OECD in the news (articles by country) - L'OCDE dans les médias (articles par pays)

Australia

Economy

• Exceptional times, exceptional measures - Science Guide
  16/02/2009 - ...De Geus said at a forum at Sydney University “the Federal Government's stimulus packages have strengthened the economy without threatening financial sustainability.” 
• OECD says Australia especially vulnerable to global economic storm - ABC
  04/02/2009 - ...Australians are constantly being reassured that this country is well-placed to weather the global economic storm. But one of the most senior officials at the OECD says Australia could instead be especially vulnerable.
• Don't let debt become permanent - The Australian
  03/02/2009 - ...OECD deputy secretary-general Aart de Geus, delivering a lecture in Sydney today, said Australia's Budget surplus in November of 1.5 per cent of GDP allowed it to act quickly and deliver its initial $10.4bn stimulus package... "The degree of stimulus needs to be country specific to avoid putting the long-term sustainability of public finances in danger,'' Mr de Geus said during the speech at Sydney University.
• OECD regulation call trumps Rudd - David Hirst, The Age
  12/01/2009 - The release on Friday of the OECD's Financial Market Trends Report has met with silence. The most profound attempt to date by the OECD to come to terms with the world economic crisis deserves a lot better, for its lead chapter explains coherently the causes of the global financial meltdown.

Development assistance

• Foreign aid to survive cutbacks - Mark Dodd, The Australian
  05/02/2009 - ..."This aid should translate into real benefits both to the partner countries and to Australia in terms of a more prosperous and stable neighbourhood," said OECD report chief, Eckhard Deutscher, in Canberra.

Employment

• Labor must not ignore youth jobs - Gerard Henderson, The Sydney Morning Herald
  28/04/2009 - ...Last week, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development released "Jobs for Youth: Australia", which focused on the impact of the global financial crisis on youth employment. The report acknowledged that in Australia, like most other OECD countries, "any deterioration in labour market conditions is disproportionately felt by the youth". (OECD report)
• Union wants PM to guarantee youth jobs - Stephen Johnson, The Age
  22/04/2009 - ...An OECD report, released on Monday, warned that rolling back Work Choices laws may result in higher youth unemployment. (OECD report)
  

Austria

Economy

• Austrian Banks May Require More State Capital, OECD Reports - Bloomberg
  02/07/2009 - Austrian banks may require more state aid to boost their capital if eastern Europe’s economies fail to stabilize, the OECD said. (OECD report)
• OECD-Warnung: Ost-Engagement macht Österreich verletzlich - Robert Lechner, Wirtschaftsblatt
  02/07/2009 - Österreich hat die Krise besser überstanden als andere Staaten, sagt die OECD. (OECD report)

Belgium

Environment

• L'environnement en Belgique: bien mais peut mieux faire - Le Vif
  27/03/2007 - Belga - ...Mais les autorités ont encore à relever de nombreux défis, notamment en matière de transport et de politique climatique, relève un rapport de l'OCDE. (Rapport OCDE)
  

Brazil

• Education woes haunt Brazil's economic revival - ABC News
  26/08/2008 - ... The latest education survey published by the OECD ranks Brazilian high school students 53rd and 51st out of 57 countries for their mathematics and reading proficiency, respectively.
  

Canada

Economy

• Canada can do more to stimulate economy: OECD - Theophilos Argitis, Calgary Herald
  01/04/2009 - Canada’s government and central bank have scope to take additional stimulus measures to offset a deepening recession in the world’s eighth-largest economy, the OECD  said in a report. Canada’s economy will shrink by 3% this year, then expand 0.3% next year, the OECD said Tuesday in its latest projections. (OECD report)
  No severe recession in Canada: economist - Eric Beauchesne, Ottawa Citizen
  18/11/2008 - ...The Paris-based OECD welcomed what Secretary-General Angel Gurria described as a "global concerted effort to re-launch the world economy."
  

Chile

• El debate que viene sobre la educación superior - José Joaquín Brunner, El Mercurio
  24/08/2008 - ¿Hacia dónde deben apuntar las reformas de nuestro sistema universitario? Un revelador informe de la OCDE entrega pistas. Un voluminoso informe de la OCDE sobre la educación terciaria vuelve a poner de relieve su importancia para el desarrollo de los países. El propio informe es el mayor esfuerzo de síntesis realizado durante la última década sobre este sector.

