-survey-norway.htm. You are invited to include this Internet link in reports on the Survey.

For further information on the Survey launch, contact Eva K. Dahle Rabben, in the Ministry of Finance press office ([phone]).

For further information on the Economic Survey, contact the OECD Media Office ([phone]).

Journalists will be allowed advance access to the electronic version of the OECD Economic Survey of Norway, by e-mail and under embargo, the day before release.

The Survey 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 [e-mail].