EDITORIAL

- Jobs are the bottom line of the global crisis by Angel Gurría

NEWS BRIEF

-Outlook brightens

-Progressive measures

-Soundbites

-Warning for EU

-Warning regarding protectionism

-G20 in Pittsburgh

-Tax notes

-Economy

-Plus ça change

SPOTLIGHT: JOBS CRISIS

-Jobs crisis: Policies that work by John Martin

-Giving youth a hand

-Roundtable on the jobs crisis: What ministers are doing

--Canada

--Italy

--Sweden

--France

--New Zealand

--Chile

-Fighting poverty at work

-Green jobs, Any collar you want

-Invest in employability by Jenny ross, Ingeus Centre for Policy and Research

-Forgotton Workers? by Johannes P. Jutting and Juan R. Laiglesia

-Myths and migrants by Brian Keeley

-Down to business by Adam B. Green, VP, USCIB

-Decent work matters by Roland Schneider, OECD-TUAC

Out of work: A portrait

FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT

-Towards a new reserve currency system? by Helmu Reisen, OECD Development Centre

-Disaster lessons

-Grappling with grain prices by Joahcim von Braun and Maximo Torero, IFPRI

OECD.ORG

-The crisis and beyond: Ministerial report

-Kim Dae-Jung: A tribute; Forum viewpoints

-Recent Speeches by Angel Gurría

-New ambassadors

-Calendar

-Frankie.org

-Calendar of forthcoming events

BOOKS

-Review of Doing Better for Children

-Oil Conundrum: Review ofOECD Economic Survey of Mexico

2009

-New OECD publications

-Twitter time

DATABANK

-Trade declines by sector

-Trade declines by geography

-When learning pays: returns on learning

-Poor pensioners: Old-age income poverty rates