China

• Can we make China quit the opium of the gases? - Carl Mortished, The Times
  07/07/2009 - ...As the world tumbled into recession last year, as the lights dimmed in factories and airlines skulked in hangars, the fuel consumed by the developing world for the first time exceeded that of richer countries in the OECD.
• OECD May Cut China Growth Forecast to as Little as 6% - Li Yanping, Bloomberg
  20/03/2009 - The OECD may cut its forecast for China’s economic growth this year to as little as 6 percent because of the deepening global slump, Secretary-General Angel Gurria said.
• Chinese business: Time to change the act - The Economist
  19/02/2009 - ...Before China’s reopening in the late 1970s, says a recent study on Chinese innovation by the OECD, this issue did not arise: innovation and technological development were assigned to government institutes; factories received work orders.
  

Czech Republic

Economy

• OECD's Gurria sees Czech inflation well-contained, 2008 GDP growth at 4.5 pct - Forbes
  24/04/2008 - ...Presenting the OECD Economic Survey of the Czech Republic in Prague today, Gurria also said inflation is well-contained thanks to persistent inflation targeting. (OECD report)
  

Denmark

Economy

• OECD: Dansk økonomi ved en skillevej - Dagbladet Børsen
  19/02/2008 - ...Det skriver OECD i en rapport, hvor organisationen for førte gang i to år har dansk økonomi som hovedemne. (OECD report)
• OECD says Denmark must give urgent attention to risk of economic overheating - Forbes
  19/02/2008 - Denmark needs to give urgent attention to avoid an overheating of its economy, the OECD said. (OECD report)

Environment

• OECD: Danmark svigter København - Søren Astrup, Politiken
  27/01/2009 - ...Det fastslår de vestlige landes økonomiske samarbejdsorganisation OECD.
  

European Union

Economy

• Europe’s Recession Deepens as Investment, Consumption Declines - Jana Randow, Bloomberg
  07/04/2009 - ...The OECD expects the ranks of jobseekers in the Group of Seven nations to soar to 36 million by the end of next year, almost double the level of mid-2007. (OECD report)

Finance

• EU leaders endorse 'necessary' defences against state funds - EurActiv
  14/03/2008 - Nevertheless, leaders insisted that Europe must remain committed to "an open investment environment," saying a voluntary code of conduct for sovereign funds should be negotiated at international level. In this respect, they reiterated the EU's "support for the ongoing work in the IMF and the OECD".
  

Finland

Economy

• OECD patistaa Suomea pikaisiin talousremontteihin - Annamari Sipilä, Helsingin Sanomat
  03/06/2008 -  OECD:n juuri julkaistu Suomi-raportti varoittaa vakavista talous- ja muista vaikeuksista, ellei Suomen hallitus ryhdy pikaisiin remontteihin. (OECD report)
• OECD cuts Finland 2008 growth forecast to 2.8 pct from 2.9, cuts 2009 to 2.3 pct - Forbes
  03/06/2008 - The OECD lowered its forecasts for Finnish economic growth, and said wage deals will lead to an acceleration in inflation. (OECD report)

Social issues

• Income disparities growing faster in Finland than in any other OECD country - Helsingin Sanomat
  13/11/2008 - According to a recent survey conducted by the OECD, the gap between rich and poor has widened more in Finland than in any other wealthy industrialized country over the past decade.

France

• Comment Bercy prépare le G20 - Thomas Bronnec, L'Express
  24/03/2009 - ...La méthode est simple : la dénonciation et la stigmatisation, à travers la publication de listes noires, comme celles de l’OCDE ou du Gafi. Elle a parfois pu prouver sa – relative – efficacité, même si les "trous noirs" de la finance mondiale ne disparaîtront sans doute jamais.

