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A crisis of statistics - Angel Gurría, European Voice
27/10/2009 - We need our statistics to give a more accurate picture of society and the economy, writes the head of the OECD.
OECD chief upbeat about Korea's economy - Korea Herald
27/10/2009 - Angel Gurria, Secretary-General of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, said yesterday he was optimistic about the future direction of the Korean economy.
Meeting challenges of globalized financial markets: the tax dimension - Angel Gurria, China Daily
26/10/2009 - As countries start to come through the global economic crisis, their governments are looking more and more to tax systems to help secure long-term financial stability. Their determination to shore up their revenues by closing off loopholes for tax evaders was given a huge boost by G20 leaders at Pittsburgh last month with the announcement of plans to monitor the clean-up of secretive tax havens.
OECD chief urges start to fiscal consolidation - Forbes
25/10/2009 - China and other countries need to start looking at how they will bring down budget deficits bloated by spending sprees to prop up their economies, the head of the OECD said on Monday.
The end of the tax-haven era - Angel Gurria, The Guardian.co.uk
31/08/2009 - A quiet revolution is under way in international governance. Building on more than a decade of work at the OECD, governments are finally getting to grips with one of the biggest threats to fair and effective public financing.
Need to look well ahead - Angel Gurria, The Washington Times
24/08/2009 - ...The need for fiscal consolidations prompted by massive annual deficits and growing levels of debt is evident in many member countries of the OECD in addition to the United States. In the United Kingdom, for example, declining tax receipts have forced government borrowing to its highest level for the month of July since records began.
Il n'y a pas de bonne relance sans intégrité - Angel Gurría, La Tribune
18/08/2009 - Quand beaucoup d'argent public est dépensé d'un coup, comme c'est le cas avec les plans de relance budgétaire, il faut redoubler de vigilance. Pour assurer la transparence, la concurrence et la probité dans la passation des marchés publics, l'OCDE a élaboré des principes qui peuvent aider les gouvernements.
Muslim Europe: the demographic time bomb transforming our continent - Adrian Michaels, Daily Telegraph
08/08/2009 - ...Angel Gurría, the OECD secretary-general, said in June: "Migration is not a tap that can be turned on and off at will. We need fair and effective migration and integration policies; policies that work and adjust to both good economic times and bad ones."
OCDE despeja dudas: para ingresar, Chile debe aprobar ley de información bancaria - Gustavo Orellana, El Mercurio
23/07/2009 - Lo aclaró su máxima autoridad, Ángel Gurría. La OCDE decidió salir a zanjar la polémica sobre si es requisito, o no, aprobar la ley de intercambio de información tributaria para ser miembro pleno del organismo, tal es el anhelo del Gobierno chileno. El propio secretario ejecutivo de la entidad, el mexicano Ángel Gurría, explicó a "El Mercurio" que, efectivamente, si Chile quiere ingresar debe haber aprobado la citada ley que, entre otras cosas, levanta el secreto bancario.
Angel Gurria Sees Improvement in Trade Financing - Alan M. Field, The Journal of Commerce Online
06/07/2009 - Although trade financing is becoming easier for exporters to access, many major transactions are still frozen because of financing trouble, said Angel Gurria, secretary general of the OECD on Monday. Gurria said trade finance had gone "from being closed at the beginning of the year to now being selectively more open."
La crise ne doit pas transformer les migrations de travail en menace - Eric Besson et Angel Gurría, Le Monde
30/06/2009 - Il y a très peu de temps encore la migration de travail était considérée par beaucoup de gouvernements des pays de l'OCDE comme l'un des moyens de répondre aux pénuries de main-d'oeuvre et au vieillissement démographique. (Rapport OCDE)
Setting standards and building confidence - Angel Gurría, New Europe
21/06/2009 - First signs that the worst of the economic crisis may be behind us are bringing relief after months of gloom. When leaders of government, international organisations, business and civil society gather for the OECD’s annual summit meetings in Paris next week, however, one question will dominate the agenda: Is enough being done to restore confidence and long-term growth and break the grip of the worst global crisis of our times?
