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Improving social cohesion in Latin America: making the most of globalisation09-Oct-2008 While the global economy has created immense opportunities for Latin America, it has not reduced deep inequalities. In his remarks at a Euro-Latin American Forum in Paris, OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría stressed that improvement in three crucial areas of public policy -fiscal policy, education and regional development- can foster social cohesion in the region. |
Education at a Glance 2008 Briefing Note - Chilepdf,121Kb,English | View long abstract 09-Sep-2008 This note contrasts key findings for the partner country Chile with global trends among OECD countries, under the headings: quantity and quality challenges, equity challenges, and resource and efficiency challenges. |
Policy Insights 75: The Curse of Raw Materials?pdf,311Kb,English | View long abstract 28-Aug-2008 Gøril Havro and Javier Santiso The “raw materials curse” is far from being an inevitability, as shown by Norway and Chile. Both examples offer valuable lessons to developing countries on how to sensibly manage mining and oil resources. Also available: |
OECD ministers discussed climate change, trade and global economy at annual meeting, Paris, 4-5 June 2008from 04-Jun-2008 to 05-Jun-2008 The economic impact of climate change, rising food prices and a broad range of other trade, growth and development issues were discussed at the OECD’s annual ministerial meeting in Paris on 4-5 June 2008. Ministers from Brazil, China, India, Indonesia and South Africa have been invited to attend the ministerial meeting, as have ministers from Chile, Estonia, Israel, Russia and Slovenia, the five candidate countries for accession to OECD. |