10-June-2019
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Fukuoka, June 8‐9, 2019: Session VII: Financial Sector Issues
10-June-2019
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Session 2: On-going efforts to counter tax avoidance and evasion (Participation in Panel Discussion)
9-June-2019
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G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting
8-June-2019
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In an increasingly globalized world, an orderly integration of our capital markets is crucial to strengthen the global economy. Today, one-third of the world’s USD 80 trillion in public equity investments takes place across borders. This provides companies with opportunities to seek finance from a much larger pool of investors, generating higher productivity and creating jobs around the world.
8-June-2019
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I am happy to announce that OECD Ministers adopted last month the revised OECD Code of Liberalisation of Capital Movements, concluding thus the first revision in over 20 years. The Code is the only multilateral agreement and tool providing for the management of the full range of cross-border capital flows between its 36 members.
8-June-2019
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G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting
7-June-2019
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It is my great pleasure to join you here today at the G20 High-Level Symposium on Aging and Financial inclusion. The OECD is delighted to have worked closely with the G20 Japanese Presidency and the Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion in the development of the G20 Fukuoka Policy Priorities on Ageing and Financial Inclusion.
3-June-2019
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It is creating entirely new market dynamics. We’re talking about very big business here. The value of personal data in Europe alone has been forecast to reach almost EUR 1 trillion annually by 2020. Data can be crucial in developing digital services that provide value to consumers. But we need to better understand the role of data as a new factor of production and how it can drive productivity.
29-May-2019
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It is my pleasure to be back in Riga to present to you the 2019 Economic Survey and the first OECD Environment Performance Review (EPR) of Latvia. Together, these two reports chart a path towards a more dynamic, inclusive and environmentally sustainable future in Latvia.
24-May-2019
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The region has made impressive economic and social progress in recent decades. Since the 1990s, per-capita income has increased by around 50%. Most countries have moved from low-income to upper middle-income, while some grew from middle to high income.