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		      <pubDate>Thu Jul 09 18:05:40 CEST 2009</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[G8 Summit to discuss principles and standards for global business dealings]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[One of the agenda items at the G8 Summit in L’Aquila this week is expected to be a discussion of a proposed new “Global Standard” for international business dealings (see www.oecd.org/globalstandard). An Italian-led working group has drawn up, with the assistance of the OECD, a list of 12 “common principles and standards” in support of this project. To promote discussion of the issues raised by the proposed Global Standard, the OECD has launched a blog to which comments are invited.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Mon Jul 06 00:00:00 CEST 2009</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[OECD’s Gurría welcomes strengthening of G8/G5 dialogue through HAP]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[“Closer and stronger ties between the G8 and G5 countries are critical for tackling the increasingly complex global challenges facing our countries, and never more so than in  the current economic crisis,” OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría said today at the G8 Summit.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Thu Jul 09 00:00:00 CEST 2009</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[OECD’s review of Sweden’s development co-operation]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[Sweden spent USD 4.73 billion on overseas development assistance (ODA) in 2008. This amounted to 0.98% of its gross national income (GNI), making Sweden the most generous DAC donor countries as a proportion of its economy. This is particularly laudable in a time of global recession.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Thu Jul 09 14:00:00 CEST 2009</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Luxembourg makes progress in OECD standards on tax information exchange]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[Luxembourg has signed a protocol to its double taxation convention with Norway, bringing to 12 the number of agreements it has on exchange of information for tax purposes and thus crossing the threshold for being considered to have substantially implemented the internationally agreed standard in this area.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Wed Jul 08 00:00:00 CEST 2009</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[OECD Economic Survey of Brazil 2009]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[The OECD’s latest economic survey of Brazil, to be published on Tuesday 14 July 2009, looks at the challenges the country faces as it recovers from the global downturn. It also discusses  the reforms needed to reinforce long-term growth and raise living standards.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Wed Jul 08 15:37:09 CEST 2009</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[OECD Economic Survey of Russia 2009]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[The OECD’s latest economic survey of Russia, to be published on Wednesday 15 July 2009, looks at the reforms needed to establish more robust and sustainable growth in the wake of the current crisis.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Tue Jul 07 17:12:16 CEST 2009</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[OECD Economic Survey of Belgium 2009]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[The Belgian economy is in a deep recession. Nevertheless, the government should not forego structural reforms in areas such as labour policy, fiscal policy, fiscal federalism, taxation and competition. Such reforms are particularly important to meet the challenge of securing fiscal sustainability.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Wed Jul 08 11:00:00 CEST 2009</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Further farm policy reform urgent as public finances remain under pressure, says OECD report]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[OECD governments provided 265 billion US dollars in support to farmers last year, says a new OECD report. This represented 21 % of total farm receipts, down from 22% in 2007 and 26% in 2006. The falls were due mainly to the rise in agricultural commodity prices, rather than to policy decisions. With higher world prices, lower levels of support were needed to prop up domestic prices.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Mon Jul 06 11:00:00 CEST 2009</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Aid for Trade is building stronger economies]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[All countries need to trade, with their neighbours and  globally, to sustain  long-term economic growth. Some low-income countries lack the instutitions, infrastructure and supply-side capacity to benefit from open markets and lift their people out of poverty.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Thu Jul 02 00:00:00 CEST 2009</pubDate>
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