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News & Events
This heading compiles OECD-wide news and events. Click on any one of the topics or departments listed on the left and the news will be sorted automatically. Click here for a selection of key upcoming meetings and events. If you are looking for press releases or media contacts, visit the NEWSROOM .
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25-Apr-2008
Two new bilateral arrangements for the exchange of information for tax purposes, between Guernsey and the Netherlands and between the Isle of Man and Ireland, bring to fourteen the number of such agreements signed since the beginning of 2007 by jurisdictions committed to work with OECD countries.
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24-Apr-2008
Growth has picked up significantly in recent years, largely driven by expansion of manufactured exports. Nevertheless, structural reforms are required to put public households on a sustainable path in order to cope with population ageing and to avoid labour market bottlenecks limiting growth.
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18-Apr-2008
Germany has joined 15 other countries in signing the OECD-Council of Europe Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters, in a step that will help it to combat cross-border tax evasion more effectively in today’s open global economy.
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16-Apr-2008
Economic activity is now easing. In the short run, competitiveness must improve. Better infrastructure, and further product and labour market reforms would keep growth strong over the medium term. Long-run challenges remain for the housing market, fiscal policy, pensions, and the integration of migrants.
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10-Apr-2008
"Reforms for Stability and Sustainable Growth: an OECD Perspective on Hungary" emphasises the need to persevere in the ongoing programme of fiscal consolidation and to forge ahead with structural reforms for Hungary to resume the process of catching up with the better performing OECD countries.
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09-Apr-2008
Germany has been enjoying a strong cyclical rebound in economic growth after a long period of stagnation. First positive effects of past reforms are already visible. However, for high economic growth to be more enduring, economic challenges remain, notably in the fields of labour markets, fiscal policy, education policy, healthcare and network industries.
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09-Apr-2008
OECD countries are committed to keeping their investment frontiers open to sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) as long as these funds invest for commercial, not political ends. That is the message in a letter from OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría to G7 Finance Ministers detailing a common OECD position on policies towards sovereign wealth funds.
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04-Apr-2008
Development aid in 2007 indicates that the 22 member countries of the OECD Development Assistance Committee, the world’s major donors, provided USD 103.7 billion in aid in 2007.
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Events
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on 28-Apr-2008
The first ever OECD Public Management Review, “Ireland: Towards an integrated Public Service”, published on Monday 28 April 2008, asseses reforms over the past 10 years, and looks at how the Public Service can work together better as an integrated whole in response to societal demands and the need to maintain competitiveness.
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from 22-Apr-2008 to 23-Apr-2008
During his official visit, Angel Gurría met with Swedish government officials and gave a lecture at Stockholm School of Economics on "Tax and Growth: What direction should Sweden take?".
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from 03-Apr-2008 to 04-Apr-2008
In today’s knowledge-driven global economy, tertiary education is more important than ever to help countries achieve their economic and social goals. Education authorities from around the world will meet at an OECD conference Lisbon on 3-4 April 2008 to discuss how to ensure that tertiary education systems best serve these wider public purposes.
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from 21-Mar-2008 to 26-Mar-2008
During this first official visit, Angel Gurría met with Chinese government officials and attended the 9th annual meeting of the China Development Forum, "Towards 2020: Development Goals and Policy Options".
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from 19-Mar-2008 to 27-Mar-2008
What needs to be done and who should pay to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and tackle climate change? Read the questions and answers from the online debate on this issue that took place on Thursday 27 March 2008.
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from 27-Mar-2008 to 28-Mar-2008
What can developing countries do to attract more and better investment? And how can the momentum of investment globalisation be maintained amid rising protectionism?
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on 20-Mar-2008
Press briefing presented by Jorgen Elmeskov, Acting Chief Economist, OECD, Thursday 20 March 2008 at 11:00 a.m.
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