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OECD in the news (articles by country) - L'OCDE dans les médias (articles par pays)
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Australia
Economy
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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.”
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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.
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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
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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
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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)
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Austria
Economy
Belgium
Environment
Brazil
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
Denmark
Economy
Environment
European Union
Economy
Finance
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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
Social issues
France
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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
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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
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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.
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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)
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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)
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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)
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Germany
Taxation
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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)
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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)
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Japan
Economy
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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.
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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.
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Korea
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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)
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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
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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
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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)
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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
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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)
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Poland
Economy
Portugal
Economy
Russia
Slovenia
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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
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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.
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South Africa
Economy
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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.
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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)
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Spain
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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
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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.
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Education
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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
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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.
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Sweden
Economy
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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
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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.
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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.
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"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.
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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".
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
Social issues
United Kingdom
Fighting corruption
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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.
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Economy
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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)
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Education
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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.
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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.
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Energy
Finance
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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.
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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
Taxation
Territorial economy
United States
Economy
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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)
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