Tax Fairness and the Developing World - Angel Gurría, The Globalist
01/05/2009 - With aid budgets under pressure amid the global economic crisis, governments are looking to tax systems as a new frontier for development policies. OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría explains why a solid tax base is critical for long-term financial stability.
"Die Schweiz verdient Respekt" - Neue Zürcher Zeitung
19/04/2009 - Interview mit OECD-Generalsekretär Angel Gurría zum Einlenken beim Bankgeheimnis.
Paradis fiscaux : restaurer la confiance - Angel Gurría, Le Figaro
06/04/2009 - ...En s'appuyant sur l'expertise développée à l'OCDE depuis près de quinze ans, les dirigeants du G20 ont exprimé avec fermeté leur souhait de voir la fin des paradis fiscaux et du secret bancaire, indiquant les mesures de rétorsion qu'ils envisageaient de prendre contre les juridictions qui resteraient non coopératives.
Angel Gurría : "La transparence fiscale finira par s'appliquer partout" - Les Echos
06/04/2009 - ...Dans un entretien aux « Echos », le secrétaire général de l'OCDE, Angel Gurria, se justifie sur les critères de classement des pays sur liste blanche, grise ou noire, en soulignant qu'ils n'ont rien d'arbitraire.
Angel Gurría : "Celui qui veut frauder n'aura nulle part où se cacher" - Le Monde
04/04/2009 - A Londres, jeudi 2 avril, les dirigeants des vingt principales puissances économiques sont parvenus à un accord visant à mettre fin aux dérives des paradis fiscaux. Il passe par la publication d'une liste noire de pays non coopératifs établie par l'OCDE, bientôt assortie de sanctions.
Shine a light on these dark recesses - The Independent
04/04/2009 - Angel Gurria, the Secretary General of the OECD, sounded like someone who could not believe his luck yesterday. Asked about the unprecedented attention given by G20 leaders in London to tax havens, Mr Gurria remarked: "We've had more progress in the past two weeks on this matter than we've had in the past 10 or 12 years."
Cleaning up the world economy, by Angel Gurría The Guardian
31/03/2009 - The G20 is achieving progress on international tax haven abuse – but there is still a long way to go... The foundations for these developments were laid by the OECD in 2000, through a global forum in which OECD and non-OECD countries worked together to draw up agreed principles of transparency and exchange of information for tax purposes.
Gurria slashes OECD economy forecast to -4.2% in 2009 - Forbes
27/03/2009 - ...The Paris-based OECD, which is funded by 30 countries including the United States, Japan and the rich industrialised nations of Europe, last issued economic forecasts in November and is due to publish its revised outlook on Tuesday.
OECD head endorses China push for bigger IMF role - International Herald Tribune
20/03/2009 - The head of the OECD, the club of rich countries, endorsed China's appeal for more say in global finance bodies Friday ahead of a summit of world leaders.
Ángel Gurría: "Todas las locomotoras económicas están en el taller de reparaciones" - El Pais
02/03/2009 - Hace unos días, Ángel Gurría (México, 1950) dio una alegría al vicepresidente económico, Pedro Solbes. Viajó a Madrid para presentar un informe de la OCDE que sitúa a España como el país que más ha progresado en la liberalización de su economía. El secretario general de la OCDE defiende la capacidad de recuperación de España. Y está metido de lleno en la reconstrucción de un sistema de controles del mercado que la crisis ha dejado en evidencia.
Evasione, riciclaggio, corruzione i centri off-shore gonfiano la crisi - Luca Iezzi, La Repubblica
23/02/2009 - "Nel momento in cui i governi stanno cercando di forgiare un sistema finanziario mondiale più stabile, la lotta ai paradisi fiscali è uno dei temi che vanno affrontati con urgenza". Le parole del segretario generale dell'Ocse, Angel Gurria, dell'ottobre scorso, sono profetiche.
L’Ocse avverte: per risolvere la crisi non serve la «politica del rubamazzo» - Il Giornale
22/02/2009 - José Angel Gurria, segretario generale dell’Ocse dal 2006, è un vigoroso avversario delle tentazioni protezionistiche che stanno emergendo nel mondo in questo momento di grave crisi.
