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02-Dec-2008
Efficient tax systems underpin development but tax dodgers in developed and developing countries deprive governments of revenues. (see article in The Guardan newspaper) Tax, trade and investment policies are key to the mobilisation of resources for development. OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría highlighted OECD work on tax at the UN International Conference on Financing for Development.
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01-Dec-2008
Angel Gurría tells the meeting on "Financing and pricing water: The roles of government policies, the private sector and civil society", that good water management is so fundamental to human and economic development, and to the maintenance of ecosystems, that we cannot afford to fail.
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13-Nov-2008
Angel Gurría, Secrétaire général de l'OCDE a rencontré Hans-Gert Pöttering, Président du Parlement européen, pendant sa visite officielle à Bruxelles le 12 novembre 2008.
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12-Nov-2008
OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría met with European Parliament President Hans-Gert Pöttering during his official visit to Brussels on 12 November 2008.
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07-Oct-2008
We are looking for a Senior Manager for Public Affairs who will proactively contribute to the OECD’s relations with Civil Society Organisation (CSO) and play a leading role in developing the OECD’s public affairs activities.
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04-Jun-2008
Union leadership from the accession countries Chile, Estonia and Russia took part in the TUAC delegation that met the OECD Ministerial Council Bureau on 3 June.
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07-May-2008
The Economics and Security Committee of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly has recently released reports on Afghanistan, Russia, India, East Asia, Georgia and Moldova.
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05-Oct-2007
Address by Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General, on "The OECD and the World Economy" at the Enlarged Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Strasbourg, 3 October 2007 (watch the video of the speech).
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09-Feb-2007
The OECD welcomed the opportunity to cooperate with the UK charity One World Trust in its preparation of its 2006 Global Accountability Report, an assessment of the overall accountability of 30 international organisations including intergovernmental organisations (IGOs), non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and transnational corporations (TNCs). The OECD is one of seven organisations with an overall score of over 50 percent in three of the four areas used as criteria for measuring accountability.
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16-Feb-2007
Parliamentarians are at the heart of democratic systems. They pass laws and hold government purse strings. Because of their important role in national policy-making, it is only natural that the OECD co-operate with parliamentarians when formulating its policy advice. So keeping parliamentarians informed of its activities and getting their feedback is a high priority for the Organisation. This Policy Brief looks at these initiatives and other tools the OECD is using to bring its work closer to parliamentarians.
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An easy-to-read series to help understand the economic and social issues high on everyone's agenda, from economic growth to health, pensions, trade and development.
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