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03-Nov-2006
The government of Japan is to award former OECD Secretary-General Donald Johnston the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun, the highest-ranked Japanese decoration conferred on foreigners. Mr Johnston will receive the decoration from Emperor Akihito of Japan at a ceremony on 7 November 2006 at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo.
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31-Oct-2006
Agriculture, as the main user of water in OECD countries, can also help maintain ecosystems. But government policies to support farm production often discourage the efficient use of water and aggravate pollution. The problem is identified in a new OECD publication on Water and Agriculture: Sustainability, Markets and Policies, a collection of expert papers on how to improve water management in the farming sector.
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19-Oct-2006
Switzerland’s health system meets the important goals of good health outcomes and universal health coverage, but these successes come at a high financial cost. The OECD and the WHO, in a new report on the Swiss health system, praise the quality of the system and make recommendations to control its high spending.
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18-Oct-2006
Despite substantial progress with macroeconomic stabilisation and institutional reform, the recent turmoil in financial markets has highlighted the need for further structural reforms to increase productivity growth, expand the formal sector, and consolidate macroeconomic stability.
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17-Oct-2006
Corporate governance is improving in Turkey but some key issues, including the potential for unfair treatment of minority shareholders, need to be tackled if Turkish firms are to take full advantage of opportunities to grow in coming years, according to a new OECD report.
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11-Oct-2006
Tax revenues, measured as the ratio of tax to Gross Domestic Product (GDP), are rising in many OECD countries despite deep cuts in tax rates, according to a new OECD report, reflecting both the effects of stronger economic growth, which has led to higher corporate profits, and moves in some countries to offset the effects of cuts in tax rates by broadening the tax base and improving tax compliance.
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28-Sep-2006
Young people should spend more time practising their driving skills before getting a licence and governments should introduce probationary periods and toughen drink-drive limits for novice drivers as part of a strategy to lower the numbers of people killed on roads, according to a new report.
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21-Sep-2006
Korea should use energy more efficiently and control green house gas emissions more effectively, according to a new OECD report. While the OECD welcomes Korea’s significant progress in tackling environmental challenges over the past decade, it notes that further steps are needed in the interests both of international environmental cooperation and Korea’s economic development.
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19-Sep-2006
A new OECD report on early childhood policy, Starting Strong II, shows that more countries are making early childhood education and care a priority, with greater attention paid to service quality. Increasingly, it shows, the early years are viewed as the first step in lifelong learning and a key to successful social, family and education policies.
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19-Sep-2006
The OECD Development Assistance Committee welcomed the Netherlands’ continued commitment to maintain high levels of development aid. The Netherlands Official Development Assistance in 2005 was USD 5.11 billion, or 0.82% of Gross National Income, making it one of the world’s most generous donor countries.
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