OECD Encourages Competition To Speed Recovery - Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com
22/02/2009 - Governments must resist protectionism and keep markets open to competition as they seek ways to get their economies going again, according to OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría. “We must ensure that today’s policies to manage the crisis will not be the source of tomorrow’s problems,” Mr. Gurría said in his opening address at the OECD Global Forum on Competition in Paris
OECD Chief Appeals For Effort To Fight Protectionist - Morningstar
16/02/2009 - AFP - The head of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Monday appealed for efforts to fight any new protectionist measures such as the 'Buy American' provisions in the U.S. economic stimulus bill.
G7 Leaders Pledge to Fight Global Recession and Protect Free Trade - ForexTV.com
14/02/2009 - ...Angel Gurria, Secretary General of the OECD, was definitive when asked by reporters whether he feared the rise of protectionism in international stimulus measures: "Yes, of course, very much. We should avoid it at all costs and that is one of the issues that is coming out here," he said.
Top Economist: Govt Plans Right - Sky News
11/02/2009 - One of the world's top economists has told Sky News that the Government is right to pour tens of billions of pounds into the economy.
OECD's Gurria: We must fight protectionism - Forbes
09/02/2009 - Reuters - ...When asked to comment on a recent increase in protectionist remarks by global leaders, OECD General Secretary Angel Gurria told a conference in Slovakia: 'It is a natural reflex, but it is not one that leads to positive results'.
Neuer Nationalismus - Rheinischer Merkur
05/02/2009 - Ein weltweiter Handelskrieg droht, warnt OECD-Chef Ángel Gurría vor seinem Treffen mit der Bundeskanzlerin.
Davos face à la mondialisation fragile et à une "crise parfaite" - Frédéric Lemaître, Le Monde
02/02/2009 - ..."Créer des bad banks pour isoler les actifs radioactifs et permettre aux bonnes banques de fonctionner à nouveau est peut-être socialement et moralement contestable, mais c'est comme la démocratie vue par Churchill : la pire des solutions à l'exception de toutes les autres", rétorque Angel Gurria, secrétaire général de l'OCDE.
Economists express doubts over Brown's ring-rencing plan for toxic debts in British banks - Gary Duncan and Gráinne Gilmore, The Times
02/02/2009 - ...Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD, said that bad bank schemes were the least worst option. The absence of viable alternatives meant that there was no choice.
"Die Wirtschaftskrise könnte noch vier Jahre dauern" - Andre Exner, Wirtschaftsblatt
02/02/2009 - ..."Damit tauscht man Cash gegen Trash", sagte Nobelpreisträger Joseph Stiglitz. "Dem schlechten Geld wirft man also gutes nach und der Steuerzahler bezahlt für die jahrelange übertrieben lockere Kreditpolitik der Banken." Dem widersprach Mexikos Ex-Finanzminister Angel Gurria, Generalsekretär der OECD: "Sicher bringt das moralisch- ethische Probeme, aber irgendwer muß die Verluste tragen", sagte er. "Wir müssen der Wirtschaft einen wichtigen Impuls geben."
Stiglitz Criticizes Bad Bank Plan as Swapping ‘Cash for Trash’ - Simon Kennedy, Bloomberg
01/02/2009 - ...Stiglitz drew criticism from panel participant Angel Gurria, head of the OECD, who says a bad bank is necessary for lending to resume. “I agree about the moral, ethical fallout, but you’ve got to face the music and someone has to take the loss,” said Gurria, Mexico’s former finance minister. “It’s the only way to jumpstart the economy.”
To The Crisis, Davos Says Never Again; To The Baristas, Davos Says Never Stop - Forbes Blog
29/01/2009 - ...Angel Gurria, Secretary General of the OECD told the group he was seated with Thursday morning that “there was a massive failure of regulation and a massive failure of risk management that we can’t let happen again.”