Economy

• L'OCDE recommande à la France d'aller encore plus loin dans les réformes - Étienne Lefebvre, Les Echos
  29/04/2009 - Une fois n'est pas coutume, l'OCDE consacre dans son rapport sur l'économie française, publié hier, un volumineux chapitre sur les réformes menées depuis 2007 et l'arrivée de Nicolas Sarkozy à l'Elysée. (Rapport OCDE)
• L'OCDE s'inquiète face au déficit français - E24
  29/04/2009 - La croissance française devrait continuer à se contracter jusqu’à la fin de 2009 (-3,3%), mais à un rythme qui se ralentira régulièrement, estime l'OCDE dans son étude économique consacrée à la France et publiée mardi 28 avril. (Rapport OCDE)

Social

• Emploi des jeunes : l'OCDE propose de subventionner le travail étudiant - Les Echos
  22/05/2009 - Dans un rapport remis mercredi au secrétaire d'Etat à l'Emploi, Laurent Wauquiez, et au haut-commissaire à la Jeunesse, Martin Hirsch, l'OCDE critique la situation de l'emploi des jeunes en France. Avec 18 % de chômage en moyenne parmi les 15-24 ans en 2008, l'Hexagone est 23e sur 30 dans son classement. Un taux qui est encore monté, à 21,2 %, avec la crise.
• OECD Report: How We Live Now - M.J. Stephey, Time Magazine
  06/05/2009 - If you're looking for another reason to hate on France, you might check out the latest report from the OECD. According to the Paris-based group, the French spend twice as much time enjoying meals each day than most Americans, and get nearly an hour's more sleep each night than most Japanese (who averaged just 7.6 hours of shut-eye). (OECD report)
• Study: French tops in eating, drinking - CNN
  05/05/2009 - The French spend more time eating and drinking than anyone else among the world's wealthy nations, a new study reveals. The study, by the Paris-based OECD, found that the average French person spends nine hours sleeping every night, and spends two hours a day eating. (OECD report)
• How to sleep and eat like the French - Tony Barber, Financial Times
  05/05/2009 - Let me tell you, you can learn a lot from the OECD. In its latest social indicators survey, Society at a Glance 2009, the Paris-based OECD discloses that French people spend longer asleep than any other nation that belongs to this elite club of the world's advanced economies. (OECD report)
• France Eats, Sleeps the Most, Says OECD Study - Simon Kennedy, Bloomberg
  05/05/2009 - The French eat and sleep more than those in the rest of the 30-nation OECD, a study by the Paris-based group showed. (OECD report)

Germany

Taxation

• Steuerlast in Deutschland besonders ungerecht verteilt - Maren Peters, Die Zeit
  12/05/2009 - In Deutschland ist nicht nur die Steuerbelastung so hoch wie in kaum einem anderen Industrieland, die Steuern und Abgaben sind auch noch besonders ungerecht verteilt. (OECD report)
• Deutsche Geringverdiener tragen höchste Last - Martin Greive, Die Welt
  12/05/2009 - In kaum einem anderen Land müssen Geringverdiener so viele Steuern und Abgaben zahlen wie in Deutschland. Das geht aus der Studie „Taxing Wages“ (Die Besteuerung der Einkommen) hervor, die die OECD erstellte. (OECD report)
• Deutsches Steuersystem begünstigt Ein-Verdiener-Ehe - Der Spiegel
  12/05/2009 - Deutsche müssen überdurchschnittlich viele Steuern zahlen: Laut einer aktuellen OECD-Studie ist die Abgabenlast im Vergleich zu den meisten anderen Ländern nicht nur frappant hoch - das System benachteiligt obendrein auch noch Paare, bei denen beide berufstätig sind. (OECD report)
• Germany: Eliminating Europe's Tax Havens a Priority - Deutsche Welle
  09/03/2009 - ...The topic of banking secrecy is on the agenda at an upcoming Group of 20 (G20) meeting of leading economic powers, which will be held in London in early April. The OECD is preparing a blacklist of tax havens ahead of the G20 meeting.
  

Greece

Economy

• Greek PM offers limited relief for poor as crisis bites - George Georgiopoulos, Forbes
  04/12/2008 - Reuters - ...The EU Commission sees Greek GDP growth braking to 2.5 percent next year from 4.0 percent in 2007, while the OECD is more pessimistic, expecting growth to decelerate to an annual 2.0 percent and unemployment likely to top 8.0 percent. (OECD report)

Hungary

Economy

• OECD calls on Hungary to stick to economic reform path -  The Earth Times
  09/04/2008 - The OECD called Thursday for Hungary to stick to economic reforms in the wake of a coalition crisis that threatens the former East Bloc nation's attempts to cut its budget deficit. (OECD report)
• Hungary falls behind Slovakia in growth as taxes rise - International Herald Tribune
  11/02/2008 - ...The OECD says Hungary should cut its high social security contributions, mainly those paid by employers, who pay over 30 percent on top of taxes and contributions paid by employees.
  

