Integrity and the crisis: How to earn back the trust of young people (Speech)

According to our recent “How’s Life” report, only 40% of citizens in the OECD trust their national governments – the lowest level since 2007. Like never before, our citizens have doubts about their government’s capacities to respond to their needs and meet their expectations. We have to rebuild that trust, said OECD Secretary-General.

Launch of OECD’s 2013 Economic Survey of Israel

With the right policies, narrower socio-economic divides and higher levels of well-being are well within Israel’s reach. Raising educational standards and encouraging employment, maintaining sound monetary policy and a responsible fiscal trajectory, pressing on with structural reforms that encourage innovation, competition and creativity – these are all central to achieving sustained, inclusive growth.

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OECD Secretary-General hails new WTO agreement: a victory for multilateralism

Mr Gurría said the trade facilitation agreement at the core of the new package would cut red tape and speed border crossings worldwide, offering an important boost to world trade and the global economy. "As OECD work has highlighted, the benefits of lowering costs for traders are significant, and are particularly welcome today, given the slow growth seen in so many countries," Mr Gurría said.

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Green Growth and Sustainable Development Forum: Closing Remarks by Angel Gurría

Advancing green growth is one of the most urgent challenges of our time. We need to use all of our knowledge to bring the private sector on board. If we fail to do this, we will fail to provide our citizens with adequate water, transport and energy infrastructure, and cause disastrous harm to our environment, said OECD Secretary-General

L’OCDE accueille avec tristesse la disparition de Nelson Mandela et s’attachera à faire vivre son héritage

C’est le cœur chargé d’émotion et de gratitude que le monde rend hommage à Nelson Mandela au jour de sa disparition, a déclaré le Secrétaire général de l’OCDE, Angel Gurría.

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Construire la métropole d’Aix-Marseille : un enjeu pour relancer une croissance inclusive

Aix-Marseille reste une métropole dynamique. Sa croissance de l’emploi la classe au 2ème rang des métropoles européennes de la base de données de l’OCDE entre 2000 et 2012 et au 1er rang des métropoles françaises. La troisième métropole française a aussi amélioré son positionnement en matière d’innovation, de création d’entreprises, et d’attractivité internationale mais de nombreux défis demeurent, a souligné Angel Gurría.

Working with cities and regions to ensure inclusive and sustainable recovery

If governments at all levels work together to unleash the potential of cities and regions as engines of economic dynamism, they will greatly benefit national recovery and will create conditions for a better life, said OECD Secretary-General.

Ministerial Meeting of the Territorial Development Policy Committee: Regions and Cities - Remarks by Angel Gurría

National policies can frame the context for recovery, but it is in the regions and cities where policies meet people, or as the saying goes, where the rubber meets the road, said OECD Secretary-General.

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Cities Matter for Resilient and Inclusive Recovery

The facts are simple: the bulk of people live in cities and an overwhelming percentage of economic activity originates in cities. So we must find ways to empower cities to set positive trends and lead the way toward stronger, more resilient and inclusive growth.

A USA and International Perspective on 2012 PISA Results

PISA provides the most comprehensive international comparison of the skills and knowledge of 15-year-olds around the world in mathematics, science and reading. We take stock in three year periods and run the numbers and publish them a year later. Thus, these results correspond to the 2010-2012 period and they are the 5th set we prepare and publish since 2000.

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