OECD appoints Mari Kiviniemi and Stefan Kapferer as Deputy Secretary-Generals

Mari Kiviniemi, Finland’s former Prime Minister, and Stefan Kapferer, currently State Secretary at Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, have been appointed Deputy Secretary-Generals of the OECD.

Roundtable: Climate is Everyone’s Business

Twenty years ago climate change was viewed as just an environmental issue. Today it is squarely an economic issue. Climate change poses significant risks to our economic systems that could result in very large damages. To mitigate these risks we need to radically transform our economies and societies to stop global warming.

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La réussite économique que connaît actuellement l’Allemagne lui offre un cadre propice pour atteindre une croissance durable et inclusive, mais plus de réformes seront nécessaires à moyen et long termes, selon la dernière Étude économique sur l’Allemagne de l’OCDE.

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Mr. Angel Gurría, the Secretary-General of the OECD, in Berlin on 13-14 May 2014

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Society at a Glance 2014 - Key findings for Germany

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Germany - Keeping the edge: Competitiveness for inclusive growth

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Visit by German Chancellor Angela Merkel to the OECD, 19 February 2014

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