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News & Events
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20-Jun-2007
Jersey and the Netherlands signed a bilateral agreement to exchange information for tax purposes, patterned on the OECD Model Agreement for Exchange of Information in Tax Matters, while Nordic Finance Ministers announced progress towards tax information exchange agreements with Aruba, the Isle of Man, Jersey and the Netherlands Antilles.
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19-Jun-2007
Rather than seeing globalisation as a threat, OECD governments should focus on improving labour regulations and social protection systems to help people adapt to changing job markets.
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13-Jun-2007
OECD countries have agreed to a Recommendation that calls for stronger environment-related requirements for export deals to qualify for export credit backing from their governments’ Export Credit Agencies (ECAs).
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12-Jun-2007
South Africa is to become the 37th signatory and first African country to join the OECD’s Anti-Bribery Convention. Adopted in 1997 and ratified so far by 36 countries, this Convention outlaws the bribery of foreign public officials in international business transactions.
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07-Jun-2007
People in OECD countries will have to save more for their retirement as a result of the major pensions reforms carried out in recent years, according to a new OECD report. The average pension promise in 16 OECD countries studied was cut by 22%. For women, the reduction was 25%.
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05-Jun-2007
OECD countries have agreed that the corporate governance practices of private equity firms and hedge funds are best addressed within the framework of the existing OECD Principles of Corporate Governance.
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04-Jun-2007
Governments should work more closely with companies and strengthen enforcement to fight the rising global trade in counterfeit and pirated goods, according to a new OECD report.
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04-Jun-2007
A welcome economic recovery is under way in Italy, bringing down public deficits and boosting revenues. However, fiscal sustainability hinges on key issues such as pension and public administrative reforms.
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01-Jun-2007
At the Summit, G8 leaders asked the OECD, together with the IEA, to act as a platform for dialogue between G8 countries and the major emerging economies of Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South Africa on issues including innovation, freedom of investment, corporate social responsibility and development in Africa, and energy efficiency.
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01-Jun-2007
The burgeoning Open Educational Resources (OER) movement is bringing higher education resources within reach of growing numbers of potential users around the world, but education authorities will soon have to grapple with new challenges such as copyright issues and the sustainability of business models, according to a new OECD study.
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