1-June-2018
English
The OECD took steps to deepen its engagement with Thailand, South Africa and Peru during the Organisation’s annual Ministerial Meeting and announced it will open an office in Istanbul to provide a base for its growing work with partner countries.
9-April-2018
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Foreign aid from official donors totalled USD 146.6 billion in 2017, a small decrease of 0.6% from 2016 in real terms as less money was spent on refugees inside donor countries but with more funds flowing to countries most in need of aid, according to preliminary official data collected by the OECD.
9-April-2018
Spanish
Tras cinco años de ralentización económica y una recesión de dos años en 2015-2016, ALC está en una senda de recuperación suave. Según las estimaciones del informe, se proyecta que el Producto Interior Bruto (PIB) de la región crezca entre 2 y 2.5% en 2018, después de haber crecido en un 1.3% en 2017.
9-April-2018
English
After five years of economic slowdown and a two-year recession in 2015-2016, LAC is on the path of a frail economic recovery. According to estimates in the Outlook, the region’s gross domestic product (GDP) is projected to increase again between 2 and 2.5% in 2018, after reaching 1.3% growth on average in 2017.
9-April-2018
English
Thailand has made impressive economic and social progress over the past several decades, but must now take further steps to transform its economy and ensure that prosperity is shared more equally across the country, according to a new report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
6-April-2018
Spanish
Las Perspectivas Económicas de América Latina 2018 se centran en el análisis de la creciente desconexión entre ciudadanos e instituciones públicas en la región de América Latina y el Caribe, ilustrada por una disminución de la confianza, la falta de buenos empleos y la disminución de la satisfacción con servicios públicos clave como salud y educación.
6-April-2018
English
The Latin American Economic Outlook 2018 focuses on the analysis of the increasing disconnect between citizens and public institutions in the Latin American and the Caribbean region, illustrated by a decline of trust, the lack of good jobs and the decreasing satisfaction with key public services such as health and education.
27-March-2018
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Tax revenues in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) dipped in 2016, falling further behind average OECD country levels, but a recovery is likely in subsequent years, according to Revenue Statistics in Latin America and the Caribbean 2018. The average tax-to-GDP ratio stood at 22.7% in 2016, a fall of 0.3 percentage points since 2015, the report says.
26-March-2018
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Australia’s active global engagement on development and its focus on fragile small island states and disaster risk reduction are commendable. However successive cuts to the country’s aid budget since 2013 are impairing its efforts, according to the latest DAC Peer Review of Australia.
22-March-2018
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Though philanthropic flows are relatively modest compared to official development assistance (ODA), their contribution is substantial in certain sectors, according to a new OECD report. For the first time, Private Philanthropy for Development uses global, comparable data to analyse how private foundations are supporting development.