OECD in the news

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22-Dec-2008

A selection of links to international press articles and radio interviews on OECD's work.

Policy Briefs

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19-Sep-2008

This page provides a list of the Directorate's recent Policy Briefs.

Recent OECD Economic Surveys of interest

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25-Jun-2008

Recent OECD Economic Surveys of interest

Video: Angel Gurría accepts the "MDG3 Global Call to Action"

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21-May-2008

On 21/5/08 the Swedish Minister for Development Co-operation Gunilla Carlsson presented MDG3 champion torches to the OECD’s Secretary-General, Angel Gurría, and to the Chair of the DAC, Eckhard Deutscher.

LEED Consultative Fora

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12-Dec-2007

Four consultative groups have been created to channel the interest of partners and reinforce the activities of the LEED Programme. 

Contact the Forum on Partnerships and Local Governance

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04-Dec-2007

Click here to find the contact persons at the Forum on Partnerships and Local Governance.

Media Briefing: Matching Work and Family Commitments

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29-Nov-2007

Gender roles used to be much more clear-cut than they are now. The male-breadwinner model involved a clear allocation of responsibilities and time within households: men spent their time at work earning family income, while women spent their time at home caring for the children.

OECD LEED Trento Centre for Local Development, Italy

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31-Oct-2007

The OECD Council decided to establish, in co-operation with the Italian Government and the Autonomous Province of Trento, an OECD LEED Centre for Local Development in Trento.  The Centre was inaugurated on 6 December 2003.

Media Briefing: Life-expectancy links

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10-Oct-2007

Edward Whitehouse

Two-thirds of pension reforms in OECD countries in the last 15 years contain measures that will automatically link future pensions to changes in life expectancy.

The OECD LEED Forum on Social Innovations

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11-Sep-2007

The Forum on Social Innovations has been in existence for several years now. It was created in April 2000 with the main objective of facilitating international dissemination and transfer of best policies ...

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