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Opening Remarks by the Secretary-General at the Working Group on Bribery in International Business Transactions

17-Jan-2007

Opening Remarks by the Secretary-General at the meeting of the Working Group on Bribery in International Business Transactions.

Economic Survey of the Euro Area

04-Jan-2007

Monetary policy is responding to inflation pressures. The ECB should continue to refine its communication strategy in order to enhance clarity. The recovery creates a golden opportunity to get fiscal policy back on track. Member states need to make greater efforts to achieve budget balance and pay down debt.

The OECD urges Ukraine to strengthen its fight against corruption

15-Dec-2006

Ukraine needs to urgently tackle corruption in political and judicial circles as part of a broad campaign to strengthen its fight against corruption, according to a new report by the OECD Anti-Corruption Network for Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

OECD Review of United States Development Assistance Programmes

15-Dec-2006

The OECD’s Development Assistance Committee review of U.S. aid, including humanitarian assistance, noted many changes following the events of 11 September 2001. Development is now part of the foundation of the U.S. National Security Strategy. The DAC urged that there should be more explicit focus within the Strategy on poverty reduction.

OECD warns climate change is threatening Europe's skiing trade

13-Dec-2006

Many regions in the Alps had the warmest November on record, delaying the arrival of snow by several weeks and worrying ski operators. As the first flurries are coating Alpine slopes, questions arise: was this balmy autumn an exception or a harbinger of the effects of climate change? How sensitive are the Alps to climate change?

Portugal needs to overhaul its tertiary education system, OECD says

13-Dec-2006

Portugal will need to invest more over the long term in its universities and other post-secondary schooling institutions if it wants to raise attainment levels to standards similar to those of other European countries, according to an OECD review of Portugal’s tertiary education system to be published next year.

OECD recommends China to reconsider its new rules on cross-border mergers and acquisitions

11-Dec-2006

China should reconsider some of its new regulations and policies concerning cross-border mergers and acquisitions that were introduced on 9 November 2006 by the National Development and Reform Commission, according to a new OECD report.

DAC Chair calls on donors to deliver on their Gleneagles commitments

06-Dec-2006

Final data on aid flows in 2005 reveal that underlying aid flows to the poorest countries in sub-Saharan Africa have stalled. Official development assistance from members of the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee, which groups the world’s major donors, reached USD 106.8 billion in 2005, a record high.

Developed countries must do more to integrate immigrant workers, says OECD

05-Dec-2006

Well-managed immigration flows offer benefits both for host countries and for migrants and their families. But the effective integration of immigrants into the societies of the countries where they settle is crucial, and this requires commitment and action at national and local level.

China will become world’s second highest investor in R&D by end of 2006, finds OECD

04-Dec-2006

China will this year for the first time spend more on research and development (R&D) than Japan and so become the world’s second highest investor in R&D after the United States, according to OECD projections based on recent trends.

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