Iceland

Economy

• Island ist bankrott? - Matthias Kamann, Die Welt
  09/10/2008 - ...Am 21. August stellte es eine Studie vor, in der auf der Basis von OECD- und EU-Daten untersucht wurde, welche von 285 Regionen in ganz Europa am besten auf die wirtschaftlichen und demografischen Herausforderungen der Zukunft vorbereitet sei. And the winner was - Iceland!

Social issues

• The World's Hardest-Working Moms - William Pentland, Forbes
  30/10/2008 - ..."In many [industrialized economies, an] increasing female (especially maternal) labor supply is seen as being important to maintaining economic growth and ensuring sustainable pension and social protection systems more generally," according to a new study, called "Babies & Bosses" by the OECD.
  

India

Economy

• India's growth could be even better, says OECD - Andrew Buncombe, The Independent
  10/10/2007 - India's already impressive economic growth could improve even more if it further opened its markets and relaxed government controls, according to the OECD. (OECD report)
• OECD urges more reforms to lift India’s annual growth to 10% - Ashling O’Connor, The Times
  10/10/2007 - India could sustain annual economic growth of 10 per cent by 2011 if the Government persists with market reforms, including a removal of the foreign investment cap in the insurance sector, the OECD said yesterday. (OECD report)
• OECD says India's current economic growth sustainable - International Herald Tribune
  10/10/2007 - India's current economic growth — averaging 8.5 percent annually over the past four years — appears sustainable, but the country can do even better by further opening its markets and easing government control, the OECD said Tuesday. (OECD report)
  

Indonesia

Economy

• 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.

Ireland

Economy

• Urgent need for public service reform - The Sunday Times
  27/09/2008 - ...Nothing, of course, can be done until the task force that was appointed to deliberate on a report into the public service commissioned by the government last year and carried out by the Paris-based OECD makes its findings known.

Israel

Economy

• Bank of Israel expects stable foreign investment - Sharon Wrobel, The Jerusalem Post
  19/08/2008 - Israel's admission to the OECD and its possible reclassification from emerging market to developed market is not expected to have a negative impact on foreign investment, the Bank of Israel said Monday.

Italy

Economy

• OECD Can't Predict the End to Deep Italian Recession - Luca di Leo, Wall Street Journal
  18/06/2009 - ... The OECD now expects Italian gross domestic product to contract 5.3% in 2009 after shrinking 1% last year, marking the deepest recession since World War II. On March 31, the OECD had forecast Italian GDP would fall 4.3% this year. (OECD report)
• Ocse: più finanziamenti privati per rafforzare le banche italiane - Vittorio da Rold, Il Sole 24 Ore
  17/06/2009 - ... L'Ocse peraltro indica che alcune condizioni previste dai cosidetti Tremonti Bond «sono lodevoli, ma potrebbero essere meglio perseguite con altri mezzi». (OECD report)

Japan

Economy

• Japan’s Debt Ratings Unified at Aa2 by Moody’s - Steven McPherson and Keiko Ujikane, Bloomberg
  18/05/2009 - ...Prime Minister Taro Aso has pledged to spend 25 trillion yen ($263 billion) to counter Japan’s worst postwar recession, adding to debt that the OECD says will swell to almost twice the size of the economy next year.
• Japan to Sell Extra 10.8 Trillion Yen in New Bonds - Keiko Ujikane, Bloomberg
  21/04/2009 - ...The OECD estimate was published before the government released the stimulus package.
• Japan may struggle to afford stimulus - Jeremy Warner, The Independent
  10/04/2009 - ...According to OECD forecasts, on present demographic trends the pensioner dependency ratio will rise to close to 70 per cent by 2030.
• Japan plans huge fiscal stimulus as economy dives - James Thompson, The Independent
  07/04/2009 - ...Last week, the OECD forecast that Japan's GDP will slump by 6.6 per cent this year, compared with 4 per cent in the US and 3.7 per cent in the UK. (OECD report)
  

Korea

• S. Korea Ranks Bottom in No. of Foreign Laborers - KBS
  24/08/2008 - A new report finds that the number of foreign workers in the nation accounted for less than one percent of all laborers. The proportion is one of the lowest among member states of the OECD.

