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News & Events
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26-Nov-2007
More efficient government spending on education and social programmes, success in tackling the "black" economy and getting more women and young people into work will be crucial to maintaining Chile's strong economic growth, according to a new OECD report.
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22-Nov-2007
La France possède beaucoup d'atouts qui sont reconnus internationalement, mais elle a besoin de réformes dans des domaines tels que la fiscalité et le marché du travail afin de pouvoir répondre pleinement à son potentiel de croissance, a fait valoir le Secrétaire général de l'OCDE, Angel Gurría, devant la Commission pour la Libération de la Croissance Française présidée par Jacques Attali.
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21-Nov-2007
New benchmark comparisons based on purchasing power parities (PPPs) show the level of gross domestic product per head has risen closer to the OECD average in a number of countries including Turkey, Mexico, the Slovak Republic, Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic.
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21-Nov-2007
"Much more needs to be done" to fight international corruption, said OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría today at a conference in Rome to mark the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention.
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13-Nov-2007
The quality of medical care, measured by the provision of recommended interventions or actual health outcomes, is improving in OECD countries. Health at a Glance 2007 shows that advances in diagnosis and treatment mean that, across OECD countries, only 10% of people hospitalized after a heart attack now die within 30 days of being admitted to hospital, down from 20% in the 1980s.
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08-Nov-2007
Chile needs to invest more in research and development (R&D), improve its education system, promote public-private partnerships and foster business-sector innovation, notably among small and medium-sized firms, in order to sustain economic growth, according to a new OECD report.
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08-Nov-2007
Italy should cut red tape, improve the way new rules affecting citizens and business are drafted at a regional level and strengthen co-ordination between the State and the regions. This will boost innovation and competition and improve the economic performance of Italian regions, according to a new OECD report.
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07-Nov-2007
Latin American countries need to invest more public funds in health, education services, infrastructure and innovation, but to afford this they will have to make major changes in the way their tax systems operate, according to the OECD's newly published Latin American Economic Outlook.
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06-Nov-2007
To turn the current economic upswing into a lasting pickup in growth, further reforms in fiscal policy and in the regulation of product markets, notably in the network industries, are needed. The positive contribution of immigrants to average living standards can be improved.
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30-Oct-2007
The Isle of Man has signed bilateral agreements with seven Nordic economies -- Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden -- on exchange of information for tax purposes, marking a significant step forward in international efforts to implement standards of transparency and exchange of information in tax matters develope by OECD’s Global Forum on Taxation.
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