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16-May-2007
Spain was honoured to chair the 2007 Ministerial Council Meeting, which focused on the theme Innovation: Advancing the OECD Agenda for Growth and Equity.
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15-May-2007
Opening statement by the OECD Secretary-General, Angel Gurría, to the Ministerial Council meeting, 15 -16 May 2007 - Innovation: Advancing the OECD Agenda for Growth and Equity
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10-May-2007
Spain has made significant progress over the past decade in improving employment prospects of young people, but there is still much to be done to improve the regulations that affect young people’s chances of finding jobs, according to a new OECD report.
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10-May-2007
OECD countries have agreed new guidelines for governments and regulators designed to improve how certain types of pension funds are run with a view to making employees’ pensions more secure.
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23-Apr-2007
Macroeconomic imbalances are weighting on growth prospects and are only started to unwind. Looking forward, major economic challenges remain for pension and retirement savings policies, financial markets and the tax system.
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20-Apr-2007
In his statement of 20 April 2007, Secretary-General Angel Gurría responded to an article published in The Economist.
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05-Apr-2007
Following major economic reforms, the Slovak economy has grown strongly in recent years. Nevertheless, there is still considerable scope to strengthen growth prospects and to ensure that the benefits of growth are more widely distributed by raising employment rates, improving education outcomes (including by reducing the impact of socio-economic background), and by removing barriers to product-market competition.
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05-Apr-2007
New Zealand has improved its environmental performance over the past decade, but should reinforce water and waste management, energy efficiency and climate protection efforts.
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05-Apr-2007
The OECD and the United Arab Emirates are to join forces in a drive to strengthen tax co-operation between the countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and between these countries and OECD countries.
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03-Apr-2007
Total official development assistance (ODA) from members of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) fell by 5.1% in 2006 to USD 103.9 billion. This represents 0.30% of members’ combined Gross National Income. In real terms this is the first fall in ODA since 1997, though the level is still the highest recorded with the exception of 2005.
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