Information Technologies

• Korea Leads in Fiber Broadband Connection - Kim Hyun-cheol, The Korea Times
  28/10/2008 - ..."It's a big shift. There's a shift in the industry toward fiber and we're seeing it first in Korea and Japan," OECD economist Taylor Reynolds was quoted as saying.

Luxembourg

Social issues

• Luxembourg dismisses low loo tally -  Scotsman
  08/03/2007 - ...The Paris-based OECD, a free-market body with 30 mainly rich member countries, said the figure included in a broad review of living conditions, might be wide of the mark but that its data had been supplied by Luxembourg.
  

Mexico

Economy

• OCDE da bienvenida a plan anticrisis de Calderón - El Economista
  07/01/2009 - El secretario general de la OCDE, José Angel Gurría, dio la bienvenida al Acuerdo Nacional en Favor de la Economía Familiar y el Empleo que presentó hoy el presidente Felipe Calderón.

Netherlands

Economy

• OESO pleit voor versoepeling ontslagrecht - Het Financieele Dagblad
  31/01/2008 - De OESO, een organisatie van westerse landen, pleit in het jaarlijkse rapport over de Nederlandse economie voor versoepeling van ontslagrecht en verhoging van de AOW-leeftijd. (OECD report)
• OECD sees risks to Dutch growth from markets, housing - The Guardian
  31/01/2008 - (Reuters) - The Dutch economy is expected to grow above its potential rate this year and next, but faces substantial risks from turbulence on financial markets and potential house price stagnation, the OECD said on Thursday. (OECD report)

Environment

• Dutch Face Growing Pressures On Rural Land - OECD - Planet Ark
  04/06/2008 - The Netherlands will face conflicting pressures on rural land in coming years as population growth and climate change create new demands for use, according to an OECD report released on Tuesday. (OECD report)

New Zealand

Economy

• NZ's low productivity singled out in OECD report - New Zealand Herald
  16/04/2009 - Raising productivity has been identified in an OECD report on New Zealand as the country's greatest medium term challenge.The report, released today, provides analysis of New Zealand's economic situation, identifies perceived failings and offers a raft of measures on to how to improve them. (OECD report)
• New Zealand Should Cut Interest Rate to 2%, OECD Says - Bloomberg
  16/04/2009 - ... “The Reserve Bank still has room to go further in responding to deteriorating economic conditions,” the OECD said in its Economic Survey of New Zealand, released in Paris today. “The much-improved inflation outlook allows scope for further easing.” (OECD report)
  

Norway

Economy

• Norway urged to extend pension reform - Keren Holland, Global Pensions
  20/08/2008 - ... In its latest Economic Survey of Norway, the OECD said over the next 10-20 years, public finances in Norway were in relatively good shape, partly because of increasing revenues in the Government Pension Fund – Global, but also because the effects of the ageing population were coming later in Norway than other countries. (OECD report)
• Norway Should Mull Higher Rates to Quell Overheating, OECD Says - Tasneem Brogger, Bloomberg
  20/08/2008 -...  ``The continuing strength of the economy in early 2008 is certainly a reminder that the danger of overheating will not recede immediately and interest rates may need to go higher,'' the Paris-based OECD said in an e-mailed report released today. (OECD report)
• OECD says Norway set for slowdown but monetary policy will need to remain tight - Forbes
  20/08/2008 - ... 'The strong growth performance that the Norwegian mainland economy recorded in the last few years is coming to an end. Weaker global demand and lower consumer borrowing will cause a significant slowdown both in 2008 and 2009,' the OECD said in a report on the country's economy. (OECD report)
  

Poland

Economy

• OECD report shows growth in excess of 6% of Poland's GDP - Polskie Radio
  12/06/2008 - During the past two years, this country has recorded its best economic performance since the late 1990s, with growth exceeding 6% of its GDP. This data is presented in the latest OECD economic survey of Poland presented in Warsaw. (OECD report)

Portugal

Economy

• Portugal requires improved business environment, flexible labour market - OECD - Forbes
  25/06/2008 - The Portuguese economy requires an improvement in the business environment and a more flexible labour market to reap the benefits of globalisation and head toward a durable decline in unemployment, the OECD said on Wednesday in its 2008 economic survey of Portugal. (OECD report)

Russia

• EE.UU. estudia castigar a Rusia con su exclusión de organismos internacionales - LaVanguardia
  12/08/2008 - (EFE) - EE.UU. y sus aliados están evaluando, como castigo por los ataques contra Georgia, impedir la entrada de Rusia en organismos internacionales como la OMC y la OCDE, y excluirla del G8, según fuentes estadounidenses.

