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OECD relations with parliamentarians are a crucial element of its mission to help policy makers implement reform. The OECD has longstanding formal relations with the Council of Europe and NATO Parliamentary Assemblies, and organises two high-level parliamentary seminars a year on themes related to recent OECD analysis. Find out more.
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from 23-Jun-2009 to 24-Jun-2009
Don’t miss the 10th OECD Forum and the chance to join the debate on the economic and financial crisis with representatives from government, business, labour and civil society.
The Forum takes place in conjunction with the annual OECD ministerial summit which will be chaired by Korean Prime Minister HAN Seung-soo.
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12-May-2009
Taxes on wage earners fell slightly in 2008 in many OECD countries, with Poland and Turkey showing the biggest drop for an unmarried person earning the average wage, according to the OECD’s annual Taxing Wages publication. But the situation for 2009 remains unclear as fiscal stimulus packages often include tax measures.
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09-Jun-2009
The unemployment rate for the OECD area was 7.8% in April 2009, 0.1 percentage point higher than the previous month and 2.2 percentage points higher than a year earlier.
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10-Jul-2009
Potential recovery signals are emerging in Italy and France, with indications of troughs emerging in Canada, the United Kingdom, the United States, China and India. The trough signals are more tentative in Russia.
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10-Apr-2009
With regions bearing the brunt of the global downturn, politicians responsible for regional and territorial development in Australia, Brazil, the European Commission, Finland, Japan, Poland and the United States outline their response to the economic crisis.
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An easy-to-read series to help understand the economic and social issues high on everyone's agenda, from economic growth to health, pensions, trade and development.
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