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16-Sep-2008
In today’s knowledge-driven global economy, countries need to build on tertiary education to generate innovation, sustain competitiveness and boost economic growth. A new OECD report, Tertiary Education for the Knowledge Society, offers policy recommendations to help meet these goals.
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16-Sep-2008
Speaking to the Energy Leaders Summit in London today, OECD Secretary-General A. Gurría warned that the cost of ambitious emissions reductions will be higher than previously estimated. He noted, however, that it is still more affordable than the costs and consequences of inaction. He stressed that we need to use the right mix of policies, including putting a price on greenhouse gas emissions and developing new low-carbon technologies.
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10-Sep-2008
OECD countries should adapt their labour migration policies more closely to likely future demand for workers in all areas of their economies, opening up to lower-skilled workers as well as to those with high skills, according to OECD's International Migration Outlook 2008.
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09-Sep-2008
Education at a Glance 2008 shows that with more and more high-school graduates going on to university, governments face tough decisions on funding and quality standards to ensure that their education systems respond adequately to booming demand for degrees.
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03-Sep-2008
Financial market turmoil, the bursting of the housing bubble and high commodity prices continue to weigh on global economic growth, according to OECD’s latest interim economic assessment of the G7 countries.
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02-Sep-2008
OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría has called on the participants in negotiations for a new multilateral trade agreement to “go the last mile” and bring the World Trade Organization’s Doha round to a successful conclusion.
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28-Aug-2008
Good teachers are the number one factor for excellence in student achievement but next comes high-quality leadership. Governments must do more to recruit and train the best people to run schools, according to a new OECD publication - Improving School Leadership.
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27-Aug-2008
On many counts, the youth labour market in Norway is performing very well. The unemployment rate among young people aged 16-24 was 7.3% in 2007, 6 percentage points below the OECD average and the employment rate was almost 12 percentage points above the OECD average.
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20-Aug-2008
The Norwegian economy has benefitted from rising world energy prices, fiscal restraint, successful monetary policy and a capacity to attract foreign labour. But difficult challenges lie ahead. Could the rapid rise in labour costs lead to inflation becoming entrenched? Is rising household debt a serious risk? How can the education system be improved?
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Events
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from 24-Jul-2008 to 26-Jul-2008
During his first official visit in Indonesia, Angel Gurría met with the President of the Republic and several government officials. He also presented the first OECD Economic Assessment of Indonesia .
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on 15-Jul-2008
During his official visit, Angel Gurría met with the President of the Republic of South Africa and other government officials. He also held a press conference for the release of the first’s OECD Economic Assessment of South Africa.
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from 11-Jul-2008 to 17-Jul-2008
The OECD’s latest economic survey of Turkey, to be published on Thursday 17 July 2008, looks at the reforms needed to strengthen public finances, boost competitiveness and create jobs.
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from 30-Jun-2008 to 01-Jul-2008
During his first official visit to the United Kingdom, Angel Gurría met with government officials and business representatives. He also gave a speech on the economics of climate change to the Royal Institute of International Affairs.
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on 26-Jun-2008
How are rising food prices affecting government support to farmers? How is agriculture policy changing? These are among the issues addressed in Agricultural Polices in OECD Countries: Monitoring and Evaluation to be be released on 26 June 2008.
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on 25-Jun-2008
The OECD’s latest economic survey of Portugal, to be published on Wednesday 25 June 2008, looks at how growth can be boosted and made more sustainable by strengthening public finances, enhancing the business environment and improving the efficiency of the labour market.
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from 04-Jun-2008 to 05-Jun-2008
The economic impact of climate change, rising food prices and a broad range of other trade, growth and development issues were discussed at the OECD’s annual ministerial meeting in Paris on 4-5 June 2008. Ministers from Brazil, China, India, Indonesia and South Africa have been invited to attend the ministerial meeting, as have ministers from Chile, Estonia, Israel, Russia and Slovenia, the five candidate countries for accession to OECD.
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from 28-May-2008 to 29-May-2008
The first ever review of regulatory reform in Brazil will be released at a workshop in Brasilia on Wednesday 28 and Thursday 29 May 2008, hosted by the OECD and the Brazilian government. This event is open to the media.
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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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Financial crisis: Save our savings
Amid the worst current financial crisis since the 1930s, EU leaders have pledged to protect savers’ deposits. Already most OECD countries have explicit deposit insurance schemes for savings up to certain limits. In a number of countries these have now been raised temporarily.
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