Slovenia

• Minister Discusses Membership, Reforms with Senior OECD Official  - Borza
  24/07/2007 - Development Minister Ziga Turk received Aart Jan de Geus, deputy secretary general of the OECD, on Tuesday, 24 July, discussing with him Slovenia's OECD accession process, the effects of OECD membership on Slovenia and key factors for the success of social reform, the Government Growth Office said in a press release.
  

Slovak Republic

Economy

• Third crisis package launched - Beata Balogová, The Slovak Spectator
  13/02/2009 - ...Gurria also suggested that even if the OECD’s long-term policy is that its members keep their public spending under control, times of crisis allow for an increase in deficits, on condition that it is only temporary and deficits are normalised later.
• OECD Sees Slovak Growth at 4% in ‘09 After Euro Entry - Radoslav Tomek and Andrea Dudikova, Bloomberg
  09/02/2009 - Slovakia’s economy will probably expand 4 percent this year, after the eastern European country adopted the euro on Jan. 1, the OECD said. (OECD report)
• Slovakia needs to liberalize rules to boost the economy; OECD - RTTNews
  09/02/2009 - The Slovakian economy will need to liberalize its wage rules, while improving the efficiency of its housing market to reap the full benefit of changing over to the Euro, the OECD said Monday. (OECD report)

South Africa

Economy

• Trevor Manuel on tax reforms - Cape Times
  28/08/2008 - ...Deputy secretary general of the OECD, Pier Carlo Padoan, agreed that dialogue by tax administrations in Africa was essential.
• Growing nowhere slowly - Robert Laing, The Times
  16/07/2008 - Government policies, ranging from its reliance on state-owned monopolies to its accelerated and shared growth initiative and black economic empowerment, were roasted in the OECD’s first analysis of this country. (OECD report)
• South African Regulations, State Curbs Competition - Nasreen Seria, Bloomberg
  15/07/2008 - South African regulations on investment are restrictive and state involvement in the economy is high, undermining competition and economic growth, the OECD said. (OECD report)

Spain

• La OCDE considera que las cajas españolas son un sector de riesgo - Antonio Jimenéz Barca, El Pais
  01/04/2009 - El economista jefe de la Organización para la Cooperación y el Desarrollo Económico (OCDE), Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel, calificó ayer de "eficaz y rápida" la decisión del Banco de España de intervenir el domingo en Caja Castilla La Mancha (CCM). A juicio de Schimdt-Hebbel, los bancos españoles gozan de una buena salud financiera y eso les permite sortear la crisis. (OECD report)

Agriculture

• La OCDE destaca el potencial del medio rural para afrontar la crisis - Europa Press
  16/02/2009 - El secretario general de la OCDE, Ángel Gurría, advirtió hoy de que las zonas rurales "no se escapan" del impacto de la crisis, pero destacó que su "enorme" potencial económico abre una oportunidad "excepcional" para la recuperación de la economía.
• Espinosa aboga por una agricultura que favorezca la biodiversidad - El Economista
  16/02/2009 - ...Espinosa realizó estas declaraciones en la presentación del informe de la OCDE sobre política rural en España, según informa el ministerio en nota de prensa.

Education

• Spain - Tertiary Education: Could do better - Rebecca Warden,  University World News
  22/03/2009 - ...The report, OECD Review of Tertiary Education - Spain, was released on 10 March and comes as the final instalment of a broader initiative covering 24 countries. The series aims to help countries see how the organisation, management and delivery of higher education can contribute to their social and economic goals. (OECD report)

Regulatory reform

• La OCDE sitúa a España en cabeza del esfuerzo por liberalizar mercados - Alejandro Bolanos, El Pais
  16/02/2009 - De un año a esta parte, la situación económica da muy pocas alegrías al vicepresidente segundo del Gobierno, Pedro Solbes. Ayer, sin embargo, las palabras del secretario general de la OCDE, Ángel Gurría, llevaron al vicepresidente económico a esbozar media sonrisa.
• La OCDE censura la independencia de los organismos reguladores en España - La Razon
  16/02/2009 - La OCDE instó hoy al Gobierno español a que mejore la independencia de los organismos reguladores sectoriales, al tiempo que alabó que España sea el séptimo país de la OCDE con mayor grado de competencia de sus mercados.

