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on 09-Sep-2008
OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría will launch the 2008 edition of OECD’s annual Education at a Glance at a news conference at 11.00 a.m. on 9 September 2008 in Paris. This rich compendium of comparable statistics provides valuable underpinning for policy debate and decisions by education authorities.
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on 24-Jul-2008
OECD’s first Economic Assessment of Indonesia, to be published on Thursday 24 July 2008, looks at the reforms needed to improve the country’s growth performance, strengthen the business and investment climate, and create jobs.
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on 16-Jul-2008
New OECD analysis into the impact, cost and effectiveness of biofuel policies in OECD countries will be presented at a press briefing at OECD headquarters, 2 rue Andre Pascal, Paris 75016 at 11.00 a.m on Wednesday 16 July 2008.
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on 02-Jul-2008
Discrimination in the workplace, work-related mental illness and pay and working conditions in foreign affiliates of multinational enterprises are among the issues explored in the 2008 edition of OECD's annual Employment Outlook, to be published on Wednesday 2 July 2008.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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on 11-Jun-2008
OECD’s assessment of Canada’s economy and its youth labour market are very positive. Economic performance has been amongst the best in the OECD and the employment rate amongst 15 – 24 year olds is well above the OECD average. This positive overview comes with warnings and recommendations which will be outlined during a news conference at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday 11 June in the National Press Theatre.
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from 23-May-2008 to 26-May-2008
A high-level Iraqi government delegation led by H.E. Baqr Jabor Al-Zubaidy, Minister of Finance of Iraq, will visit OECD, May 26 – 27, to discuss a number of issues including development aid, investment, taxation and anti-corruption measures. The meeting is organised by OECD and UNDP.
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on 29-May-2008
Have we entered a new era of high food prices? What factors will be driving agricultural prices and farm policies over the coming years? Such questions are tackled by OECD and the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation in their latest joint study.
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