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News & Events
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26-Jun-2006
Health spending continues to rise in OECD countries and, if current trends continue, governments will need to raise taxes, cut spending in other areas or make people pay more out of their own pockets in order to maintain their existing healthcare systems, new OECD data indicate.
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26-Jun-2006
The Netherlands needs to take a more proactive approach to the investigation and prosecution of the offence of bribery of foreign public officials in international business transactions, according to a report by the OECD’s Working Group on Bribery.
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26-Jun-2006
Denmark has engaged in significant legislative efforts to implement the OECD Anti-bribery Convention. However, Denmark should amend its laws to impose tougher sanctions on Danish companies and individuals found guilty of bribing foreign public officials, according to a new report by the OECD’s Working Group on Bribery.
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21-Jun-2006
Government support to farmers in OECD countries totalled € 225 billion in 2005, representing 29% of farm receipts. The proportion is unchanged from the previous year and only marginally lower than the 30% reported in 2003, according to a new OECD study.
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13-Jun-2006
OECD countries urgently need to get more people into paid employment if they want to boost living standards and keep welfare systems afloat. They can do this by moving away from policies that discourage people from working and companies from hiring and by doing more to raise workers’ skills.
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12-Jun-2006
Multinational enterprises investing in countries characterised by weak or non-existent government need to take special care in handling a range of risks and ethical dilemmas not usually encountered in countries with stronger governance arrangements. A new Risk Awareness Tool for Multinational Enterprises in Weak Governance Zones from the OECD is designed to help them.
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08-Jun-2006
Between 3 and 3.5 million immigrants, including those already living in their new country on a temporary basis, became official long-term residents in OECD countries in 2004, according to International Migration Outlook, the latest edition of the OECD’s annual report on migration movements and policies.
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08-Jun-2006
The Czech Republic’s economic growth performance has improved and now compares favourably with other catch-up countries in the region. However, ensuring sound public finances, improving the labour market and enhancing the business environment remain key challenges.
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30-May-2006
The economy has experienced a long period of weak growth, although a recovery is in the offing for 2006; even so, improving resilience, public finances and potential growth (through labour utilisation and productivity) remain key challenges.
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29-May-2006
International co-operation is helping governments around the world to combat tax cheating through improved transparency and exchange of information in tax matters but there are still gaps that need to be plugged, according to a new report by the OECD’s Global Forum on Taxation.
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