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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 .
News
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20-Feb-2008
OECD governments need to do more to help immigrants integrate and make better use of their skills, according to OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría.
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19-Feb-2008
After several years of strong growth, the economy shows signs of overheating. This should be counteracted via prudent fiscal policy and labour market reforms. Boosting employment is also vital given Denmark's ambitious, but costly, welfare priorities in areas like healthcare. Finally, reducing the distortions from high marginal tax rates must be a key priority, this report argues.
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19-Feb-2008
Disclosures concerning alleged widespread tax evasion by German citizens through Liechtenstein highlight a much broader challenge in today's globalised economy: how to respond to countries and territories that seek to profit from tax dodging by residents of other jurisdictions.
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31-Jan-2008
The Dutch economy is making a successful comeback, but is now facing labour shortages. The main challenge to improve living standards is to boost hours worked by females, increase the effective retirement age, and to bring outsiders back to the labour market.
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28-Jan-2008
OECD Member Countries have agreed to adopt a set of principles and guidelines designed to ensure that loans supported by their Export Credit Agencies (ECAs) are in line with sustainable development objectives.
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23-Jan-2008
The Netherlands has a dynamic youth labour market but helping the hard core of disadvantaged young people find jobs will require comprehensive action on a range of fronts, according to a new OECD report.
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18-Jan-2008
The member countries of OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC), which groups the world’s major aid donors, have elected Eckhard Deutscher to lead the Committee.
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14-Jan-2008
The OECD Working Group on Bribery invites public comment on its consultation paper: Review of the OECD Instruments on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions Ten Years after Adoption.
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14-Jan-2008
OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría spoke at several key debates at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, from 23-27 January 2008. The subjects ranged from fighting corruption and managing financial risk to sustaining economic growth and ensuring safe water for the future.
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08-Jan-2008
The OECD Working Group on Bribery has serious concerns about Turkey's implementation of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention. Turkey, a Party to the Convention since 2000, has yet to implement key elements of the Convention, including introducing corporate liability for the bribery of foreign public officials and effectively enforcing its foreign bribery offence.
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Events
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on 21-Nov-2007
Governments and business have made some progress in their fight against corruption since the 1997 signing of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention. But is it enough? Is the political commitment expressed by governments being followed up by action?
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from 27-Nov-2007 to 29-Nov-2007
Ministers from Middle East and North African countries and from OECD countries will meet in Cairo on 28-29 November to discuss progress in reforms to encourage investment and improve public governance in the MENA region.
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from 12-Nov-2007 to 13-Nov-2007
How can African agriculture contribute more effectively to economic development and poverty reduction? Experts and government officials will be addressing such challenges at a meeting in Rome organised by the OECD, the World Bank, and the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on 12-13 November 2007.
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from 31-Oct-2007 to 04-Nov-2007
During this official visit, Angel Gurría met with government officials to discuss Israel's candidacy for OECD accession as well as the Israeli economic situation. He also participated in the 2007 Prime Minister's Conference for Export and International Co-operation.
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How to find OECD statistical publications and databases
OECD.Stat contains complete databases and is freely available as a beta release via OECD’s iLibrary, SourceOECD for the first half of 2008.
A catalogue of our statistical publications is available on the Online Bookshop.
Below, under Data by Topic, in addition to data, you will find meetings and manuals, sources and methods.
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on 01-Oct-2007
This event, jointly organised by the OECD and the UNDP, gathered several ministers from the founding countries of the Partnership for Democratic Governance. This new multilateral initiative is designed to support emerging democracies in building their governance capacity and improving essential services delivery to their citizens.
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on 03-Oct-2007
Read the questions and answers from an online question and answer session on the future of education that took place on Wednesday 3 October with Andreas Schleicher, head of the OECD's Education Indicators and Analysis division.
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on 05-Sep-2007
Press briefing presented by Jean-Philippe Cotis, Chief Economist, OECD, Wednesday 5 September 2007 at 11:00 a.m.
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Read the questions and answers from this online debate on the role and future of statistics with Enrico Giovannini, the OECD’s Chief Statistician.
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