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25-Jun-2009
The world’s main economies are looking to “green growth” as the way forward out of the current crisis, opening up new prospects for climate-change negotiations ahead of the COP15 meeting in Copenhagen in December. Ministers from 40 countries, representing 80% of the world economy, discussed the crisis and where next at the OECD's annual ministerial meeting in Paris.
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24-Jun-2009
Foreign direct investment (FDI) into 17 OECD countries, including France, Germany, Japan, the UK and the US, fell by 50% in the first quarter of 2009 compared with the last quarter of 2008, according to estimates by the OECD released at the OECD Forum in Paris.
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24-Jun-2009
The slowdown in OECD economies is reaching bottom following the deepest decline for more than 60 years, says the OECD’s latest Economic Outlook. But recovery is likely to be weak and fragile, and the economic and social damage caused by the crisis will be long-lasting.
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24-Jun-2009
OECD countries have agreed to boost official backing for exports of renewable energy and nuclear power equipment by offering more generous terms on government-backed credits in support of export deals.
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23-Jun-2009
Unemployment in OECD countries will continue to rise well into 2010, with the average unemployment rate approaching 10%, up from 7.8% in April, according to new OECD projections.
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23-Jun-2009
Governments must continue reforms to ensure that public and private retirement income provision is socially as well as financially sustainable, according to the 2009 edition of the OECD’s biennial Pensions at a Glance.
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23-Jun-2009
Governments around the world must work together for a new “green growth” paradigm based on low-carbon economic development, Korean Prime Minister Han Seung-soo told participants at this year’s OECD Forum.
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23-Jun-2009
Addressing a conference organised by the French and German governments in Berlin on the fight against tax fraud and evasion, OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría welcomed progress in implementing international standards of transparency and exchange of information for tax purposes.
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17-Jun-2009
Because food is a basic necessity, the agriculture sector is showing more resilience to the global economic crisis than other industries, according to a new report by the OECD and UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation.
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17-Jun-2009
Italy is in a deep recession. The banking system resisted the first wave of the financial crisis, but credit conditions have tightened and households have suffered large financial losses. What is the outlook and what does Italy need to do to support long term growth? How can the education system be improved?
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Events
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on 17-Mar-2008
A joint OECD/International Monetary Fund conference on the reforms needed to boost jobs and productivity in Europe will be held on Monday 17 March 2008.
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on 05-Mar-2008
The OECD's Environmental Outlook to 2030 says that global efforts to tackle the main environmental challenges - climate change, biodiversity loss, water scarcity and risks to human health - are achievable and affordable.
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from 17-Mar-2008 to 20-Mar-2008
Two media events on growth, reform and the economic prospects of OECD countries will take place at OECD in March 2008: OECD-IMF Conference on structural reform in Europe, Interim economic outlook for US, Europe and Japan.
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on 20-Feb-2008
Migration to OECD countries is accelerating, posing major challenges to the integration of immigrants and their children. At the same time, more and more countries are adopting selective policies to attract highly skilled workers, raising fears of a brain drain from many developing countries.
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on 21-Feb-2008
What benefits would the Internet bring to the developing world? And what impact would the arrival of several billion new users have on the Internet as we know it today? Click here to read the questions and answers from this online debate with OECD economist Sam Paltridge.
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on 14-Feb-2008
Has development aid improved the lives of people living in developing countries over the past five years? Yes, says OECD's latest Development Co-operation Report, but slowly.
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from 03-Dec-2007 to 04-Dec-2007
During his official visit, Angel Gurría met with government officials and business leaders, and held a press conference to launch the PISA 2006 report.
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on 04-Dec-2007
How have 15-year old students performed in the 57 countries that participated in OECD's 2006 PISA - Programme for International Student Assessment - tests? Results of PISA 2006 will be published at 10.00 a.m. Paris time on Tuesday 4 December 2007, with news conferences and media briefings that day in Tokyo, Brussels, Berlin, London, Washington and Paris.
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on 29-Nov-2007
A meeting at ministerial level of the Good Governance for Development (GfD) in Arab Countries Initiative will take place in Cairo, Egypt on 29 November 2007. This high-level meeting will provide a forum for ministerial delegations from Arab countries to present progress made and the outlook of their national public sector reform agendas.
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from 19-Nov-2007 to 20-Nov-2007
The European Commission, European Parliament, Club of Rome, OECD and WWF hosted a high level international conference in Brussels to clarify which indices are most appropriate to measure progress, and how these can best be integrated into the decision-making process.
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