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03-Dec-2008
Water management is a challenge for both OECD and developing countries. Though the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) call for the proportion of people without access to safe water and basic sanitation to be halved by 2015, many countries are not on track to meet these goals. Amid fears that the financial crisis would result in an aid crisis, OECD donors recently made an Aid Pledge, promising to honour their aid commitments, including the water-related MDGs.
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01-Dec-2008
A new OECD book on sustainable development will practice what it preaches by using innovative low-carbon publishing technology for sales in far-flung global markets.
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25-Nov-2008
The number of unemployed in OECD countries is expected to rise by about 8 million people over the next two years as the most serious recession since the early 1980s takes it toll on economic activity, according to the latest OECD Economic Outlook. Watch the press conference via the link above.
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24-Nov-2008
Thirty-six exporting countries, including 29 OECD countries plus Brazil, Estonia, India, Israel, Romania, Russia and Slovenia, issued a statement pledging continued export-credit support for international trade deals in line with a call by G20 leaders for emerging and developing economies to retain access to financing for imports in the present financial crisis.
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20-Nov-2008
OECD governments should continue reforming their sickness and disability systems and help people with health problems to retain their jobs or find new ones, according to a new OECD report.
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13-Nov-2008
Economic activity is expected to fall by 0.9 percent in the US next year, by 0.5 percent in the Euro area and by 0.1 percent in Japan as OECD countries enter a protracted slowdown, according to latest projections. Watch the news conference to present GDP, inflation and unemployment forecasts for the three economies ahead of the G20 summit on the financial crisis on 15 November 2008.
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OECD to release forecasts for US, Japan, Euro area ahead of full Economic Outlook
10-Nov-2008
OECD will release its latest GDP and inflation projections for the Euro area, Japan and the United States at 11.00 a.m Paris time (10.00 GMT) on Thursday 13 November 2008. The complete Economic Outlook will be presented on 25 November 2008. Watch press conference LIVE.
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07-Nov-2008
OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría has written to U.S. President-elect Barack Obama congratulating him on his election victory and stating the Organisation’s commitment to working closely and productively with his Administration.
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31-Oct-2008
OECD countries and industry must do more to crack down on fraud and waste in government contracts, such as building new schools and roads, that cost taxpayers billions of dollars every year, says OECD. These are among the recommendations in the new Principles for Enhancing Integrity in Public Procurement, part of a broader initiative to tackle corruption and improve governance.
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30-Oct-2008
Some 16 new bilateral agreements on exchange of information for tax purposes signed this week between OECD countries and the British Virgin Islands, Guernsey and Jersey mark an important step forward in efforts to bring greater transparency to cross-border financial transactions. OECD countries have been working with financial centres around the world since 2000 to bring greater transparency and accountability to cross-border transactions.
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