OECD urges tough action on debt cuts - Sam Fleming, Daily Mail
29/01/2009 - ...Angel Gurria, secretary-general of the Paris-based watchdog, said the UK and other Western powers must offer a 'fully developed road map' showing how they will use higher taxes or lower spending to pull public borrowing to sustainable levels.
Britain risks gilts strike, OECD warns - Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, Daily Telegraph
28/01/2009 - “The markets are going to set the limit to all this borrowing, and I’m afraid they’re not going to wait a long time,” said Angel Gurria, the OECD’s secretary-general.
OECD sees no deflation, banks cleaned up this year - Forbes
28/01/2009 - Reuters -'The OECD does not see deflation on the radar, at least for the time being in the OECD group of countries,' OECD Secretary General Angel Gurria told Reuters at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum.
WTO chief Pascal Lamy: rich countries’ bailouts could harm developing states - Gráinne Gilmore, The Times
28/01/2009 - Mr Lamy’s warnings were echoed by Angel Gurria, Secretary-General of the OECD, who said that governments should not be lured into protectionism in an attempt to boost economic activity.
Le Forum économique de Davos en plein brouillard - Frédéric Lemaître, Le Monde
27/01/2009 - ..."Dix-huit mois après leur apparition, les actifs radioactifs des banques sont toujours là et personne ne sait quand leurs effets vont cesser de se faire sentir", reconnaît Angel Gurria, le secrétaire général de l'OCDE.
OECD aims to fight "dark sides" of globalisation - Reuters
27/01/2009 - The OECD aims to fight the "dark sides" of globalization, such as corruption and tax evasion, as world leaders focus on stabilizing their crisis-hit financial systems, the head of the Paris-based economics forum said on Tuesday.
Davos debate: How should international finance be reformed? - Angel Gurría, Reuters
26/01/2009 - The global economy is facing its worst crisis in decades. Solving it and ensuring it does not happen again demand new initiatives.
At Davos, crisis culls the guest list - Nelson D. Schwartz, International Herald Tribune
25/01/2009 - To Angel Gurría, secretary general of the OECD, which does research for the richest industrial democracies, "Davos is reflecting what's happened in real life: the main protagonists and the ones setting the agenda are the political leaders."
OECD: World Finance Needs A New Boss - Javier Espinoza, Forbes
14/01/2009 - ...“There is the need to have a greater coordination among the regulators, the supervisors and the policy authorities and that can be achieved by having a single regulator or a system in place,” Secretary General Angel Gurria of the OECD told Forbes on Wednesday...
One Regulator To Rule Them All - Javier Espinoza, Forbes
14/01/2009 - Head of OECD says European banks need a "single regulator," highlights Gordon Brown's ability to unite initiatives.
OECD warns global jobless to rise by 25 million - Edmund Conway, Daily Telegraph
23/12/2008 - Angel Gurria, who heads up the Paris-based institution, also blamed "a truly scandalous failure" of regulatory supervision for the crisis and urged European countries to spend more Keynesian-style plans to boost their economies.
Ángel Gurría: "Die Doha-Konferenz ist eine riesige Chance" - Deutsche Welle
30/11/2008 - Ángel Gurría kennt sich mit Krisen aus. In den 1990er-Jahren, zur Zeit der mexikanischen Wirtschaftskrise, war er erst Außenminister, dann Finanzminister Mexikos.
The global tax dodgers - Angel Gurría, The Guardian
27/11/2008 - The global economic slowdown will hit the poorest nations hardest. Demand for their exports is falling. Prices of raw materials are plunging. Flows of money from migrant workers to families back home will shrink as unemployment rises elsewhere. In these circumstances it is more important than ever that rich countries deliver on aid promises. That is why the OECD has called on the world's main donors to join an Aid Pledge to stick by their commitments.
OECD backs export credit support - Naomi Mapstone, Financial Times
24/11/2008 - ...Angel Gurría, secretary general of the OECD, said in an interview with the Financial Times that guaranteed export credit was “absolutely critical” to “oil the wheels” of global finance.
OECD Secretary-General highlights the role of the ILO and the OECD in the current economic and social crisis - ILO News
17/11/2008 - The Secretary-General of the OECD Angel Gurría today made an urgent call for increased collaboration between the OECD and the ILO in response to the global financial crisis.
