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News & Events
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20-Nov-2009
Governments, working together with consumer organisations, teachers’ and parents’ associations and other civil society groups, should do more to promote consumer education. The aim should be to help consumers develop critical thinking and raise awareness, according to new policy recommendations recently endorsed by the OECD's Committee on Consumer Policy.
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11-Aug-2009
Finland, the Netherlands and Sweden have the lowest prices for mobile phone calls among OECD countries, according to the latest OECD Communications Outlook. The highest were found in Canada, Spain and the United States.
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29-Jul-2009
A sudden upturn in global sales of information and communications technology (ICT) goods in May and June suggests the ICT industry may have reached a turning point and be on the road to recovery, according to a new OECD report.
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Events
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from 08-Dec-2009 to 10-Dec-2009
The economic crisis has hit the retail sector hard but has actually boosted e-commerce, with more people shopping online, according to a new OECD report. The industry would grow faster still if business and governments did more to tackle the growing challenges of protecting consumers’ rights and privacy and fighting fraud, according to the OECD.
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on 15-Apr-2009
The Internet is an extraordinary tool for children’s education and development. However, children also face a variety of risks online such as exposure to harmful content, cyberbullying, breach of privacy, etc. The joint APEC-OECD Symposium aimed at sharing experience with regards to initiatives to protect children online including government measures, public-private partnerships and regional/international co-operation.
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on 11-Mar-2009
How can virtual worlds contribute to innovation, to transformation of business, government and public services and to increasing transparency, improving innovative services delivery, and creating employment? Should public policy frameworks be adapted to support governments, citizens, and businesses using virtual worlds to improve their performance? If so how?
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from 17-Jun-2008 to 18-Jun-2008
Ministers from more than 40 countries met with global business leaders, technical experts and academics in order to agree new ways to improve global co-ordination and co-operation at the OECD Ministerial meeting on “Future of the Internet Economy” in Seoul, Korea.
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