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		      <pubDate>Fri May 25 12:28:04 CEST 2012</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Statistics : Continued divergence in GDP growth rates among OECD countries in first quarter of 2012]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[Provisional estimates show that quarterly gross domestic product (GDP) in the OECD area grew by 0.4% in the first quarter of 2012, up from 0.3% in the previous quarter. The OECD total continues to mask diverging patterns among member countries. Positive growth ]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Fri May 25 00:00:00 CEST 2012</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Design policies to ensure growth is socially inclusive, says OECD-World Bank report]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[Economic policy should be better designed to bring about more inclusive growth,  ensuring that the benefits of increased prosperity are shared more evenly across society, according to a new report from the OECD and the World Bank.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Thu May 24 00:00:00 CEST 2012</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Colombia and Mexico sign international tax, human rights and clean business standards]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[Colombia and Mexico are a step closer to benefiting from cross border tax co-operation and information sharing. Colombia has signed, and Mexico has deposited its instrument of ratification for the Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Wed May 23 00:00:00 CEST 2012</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Trade-induced economic growth boosts employment and wages]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[Governments that foster open markets and resist protectionism have the best chance of stimulating inclusive economic growth and creating high-value jobs, according to a new study from 10 international organisations presented in Paris.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Wed May 23 08:50:00 CEST 2012</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Global economy recovering, but major risks remain, says OECD ]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[The global economy is gradually gaining momentum, but the recovery is fragile, extremely uneven across different regions and could be derailed by the crisis in the euro area, according to the OECD’s latest Economic Outlook.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Tue May 22 10:00:00 CEST 2012</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[OECD launches updated version of Your Better Life Index]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[The OECD today released a new version of its pioneering Your Better Life Index-- an online, interactive index that allows people to measure and compare their lives in a way that goes beyond traditional GDP numbers.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Tue May 22 00:00:00 CEST 2012</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Tackle gender gap to boost growth, says OECD]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[Breaking down barriers to gender equality in education, employment and entrepreneurship would create new sources of economic growth and help make better use of everyone’s skills, according to a new OECD report.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Tue May 22 14:00:00 CEST 2012</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Job-rich growth essential for G20 recovery, say OECD & ILO]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[OECD and ILO heads call upon the Ministers of Labour and Employment of the G20 countries to put a greater, renewed emphasis on employment policies to help economies accelerate and sustain the recovery, achieve higher levels of decent work and get out of the debt trap, at the G20 Meeting in Mexico.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Thu May 17 00:00:00 CEST 2012</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Statistics: OECD unemployment rate stable at 8.2% in March 2012]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[The OECD area unemployment rate was stable at 8.2% in March 2012, the same level recorded since February 2011. This flatness is largely the result of increasing rates in some euro area countries being offset by declines in North America.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Tue May 15 00:00:00 CEST 2012</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[G20 Labour Ministers must focus on young jobseekers]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[Young people continue to bear the brunt of the jobs crisis, with nearly 11 million 15 to 24 year-olds out of work in OECD countries in early 2012. Youth unemployment in OECD area in March 2012 was 17.1%, close to its November 2009 peak of 18.3%, according to new OECD data released in advance of the G20 Labour Ministers Meeting in Mexico on 17-18 May.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Tue May 15 11:00:00 CEST 2012</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Sweden needs an independent committee to oversee National Pension Funds]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[Sweden should establish an independent committee of experts to oversee its National Pension Funds and set a clear, measurable financial objective for investments to ensure their long-term viability, according to a new OECD report. ]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Thu Apr 26 00:00:00 CEST 2012</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Economy: OECD Economic Survey of Korea 2012]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[Korea is one of the fastest-growing OECD economies, but it faces the most rapid population ageing in the OECD area as well as rising inequality. Korea needs reforms, particularly in the labour market and the education system, to sustain growth and promote social cohesion. ]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Thu Apr 26 07:30:00 CEST 2012</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Czech Republic should further develop its framework programme for preschool education]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[The Czech Republic should build on the strengths of its preschool education framework to further enhance the quality of its early childhood education and care services, according to a new OECD report.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Wed Apr 25 00:00:00 CEST 2012</pubDate>
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