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OECD attaches great importance to co-operation with business, labour, parliamentarians, civil society and the general public. They make an important contribution to the work of the OECD. This co-operation builds trust in public institutions and promotes understanding of economic and social change.
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17-Oct-2006
In OECD countries, rural areas account for three-quarters of the land and are home to a quarter of the population. Rapid changes in the international economy clearly have a different effect on these regions than on cities and towns, offering different challenges but also different opportunities.
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07-Jul-2006
There is broad agreement among competition agencies from OECD countries that the purpose of competition policy is to protect competition, not competitors. In pursuing that objective, many agencies and courts have repeatedly used the phrase “competition on the merits” to explain and justify their views on how to distinguish conduct that harms competition from conduct that advances it. Yet that phrase has never been satisfactorily defined.
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04-Oct-2006
Angel Gurría notes the risks to economic growth and the challenges ahead for OECD countries. He delivered this speech to the Assembly, in Strasbourg, France, on 4 October 2006.
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03-Oct-2006
New communication technologies can increase citizens’ understanding of policy issues and the quality of their participation in policy making. As online public consultation is becoming widespread practice at the Organisation, the OECD has developed the following guidelines with a view to making online public consultation as transparent and productive as possible.
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21-Aug-2006
I. Feature article: OECD Forum 2006 “Balancing Globalisation” 22-23 May, Paris
II. Bulletin board: Coming and recent OECD activities with civil society
III. Further reading: OECD publications regarding civil society
The Newsletter has been prepared by the Public Affairs Division of the OECD for the purpose of informing the public of OECD cooperation with civil society. The Public Affairs Division acts as a clearing house for information about OECD dialogue with civil society. OECD staff who are in contact with civil society contribute to this newsletter.
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09-Aug-2006
Iceland’s economy and per capita income have grown at an impressive pace since the mid-1990s, making the country one of the most prosperous in the OECD. However, growth has been volatile and accompanied by recurrent large external and internal economic imbalances that reflect in part major investments in the energy and aluminium smelting sectors but also buoyant credit-funded household demand. In the recent period, concerns about these developments have led to a decline in investor confidence and sharp exchange rate correction, boosting inflation.
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31-Jul-2006
Sometimes referred to as the “lucky” country, Australia has been riding the global boom in commodities, benefiting increasingly from its proximity to Asia. But Australia “has also made its own luck” through a series of structural reforms and the introduction of a robust macroeconomic framework which have bolstered resilience. This is illustrated by its macroeconomic stability in the face of a string of recent shocks, in stark contrast to the macroeconomic chaos which followed the commodities boom of the early 1970s.
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24-Jul-2006
Tax concessions to farmers and landowners often represent an alternative to programmes incurring direct government outlay yet, because no budgetary spending takes place, the level of public scrutiny is often low. Such concessions often fall outside the remit of agricultural policy analysts and administrators and tend to be politically sensitive. Consequently, tax concessions have been little studied and are poorly documented. Yet they carry implications for production, land use, incomes, trade, the environment, rural society and other issues.
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20-Jul-2006
The economic expansion, which began in 2002, has enabled Japan to finally overcome the negative legacy of the collapse of the asset price bubble in the early 1990s. The upturn is projected to continue through 2007, underpinned by improving labour market conditions and accelerating exports, with inflation positive. However, as Japan emerges from a decade of economic stagnation, it faces a new set of challenges to sustain robust growth over the medium term in the context of rapid population ageing.
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10-Jul-2006
Financial education is increasingly important, and not just for investors. It is becoming essential for the average family trying to decide how to balance its budget, buy a home, fund the children’s education and ensure an income when the parents retire.
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