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News & Events
Navigation tip: this heading compiles OECD-wide news and events. Select a country, topic or department under "Browse" on the left of your screen to refine your search. Don't miss our key upcoming meetings and events. If you are looking for press releases or media contacts, visit the NEWSROOM .
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19-Dec-2007
Key participants involved in OECD's work in the global fight against corruption have been honoured by two prestigious bodies, Transparency International in its 2007 Integrity Awards and African investor magazine in its annual African Investor Awards.
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18-Dec-2007
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the World Bank have agreed to step up their co-operation in a number of key areas, including efforts to promote sustainable and inclusive growth in emerging economies, the economics of climate change, aid for trade, innovation and the design of comprehensive country frameworks for investment.
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18-Dec-2007
A new OECD report analyses the sickness and disability policies in Australia, Luxembourg, Spain and the United Kingdom. It recommends steps governments should take to reduce the number of people claiming sickness and disability benefits and help beneficiaries back into the labour market.
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18-Dec-2007
Brazil should rapidly amend its legislation to make companies directly liable for the payment of bribes to foreign public officials, and to ensure that effective, proportionate and dissuasive sanctions are applicable, according to a new report by the OECD Working Group on Bribery.
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13-Dec-2007
Faced with labour shortages and pressures on pension funding due to ageing populations, one in three OECD countries has cut unemployment benefits in the last six years with a view to encouraging unemployed people to find jobs, according to a new OECD report.
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12-Dec-2007
Most of the action to address climate change will need to take place in developing countries, but developed countries should shoulder much of the cost, said OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría today in a speech at the United Nations Climate Conference in Bali.
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11-Dec-2007
Scotland's schools receive high marks in the latest OECD Review of National Policies for Education, which notes that Scotland has one of the most equitable and best performing education systems in OECD countries.
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10-Dec-2007
OECD member countries, as well as some non-member economies and other stakeholders, are pooling expertise and funding to test the human health and environmental safety effects of a number of nanomaterials.
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10-Dec-2007
Stefan Tangermann, the OECD's Director of Trade and Agriculture, has been awarded Germany's Order of Merit (First Class) for his outstanding accomplishments as scientist and political adviser.
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07-Dec-2007
OECD Secretary General Angel Gurría presented the Latin American Economic Outlook 2008 to policy makers and analysts in Washington DC on Thursday 6 December at an event hosted by the Organisation of American States. Watch Mr. Gurría's presentation.
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