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19-Nov-2008
Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General
On 21 November 2008, the European Parliament will discuss the budgetary aspects of a European Commission proposal to fund a €1 billion Food Facility to assist farmers in developing countries. In a statement, OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría affirmed OECD’s support for the proposal.
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18-Nov-2008
Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General
In his remarks, Angel Gurría explained why the OECD and the World Bank should push for a joint agenda on innovation and growth in the global economy.
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17-Nov-2008
Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General
OECD will support the global concerted effort to re-launch the world economy with analysis and recommendations for more effective regulation and policies for a return to sustainable growth.
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17-Nov-2008
Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General
In his remarks, Mr Gurría highlighted the outcomes of the G-20 meeting where leaders called on a better collaboration between international organisations to support governments’ work on policies to overcome the crisis and lead the global economy back to sustainable growth.
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12-Nov-2008
Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General
In his remarks, OECD Secretary-General announced that the OECD is currently working on a comprehensive policy Action Plan to help address the financial crisis and use the opportunity to build a better world economy.
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07-Nov-2008
OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría has written to U.S. President-elect Barack Obama congratulating him on his election victory and stating the Organisation’s commitment to working closely and productively with his Administration.
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03-Nov-2008
Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General
In the short to medium term, the financial crisis and the likely economic downturn could jeopardize the contribution of trade to poor countries’ growth and poverty reduction objectives, according to Mr ...
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30-Oct-2008
Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General
The Secretary-General of OECD, Angel Gurría, and the Chair of OECD’s Development Assistance Committee, Eckhard Deutscher, have issued a call to the world’s main aid donor countries to stand by their development pledges despite the economic slowdown.
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28-Oct-2008
Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary General
Presenting this new report in El Salvador, OECD Secretary General affirmed that competition policy is a key tool for strengthening a country's economic structures, improving enterprise performance, and promoting innovation, strategic partnerships, foreign trade and foreign investment.
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28-Oct-2008
Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary General
Launching the report in San Salvador, OECD Secretary-General recognised the recent macroeconomic achievements of Latin America but stressed the importance of re-orienting the objectives of fiscal policy towards reducing poverty and inequality.
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Financial crisis: Save our savings
Amid the worst current financial crisis since the 1930s, EU leaders have pledged to protect savers’ deposits. Already most OECD countries have explicit deposit insurance schemes for savings up to certain limits. In a number of countries these have now been raised temporarily.
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