Crisis deals under pressure, economies slide - Forbes
12/11/2008 - ...The head of the OECD, Angel Gurria, said there was room for further interest rate cuts in the stagnating euro zone.
Ángel Gurría : “El área fiscal ha sido mucho más disciplinada” - La Prensa Grafica
29/10/2008 - ...Gurría presentó ayer el informe del Centro de Desarrollo de la OCDE que lleva por título “Perspectivas Económicas de América Latina 2009”. Y las perspectivas, de hecho, presentan a una región con muchos retos en el área fiscal.
Investing in Africa: What Works? - BBC World Debate
11/10/2008 - During the Third High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Accra, the BBC World Service Trust, in close cooperation with OECD-DAC, recorded a panel discussion for BBC World Debate. Participants included OECD Secretary General Angel Gurría. BBC presenter Zeinab Badawi led the panel in addressing themes of trade, investment and aid effectiveness in Africa.
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The Global Economy and OECD: Distilling Lessons from a Financial Crisis - Angel Gurría, Council of Europe
01/10/2008 - ...I would like now to share with you a few brush-strokes on the OECD’s perspective of the global economy in the context of the current financial crisis...
OECD supports US financial rescue plan, sees markets recovering - The Economic Times
23/09/2008 - ...Gurria said: "Such a recovery should continue as the plan's operational, fiscal, and legal details are worked out in ongoing negotiations between the US government and Congress and are enacted as federal law."
Le "Plan Paulson" déjà critiqué - Anthony Bondain, Le Journal du Dimanche
23/09/2008 - ...Hors des frontières américaines, le "Plan Paulson" trouve également un écho positif. "Nous accueillons et soutenons l'adoption du plan de sauvetage systémique annoncé par le gouvernement américain les 19 et 20 septembre, qui contribuera à rétablir des opérations normales sur les marchés financiers et préservera l'emploi et l'activité économique", a indiqué le Secrétaire Général de l'OCDE...
Global meltdown continues - Jill Treanor and Larry Elliott David Teather, The Guardian
16/09/2008 - ...Angel Gurria, secretary-general of the OECD, said the West's leading economic think tank said the turmoil in the markets had put back recovery by a year. "It has turned into a much bigger, more widespread and more threatening situation," Gurria said in an interview with the Guardian.
Development: Unravelling the knots of tied aid - Interview with Angel Gurria - IPS Terraviva
15/09/2008 - The forum on aid effectiveness in Accra has delivered "profound" decisions to change the way aid is structured, OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurria told IPS in an interview.
España en la nueva OCDE - Ángel Gurría, El Pais
08/09/2008 - ...La importancia que España le otorga a la OCDE, y su propia contribución a la resolución de los desafíos globales son para nosotros motivo de gran satisfacción y orgullo.
Inaugurará Gurría conferencia contra corrupción y cohecho - Cronica
19/08/2008 - El secretario general de la OCDE, José Angel Gurría, y el titular de la Función Pública, Salvador Vega, inaugurarán la Conferencia Regional Latinoamericana: Compromiso y Cooperación en la Lucha Contra la Corrupción y el Cohecho Internacional 2008. La conferencia, convocada por el gobierno de México y la OCDE con la colaboración del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) y la Organización de Estados Americanos (OEA), se llevará a cabo el 29 y 30 de septiembre en la cancillería.
OECD secretary-general talks about credit crunch - Richard Lindell, ABC.net
08/08/2008 - Estimates of total losses from the credit crunch seem to grow daily.... Estimates by the IMF and the OECD are still in the hundreds of billions of dollars, but both organisations have been criticised for failing to predict how badly the credit squeeze would hurt the real economy 12 months ago. The secretary-general of the OECD, Angel Gurria visiting Australia spoke to Richard Lindell... I think we have to put these figures in context because they get out of hand and then they start being bandied around and they create all sorts of undesirable effects.
