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In order to encourage a public debate on the need to establish a new social contract, that will regulate the relations between Government and citizens, and on the approach towards inclussive growth and comuunity building, we travelled across Israel to meet individuals and communities. To date, we have led and taken part in more than [...]

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The CEO of the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor recently mentioned a dilemma which characterizes the Ministry’s work: “Does our will to encourage the economy fit in with our will to protect workers?” Even raising the question signifies a mindset that perceives a conflict between encouraging growth and the protection of workers’ rights. This [...]

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 A recently published decision, by the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor announces the beginning of a new program rewarding employers who train new employees. The employers, in return for the subsidy, would help these employees earn a professional diploma.

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The Reut team recently came back from a study visit to the EU in which we meet with officials and EU social partners regarding the Flexicurity approach.

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In a document that describes the principles and guidelines for achieving an economic and social leapfrog in Israel, the Reut Institute claims that decision makers in the public sphere should establish rules of conduct that will reflect values that may promote leapfrogging, such as business ethics and social awareness. The lack of standardization and legislation [...]

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This week Reut hosted the annual ISRAEL 15 Conference. Some 600 leaders in the social and economic arena gathered to examine ways to fulfill the vision of turning Israel into one of the leading countries in terms of quality of life.

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In the context of the current economic crisis, Merav Arlozorov brings the example of how Japan dealt with its own depression during the 1990s.

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A paper by The Macro Center for Political Economics in collaboration with the Friedrich Ebert Foundation highlights the Israeli economy’s performance in comparison to the average of OECD countries. The paper shows that while Israel is already reaching most of OECD’s economic targets, it is lagging behind in most of their social targets.

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Tom Friedman’s advice to President-Elect Obama echoes some of the central themes of one of the Reut team’s forthcoming update on Leapfrogging Israel’s quality of life.

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Today the Socio-Economic team met with Aviv Wasserman and his team from the Lod Community Foundation. It aims to promote a variety of projects to benefit the city of Lod and all of its inhabitants and combines the effort of practitioners and volunteers from the community with focus on reviving the Old City and Lod’s [...]

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