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08-Sep-2009
Growing advantages for the better educated and likely continuing high levels of unemployment as economies move out of recession will provide more and more young people with strong incentives to stay on in education. Governments need to take account of this in planning education policies, according to the latest edition of the OECD’s annual Education at a Glance.
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03-Sep-2009
Today, on the eve of the Pittsburgh G20 meeting, the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information dealing with tax matters, took major steps to confirm the end of the era of banking secrecy as a shield for tax evaders. Hailing the breakthrough OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría said “what we are witnessing is nothing short of a revolution."
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03-Sep-2009
Recovery from the global recession is likely to arrive earlier than had been expected a few months ago but the pace of activity will remain weak well into next year, according the OECD’s latest Interim Economic Assessment. Watch the webcast of the press conference.
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02-Sep-2009
Iceland has entered its deepest recession in decades following the collapse of its major banks. They had pursued risky strategies, making them vulnerable in the global financial crisis. The authorities have adopted a stabilisation programme supported by an IMF Stand-By Arrangement. The crisis has highlighted the need to improve prudential supervision and the potential advantages of joining the euro area, which would enable Iceland to share the benefits of the ECB’s credibility.
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01-Sep-2009
Governments should invest more money on children in the first six years of their lives to reduce social inequality and help all children, especially the most vulnerable, have happier lives, according to the OECD.
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31-Aug-2009
The meeting of the OECD’s Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information which was to have taken place in Los Cabos, Mexico, on 1-2 September has been transferred to Mexico City because of the threat of severe damage posed by Hurricane Jimena.
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14-Aug-2009
OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría has welcomed the announcement today of the new Chair of the OECD’s Forum on Tax Administration, Douglas H. Shulman of the United States.
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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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11-Aug-2009
The OECD welcomes the announcement today of a package of measures between Liechtenstein and the United Kingdom intended to ensure effective exchange of information for tax purposes between the two countries and to address the important issue of undeclared funds in a cooperative way.
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31-Jul-2009
What are the economic challenges Greece faces? What could be the impact of the global crisis? What should fiscal policy do? What are the reform priorities in the public sector? How to improve public health care services? How to enhance education performance?
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Events
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from 19-Jan-2009 to 20-Jan-2009
Angel Gurría was in Helsinki for a two day official visit to attend the Solemn Seminar which marked 40 years of Finnish membership to the OECD. He also met with several government officials, business and trade unions representatives to discuss a range of key policy issues.
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on 17-Nov-2008
Joëlle Milquet, Belgium’s Minister for Employment, Labour and Social Dialogue, and Martine Durand and Thomas Liebig from OECD Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, will present "Jobs for Immigrants: Belgium, France, The Netherlands and Portugal" at a news conference in Brussels at 13.00 PM on Monday 17 November.
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on 12-Nov-2008
During his trip to Brussels, the Secretary-General of the OECD, Angel Gurría gave a keynote speech at the European Policy Centre and met with several European representatives to discuss a range of key policy issues.
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on 17-Oct-2008
The OECD’s Working Group on Bribery will hold a press conference at 11.00 a.m. today at OECD headquarters to report on the recent Phase 2bis examination of the United Kingdom under the terms of the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions. It will be webcast LIVE.
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on 02-Oct-2008
While in Budapest, Angel Gurría launched the OECD environmental performance review of Hungary and attended the Conference on Financial Awareness where he spoke about the importance of financial education. He also held bilateral meetings with several Hungarian government officials.
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from 25-Sep-2008 to 26-Sep-2008
This event gathered senior officials from Centres of Government to discuss the following issue: "Political Economy of Reform: Ensuring Stakeholder Support". On this occasion, Angel Gurría met with several Mexican government officials and delivered a keynote speech for the opening of the meeting.
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on 09-Sep-2008
OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría will launch the 2008 edition of OECD’s annual Education at a Glance at a news conference at 11.00 a.m. on 9 September 2008 in Paris. This rich compendium of comparable statistics provides valuable underpinning for policy debate and decisions by education authorities.
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from 02-Sep-2008 to 04-Sep-2008
International Conference Centre, Accra, Ghana (2-4 September 2008). The Accra High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness will reform the way developed and developing countries work together, to ensure that development assistance is well-spent and that it helps build sustainable economies that lift people out of poverty. The Forum is open to media. Journalists are welcome in the Media Centre, which is equipped with wifi. They are also invited to join a field trip to a development project near Accra.
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on 29-Jul-2008
Colombia is the 10th non-OECD member to join the Development Centre. Earlier this year, Poland, Egypt, Israel and Vietnam took their seats at the Centre’s Governing Board as well.
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