Doha collapse clouds world's future - By Carrie Berdon, The Australian
08/08/2008 - The collapse of the Doha trade talks is "a major blow" and casts doubt over global efforts to tackle major issues, OECD secretary-general Angel Gurria says... Speaking at a globalisation conference in Sydney today, he urged better coordination between governments, a strong sense of political will and a clear accountability to deal with future challenges.
Angel of OECD approves bank rescue - Marc Moncrief, Business Day
06/08/2008 - The world's lenders would lose up to $4 trillion if central banks were not moving to help them through the US subprime crisis, according to one of the world's foremost economic diplomats. Angel Gurria, secretary-general of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, told BusinessDay that the OECD estimated banks would have lost $400 billion in hard capital during the crisis. Protecting the banking system from the implications of that loss, he said, was a more pressing matter — for now — than apportioning blame.
OECD chief sings the blues - Brian Fallow, The New Zealand Herald
31/07/2008 - The collapse of world trade talks in Geneva is disappointing, and does not augur well for the world's ability to meet the challenge of a climate change treaty to succeed the Kyoto Protocol, OECD secretary-general Angel Gurria says.
OECD seeks more active dialogue with Indonesia - Angel Gurria, The Jakarta Post
25/07/2008 - The OECD is publishing its first comprehensive Economic Assessment of Indonesia. This initiative is important because it is linked to our efforts to strengthen cooperation with a number of important non-member countries.
Indonesia's Growth `Insufficient' to Reduce Poverty - Arijit Ghosh, Bloomberg
24/07/2008 - ...Accelerating inflation is also a threat for Indonesia, Angel Gurria, secretary general of the OECD, said at a briefing in Jakarta today. (OECD report)
OECD urges anti-poverty reform on Jakarta - Lisa Murray, Financial Times
24/07/2008 - ...Mr Gurría was in Jakarta to release the OECD’s first comprehensive study of the Indonesian economy. Its report recommended Indonesia introduce a mechanism linking increases in local fuel prices to world energy markets, with a view to obviating politically motivated adjustments and eventually wiping out all subsidies. (OECD report)
Germany Punishes First of Liechtenstein Tax Dodgers - Deutsche Welle
18/07/2008 - ..."Excessive bank secrecy rules and a failure to exchange information on foreign tax evaders are relics of a different time and have no role to play in the relations between democratic societies," OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurria said Tuesday in a statement.
Rift With Emerging Economies Grows Amid Calls to Expand G-8 - James G. Neuger, Bloomberg
09/07/2008 - ..."Don't call it G-13, don't call it G-16,'' said Jose Angel Gurria, a Mexican who is secretary-general of the OECD in an interview. ``Just keep the quality of the dialogue."
The Angel watching over global finance - Nick Mathiason and Heather Stewart, The Observer
06/07/2008 - ...Corruption, the credit crunch, protectionism, tax havens ... they're all on OECD chief Gurria's agenda.
Net a key productivity driver: OECD - Karen Dearne, The Australian
01/07/2008 - Policies affecting the internet can no longer be seen as narrow sectoral telecommunications issues, according to OECD secretary general Angel Gurria.
OECD Gurria: Surprised If ECB Doesn't Hike Rates - FXstreet.com
30/06/2008 - Dow Jones - ...Asked what caused the change in thinking by the OECD, he said "the facts are always convincing."
OECD chief concerned at 'protectionist mood' in US Congress - The Economic Times
19/06/2008 - ...OECD secretary-general Angel Gurria expressed concern Wednesday at a "protectionist mood" in the US Congress, saying it could threaten planned trade pacts with South Korea and other countries.
Future Economy Now - Angel Gurria, The Korea Times
16/06/2008 - It is a great honor to open the OECD Ministerial meeting on the Future of theInternet Economy in the Republic of Korea, a country where Information and Communication Technologies have played a prominent role. Korea has one ofthe highest "broadband connectivity" rates in the world.
La globalización está en agenda - Pedro Alonso, Excelsior
09/06/2008 - Ángel Gurría, secretario general de la OCDE, en París, recibe a Excélsior en su oficina, sobria y con un fuerte sabor mexicano.
