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More effort needed to reach foreign aid targets, says OECD Report
22-Feb-2007
Aid donors will have to increase funding for aid programmes faster that any other public expenditure in order to fulfil their commitments to increase aid to $130 billion and double aid to Africa by 2010, says the OECD’s Development Co-operation Report. Aid funding, recently rising by 5% per year, would have to rise by 11% every year from 2008 to 2010.
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New Deputy Secretaries-General at the OECD
21-Feb-2007
The Secretary-General of the OECD presented his proposals to fill the four vacancies for Deputy Secretaries-General, which were approved by the Council. They will replace the four officials that served during the mandate of former Secretary-General Donald J. Johnston, and whose terms have expired.
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Belgium “could do better” on school-to-work transition, says the OECD
16-Feb-2007
According to a new report by the OECD, Belgium should do more to help young people get their working life off to a good start. The unemployment rate for 15 to 24 year olds was about 20 per cent in 2005, i.e. almost identical to 10 years ago and around seven percentage points higher than the OECD average.
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14-Feb-2007
Since the 1990s’ crisis, Sweden has greatly improved its macroeconomic policies. All parts of society benefit from strong productivity growth, stable inflation expectations and public budget surpluses. Meanwhile, combating exclusion in the labour market is a key challenge, along with distortions in the housing market.
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13-Feb-2007
With a number of the world’s most advanced countries finally shaking off the sluggish economic growth of recent years, now is the time to step up, not slacken, the pace of reform, according to the latest edition of the OECD's annual Going for Growth report.
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OECD Secretary-General congratulates Kiyotaka Akasaka on UN post
12-Feb-2007
OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría congratulated Kiyotaka Akasaka, Deputy Secretary-General at the OECD, on his new appointment as United Nations Undersecretary-General for Communications and Public Information.
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Arbitration to be an option in cross-border tax disputes, OECD countries agree
07-Feb-2007
OECD countries have agreed to broaden the mechanisms available to companies and individuals involved in cross-border disputes over taxation by introducing the possibility of arbitration if other attempts to resolve disagreements fail.
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OECD Guidelines for the Testing of Chemicals Now Available Free of Charge
06-Feb-2007
The OECD Guidelines for the Testing of Chemicals, key tools for governments and industry worldwide to assess the safety of chemical products, are now available free of charge.
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OECD welcomes tax information exchange agreement between Antigua and Barbuda and Australia
02-Feb-2007
Antigua and Barbuda and Australia have signed a bilateral agreement on the exchange of information for tax purposes, marking another step forward in international efforts to implement the principles of transparency and exchange of information for tax purposes on a global basis.
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01-Feb-2007
Poland should strengthen its corporate liability laws and close a significant loophole that makes it difficult to prosecute companies that bribe foreign public officials, according to a new report by the OECD Working Group on Bribery.
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