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As individuals increase their use of financial products, it becomes more important that they be financially literate. Policymakers need to be able to identify individuals who are most in need of financial education and the best ways to improve that education. In order to assist policy makers, the OECD has established the International Gateway for Financial Education www.financial-education.org to describe, analyse and assess the effectiveness of programmes to improve financial literacy.
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07-Jul-2009
Financial services firms must make sure their customers understand what they are letting themselves in for when they sign up for mortgages, consumer loans and other products, under new OECD guidelines designed to avoid a repeat of the sub-prime mortgage crisis and ensuing credit crunch that sent the world economy into recession.
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from 15-Dec-2009 to 16-Dec-2009
This conference, co-hosted by the OECD and Comissão de Valores Mobiliários (CVM), seeks to advance and elevate the dialogue on financial education in the international arena and particularly in Latin America; share experiences on best practices; as well as look at applied research.
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on 20-May-2009
This symposium focused on the role of financial education in the context of the financial crisis. High-level officials and decision-makers from around the world met in Paris to discuss and elevate the international policy dialogue on the importance of financial education on a global scale and as one of the long-term possible responses to the current financial crisis.
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from 21-Oct-2008 to 22-Oct-2008
This conference aimed to promote international discussion on financial education among key stakeholders, especially in the context of the rapid changes in Asian economies, resulting in a wider array of financial services (often credit products) now being offered to a large number of inexperienced consumers.
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02-Oct-2008
In his remarks delivered at a conference on financial awareness organised by the Hungarian Central Bank, Mr. Gurría affirmed that a well functioning financial system requires better consumer-oriented financial education.
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28-Aug-2008
This publication analyses the level of financial risk awareness of consumers and highlights good practices governments might initiate to enhance consumers' awareness and education on insurance and private pensions issues.
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10-Jul-2009
While financial markets deteriorated, government actions helped to avert an even bigger crisis. Despite some signs of recovery banks are not yet on solid footing. Recent government programmes dealing with ‘toxic assets’ are welcome, but more needs to be done. These are headline topics of this FMT edition which focuses on issues related to the financial and economic crisis, including articles on corporate governance lessons, government guarantees for financial institutions, private pensions, sovereign borrowing, government debt issuance, and the role of stock exchanges in corporate governance.
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from 07-May-2008 to 08-May-2008
Co-hosted by the OECD and the US Treasury, this conference aimed to advance and elevate the dialogue on financial education in the international arena, share experiences on best practices and look at applied research.
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29-Apr-2008
Many people have a poor understanding of the financial issues that affect their lives, according to OECD analysis. To help them, OECD countries have agreed new good practices on financial education relating to private pensions and insurance that call on governments and business to work together to improve financial literacy in order to give people the tools they need to secure their future.
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