Environment 'more vital than economy' - Steve Schifferes, BBC News
03/06/2008 - ...In a wide-ranging interview for BBC News, Angel Gurria said that the long-term damage that would occur if the world did nothing about greenhouse gases would far outweigh the short-term problems of the credit crunch.
Lutter contre le changement climatique... - Angel Gurria, Les Echos
03/06/2008 - ...Heureusement, nous pouvons aussi prévoir un horizon bien plus positif, que les ministres de l'Environnement de la planète privilégieront lors de l'importante conférence ministérielle de l'OCDE qu'ils tiendront à Paris les 4 et 5 juin.
Gurria does not expect any dramatic reduction in oil - Forbes
03/06/2008 - ...'We are not envisaging a very dramatic reduction. We may see some easing but ... there are many uncertainties to do with the supply side,' OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurria told journalists.
Angel Gurria - Trade agreement needed now - International Herald Tribune
26/04/2008 - Governments around the world face weakening economies and soaring food prices. Amid the hand-wringing, an important and immediate step they can take to help would be to agree on a new multilateral trade deal...
OECD chief sees crisis on markets continuing in 2008, easing at start of 2009 - Forbes
24/04/2008 - ...The OECD expects the crisis on global financial markets to continue longer than previously expected, not easing until the beginning of 2009, its Secretary-General Angel Gurria was cited as saying in an interview with Czech daily Hospodarske Noviny.
Sovereign wealth funds an opportunity, not a threat - Angel Gurría, The Guardian
09/04/2008 - Sovereign wealth funds, welcome! OECD markets are open for your investments. That's the message from OECD countries. The emergence of SWFs should be seen as an opportunity, not a threat.
Angel Gurria : "Toute la chaîne institutionnelle est remise en cause" - Christian Losson, Libération
09/04/2008 - Ancien ministre des Finances du Mexique, Angel Gurria, 57 ans, est le secrétaire général de l’OCDE, l’organisation des trente pays les plus développés.
Grim economy no reason for protectionism - OECD boss - The Guardian
27/03/2008 - (Reuters) - Economic downturn in the United States and a global confidence crisis is no reason to restrict cross-border investment or resort to other forms of protectionism, OECD chief Angel Gurria said on Thursday.
OECD head says favours strong ties with China - Forbes
25/03/2008 - OECD Secretary General Angel Gurria called for greater cooperation with China, and even suggested full membership of the organisation, although he insisted talks are not ongoing.
OECD head says sovereign wealth curbs unneeded, no political moves seen - International Herald Tribune
25/03/2008 - The head of the OECD said Tuesday there is no need to restrict investments by government funds so long as they are motivated by profit, not politics.
Angel Gurria, Secrétaire général de l'OCDE - France 24
14/03/2008 - L'une des missions essentielles de l'OCDE est d'envisager tous les scénarios possibles de catastrophes - naturelles, krachs boursiers, humanitaires - pour tenter de mieux les prévenir.
This tax haven has to act to restore its reputation - Angel Gurría, Financial Times
21/02/2008 - ...Almost all the jurisdictions identified as potential tax havens by the OECD in 1998 have committed to the principles of transparency and effective exchange of information.
La dépense qui crée la dépense - Favilla, Les Echos
12/12/2007 - Le secrétaire général de l'OCDE, Angel Gurria, ne prend pas son rôle à la légère. Auditionné récemment par la commission Attali, il ne s'est pas contenté de répondre aux questions : il est arrivé avec un remarquable opuscule de 190 pages intitulé « Le Pari de la croissance » (consultable en ligne), qui fournit le diagnostic et le traitement de nos maux économiques dans les domaines essentiels, de l'emploi à l'efficacité de l'Etat et de l'éducation à la fiscalité.
OECD to EU: 'Stop protecting national champions' - Euractiv
21/09/2007 - ...Launching the OECD's first-ever economic survey of the European Union on 20 September, OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría said that the EU has already achieved "a great deal" and "made a major contribution to prosperity in Europe", but added that there is still a fair bit of work ahead if it is to address the growing challenges of globalisation and ageing populations.