Agricultural Policies in OECD Countries to be released 26 June 2008 – news briefing 11.00 a.m.

on 26-Jun-2008

How are rising food prices affecting government support to farmers?  How is agriculture policy changing?  These are among the issues addressed in Agricultural Polices in OECD Countries: Monitoring and Evaluation to be be released on 26 June 2008.

U.S. President George W. Bush visits OECD, urges Middle East, Afghanistan peace drive

on 13-Jun-2008

Visiting OECD headquarters as part of a week-long, six-state tour of Europe, U.S. President George W. Bush hailed European reconstruction and development and called for renewed efforts to bring peace to the Middle East and Afghanistan.

Watch the live broadcast of the OECD Forum 2008

from 03-Jun-2008 to 04-Jun-2008

Listen to our high-level speakers addressing the key issues of this year’s Forum: climate change, growth and stability. How to build a solid economic framework for combating climate change beyond Kyoto? How to deal with risks following the shocks of financial turmoil, cooling housing markets and higher energy and commodity prices?

OECD ministers to discuss climate change, trade and global economy at annual meeting, Paris, 4-5 June 2008

from 04-Jun-2008 to 05-Jun-2008

The economic impact of climate change, rising food prices and a broad range of other trade, growth and development issues will be discussed at the OECD’s annual ministerial meeting in Paris on 4-5 June 2008. France, represented by Christine Lagarde, Minister for the Economy, Industry and Employment, will chair the meeting, with Mexico and Switzerland as Vice-Chairs. 

OECD presented its first Latin American Economic Outlook in Santiago de Chile

on 07-Nov-2007

The OECD’s Secretary General, Angel Gurría, presented the OECD Development Centre’s first Latin American Economic Outlook in Santiago de Chile on 7 November 2007.

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