Sweden  

Economy

• Don’t panic – just run away - Roland White, The Times
  07/12/2008 - ...The OECD is clear. They should pack their bags and head for Sweden or Australia. The OECD’s most recent assessment says Sweden is “relatively well prepared” for the down-turn. The prospects in Australia are even brighter. “The impact of the financial crisis should be relatively contained,” says the OECD. (OECD report)
  

Switzerland

Fighting corruption

• Swiss invited to informal tax meeting in Berlin - Swissinfo
  26/04/2009 - A senior German finance ministry official confirmed that the Swiss government as well as Austria and Luxembourg were asked to attend an informal conference of the OECD in Berlin in June.
• Switzerland’s appeal as a tax haven - Kasia Maciejowska and Francesca Steele, The Times
  24/04/2009 - ...Switzerland was on an OECD blacklist; it is now on the grey list of countries committed to better disclosure standards but not yet complying with them.
• "Oui, la Suisse savait qu’elle risquait d’être sur liste grise" - 24 Heures
  21/04/2009 - Ennemi public numéro deux, après le ministre allemand des Finances, Peer Steinbrück, le secrétaire général de l’OCDE, Angel Gurría, est passé à l’offensive par voie de presse ce week-end. Oui, il a informé la Suisse qu’une tempête allait s’abattre sur elle et son secret bancaire. Non, il n’a pas fait de cachotteries à l’un de ses membres fondateurs.
• Switzerland looks for tax understanding - Swissinfo
  18/03/2009 - ...Speaking in a lively debate in the House of Representatives on Wednesday, Gabi Huber of the Radical Party said the same OECD standards had to be applied in all the other financial centres, "notably the various US states and the British territories".
• Press bid farewell to paradise lost - Swissinfo
  15/03/2009 - ...Facing possible sanctions by the OECD, Finance Minister Hans-Rudolf Merz announced on Friday the government's decision to cooperate on cases of international tax evasion.
• The end of Swiss banking? If so, it’s about time too - David Prosser, The Independent
  14/03/2009 - ...The Swiss also don't like the idea of their names going on to an OECD blacklist, which was a distinct possibility before yesterday's concessions, though quite how it has avoided being named and shamed in this way until now is a mystery to most people.
• Switzerland to cooperate on tax evasion - Daily Telegraph
  13/03/2009 - ...The Swiss government said in a statement that it was adopting standards set by the OECD which sets international rules for tax and data sharing and compiles a blacklist of non-compliers.
• Switzerland is not a haven for tax evaders - Urs Roth, The Guardian
  12/02/2009 - ...The OECD has drawn attention to Switzerland's code of conduct for tax authorities, taxpayers and tax advisers as an example of how to promote what it calls an "enhanced relationship" between taxpayers and revenue bodies.

Turkey

Economy

• Recession in Turkey possible, but avoidable - Ergin Hava, Zaman
  07/02/2009 - ...Encouraging news came from OECD Secretary-General Jose Angel Gurria during his visit to Ankara last month when he said the growth rates of OECD countries would generally decrease in 2009. Turkey, however, will display a "successful performance" among these countries, he noted.

Environment

• OECD calls for Marmara Sea cleanup, end to pollution - Zaman
  06/03/2009 - Urban and industrial waste from İstanbul and its environs is continuing to pollute the Marmara Sea, an OECD report has said.

Social issues

• Turks are friendly, social: OECD report - Hürriyet
  06/05/2009 - The annual report, "Society at a Glance," looks at social tendencies in 18 OECD member states that are considered the most developed economically. (OECD report)

United Kingdom

Fighting corruption

• Good ideas, but you're out of time - Michael White, The Guardian
  26/03/2009 - ...Corporate interests and practical politics will guarantee that a further weakness - a lack of extra resources for reorganisation of rival agencies (Serious Fraud Office, National Criminal Intelligence Service, etc) - is conspicuous by its absence. The OECD and other critics identify it as part of the problem.
• Last British tax haven accedes to demands for greater disclosure - International Herald Tribune
  10/03/2009 - ...Then, working groups at institutions like the OECD and the Financial Stability Forum will be set up, which might make the process last for years, he added.

