1-October-2015
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This report introduces the concept of Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development (PCSD), along with a proposal for monitoring coherence. It also applies a policy coherence lens to green growth, as one of the priority areas for policy coherence identified in the OECD Strategy on Development.
1-October-2015
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In the last decade, the world has made important progress in fighting extreme poverty, but we still have a long way to go. I just came back from New York, where the international community adopted the Sustainable Development Goals. Enthusiasm was in abundance, but the debate was pretty sobering.
28-September-2015
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I am excited by the launch of this partnership. It can play a crucial role in driving a data revolution that improves lives and helps us make the right decisions to speed our progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals.
28-September-2015
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In the quest for sustainable development: A new rural development paradigm for reaching the SDGs / Roundtable on optimising philanthropy’s potential to fast-track the SDGs/ Africa Forum 2015 - leaders call for renewed momentum
28-September-2015
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Understanding Peru’s development bottlenecks / Measuring well-being and benchmarking its progress over time/ Let’s talk about the SDGs!
28-September-2015
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Africa will play a make-or-break role in how the Sustainable Development Goals story plays out. Under the leadership of the African Union, Africans have already adopted their own development roadmap.
28-September-2015
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The Development Week, organised by the Development Centre, convenes at OECD a series of strategic meetings that offer an inclusive setting and opportunity for policy dialogue and knowledge sharing among a large set of development stakeholders, including member countries of the Development Centre, high-level policy makers, representatives of the private sector, investors, civil society organisations, foundations and think tanks.
27-September-2015
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Tackling human development means tackling rural development – the two go hand in hand. We used to think the solution was rapid urbanisation and industrialisation. Now, we know that in well-performing economies, rural areas tend to be resilient, contributing to national wealth and social stability.
26-September-2015
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OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría today called on all countries to fully engage with the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and said advanced and emerging economies had a particular responsibility to translate the global goals into national policy and to support developing countries in doing the same.
26-September-2015
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We now have fewer than 800 weeks to eradicate poverty, everywhere. That’s 800 weeks to lift 800 million people out of extreme poverty. This is an aspiration which I firmly believe the international community can deliver.