Improving the Assessment of Disaster Risks to Strengthen Financial Resilience

Given the systemic dimension and country spill-overs in certain catastrophic risks, the G20 is well suited to play an important role through the exchange of best practices and experiences to address events that, according to our analysis, cost the world economy nearly $350 billion last year.

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OECD G20 Conference on Financial Consumer Protection

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Challenges and policies for promoting inclusive growth

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Global imbalances and how to tackle them

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Finance: review of causes and management of the crisis

At the heart of the crisis are failures of financial regulation, of supervision, of risk management and of corporate governance.

Why sound institutions and smart regulation matter

Speaking at a conference in Berlin, Angel Gurría says that a new architecture of financial reform together with sustainable fiscal consolidation strategies, structural reforms and efforts to explore new sources of growth will be essential to build a stronger, cleaner and fairer world economy.

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Lors du colloque sur la refondation du système monétaire international, A. Gurría a appelé à une réforme du système financier pour qu’il joue son rôle de soutien à l’activité économique et qu’il ne provoque pas d’autre crise systémique.