Economy

• Warning: Britain faces new recession - Sean O'Grady, The Independent
  30/06/2009 - ...The OECD, which comprises the 30 most advanced economies in the world, added to the gloom, saying that Britain remained "deep" in recession and faced a "bleak short-term outlook". (OECD report)
• UK economy shrinks at fastest rate for 50 years - Miles Costello, Grainne Gilmore, The Times
  30/06/2009 - ...The OECD is also predicting that UK unemployment will top 3 million over the next 12 months, in a further blow to Mr Darling's optimism about a recovery. (OECD report)
• OECD says Britain must act urgently to boost lending or recovery will falter - Gary Duncan, The Times
  29/06/2009 - Restoring the flow of bank lending to businesses and consumers must be a more urgent priority for the Chancellor in the fight to combat the recession, the OECD told Britain yesterday. (OECD report)
• UK recovery 'likely to be slow' - Steve Schifferes, BBC News
  29/06/2009 - The OECD has warned that the UK's recovery will be slow with unemployment rising to 10%. (OECD report)
• Scottish Agenda: Green shoots of recovery or yellow weeds? - Ian Fraser, The Times
  18/05/2009 - ...On Monday the OECD said the UK economy had bottomed out in March and that our recession could be over as early as August.
• Britain may be on road to recovery, says OECD - Susan Thompson, The Times
  11/05/2009 - The worst of Britain's recession may now be over, according to the OECD.

Education

• Turned away at the school gates - Francis Gilbert, The Daily Telegraph
  07/03/2009 - ...Meanwhile, the world education rankings run by the respected OECD – the only really trustworthy league table there is – shows Britain slipping from fourth to 14th for reading and from eighth to 24th for Maths. Put simply, most children from Europe and the Far East outperform our pupils every time – even in English.
• Independent school call for poor - Seonag MacKinnon, BBC Scotland
  30/01/2009 - ...It highlights a second OECD report in 2007 which suggested schools which have to compete for students are linked to better results.
• 'Dismal picture' of adult literacy in UK - Peter Kingston, The Guardian
  29/01/2009 - ...At that time, the OECD ranked the UK 14th in international literacy and numeracy league tables.

Energy

• Energy price cuts fail to help hundreds of thousands in fuel poverty - Myra Butterworth, Daily Telegraph
  19/02/2009 - ...Figures from the OECD reveal that energy prices in Britain have increased by 16.7 per cent over the past year.
• Britain faces Europe's biggest energy price hikes - Sean Poulter, Daily Mail
  03/02/2009 - ...The damning figures come from the latest inflation study produced by the respected OECD.
• Gas bills in UK rising faster than elsewhere in western world - Harry Wallop, Daily Telegraph
  03/02/2009 - ...A report from the OECD, a club of the world's 30 richest countries, shows that gas and electricity bills in the UK are 12.1 per cent higher than a year ago.

Finance

• One 'bad bank' may allow the rest to be good - David Wighton, The Times
  09/01/2009 - ...As the OECD says today, omitting to remove the bad debts on bank balance sheets before recapitalising them could prove to have been a mistake for the UK.
• Interest rate cut to lowest for 300 years - Robert Winnett, Daily Telegraph
  09/01/2009 - ...The OECD indicated that the Government may have to consider buying up bad debts from the banks. The OECD believe that the economic crisis may be "dragged out for a longer period of time" without such action.

Social issues

• Pensioners short-changed by Government error - Rosa Prince, Daily Telegraph
  12/02/2009 - ...It comes as the OECD calls on governments to reform private pensions on the back of plummeting values on world stock markets. (OECD report)

Taxation

• New laws to tackle tax evasion by EU savers - Mike Goodman, Daily Telegraph
  01/07/2009 - ...Allan Bell, the Manx Treasury Minister, unveiled the tax plan at an OECD Forum last week.

Territorial economy

• Welsh regions are poorer than rural Poland, statistics reveal - Andrew Dagnell, Western Mail
  11/06/2009 - The study by the OECD also confirms a startling poverty gap between Wales’ most impoverished areas and the wealthiest parts of the UK.

United States

Economy

• Obama heralds glimmers of hope - The Daily Telegraph
  10/04/2009 - US President Barack Obama.. gave warning that the financial crisis is still far from over. "The economy is still under severe stress," he told reporters... His more cautious tone was reflected in the latest leading indicators from the OECD, released yesterday, which gave warning that the world's seven largest economies will deteriorate further over the coming months.(OECD report)