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13-Dec-2010
At COP16, Angel Gurría stated that "Green and Growth go well together and can become a win-win outcome for advanced, emerging and developing countries. (...) Cancun should; Cancun must; Cancun can!"
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13-Dec-2010
Overall, the strong recovery experienced in ASEAN economies in the first half of 2010 is gradually losing momentum. Nonetheless, the picture varies across Southeast Asian countries. A solid recovery is ongoing in the Philippines driven by strong exports and improving business sentiment, while activity appears to be slowing down in Malaysia and Singapore on the basis of both leading and coincident indicators. Activity growth is also showing slight signs of slowing in Indonesia. The outlook for the Thai economy is relatively stable supported by solid production activities.
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11-Dec-2010
The full report of FATF’s third mutual evaluation of Argentina (and second joint FATF/GAFISUD evaluation of Argentina) is now available for download, the executive summary was published on 5 November 2010. Since the last evaluation, finalised in June 2004, Argentina has not made adequate progress in addressing a number of deficiencies identified at that time, and the legal and preventive AML/CFT measures that are in place lack effectiveness.
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10-Dec-2010
Systemic financial crises are a recurrent phenomenon. This country comparison highlights the “funding gap” left by deposit insurance arrangements and finds that systemic crisis resolution funds, together with strengthened failure resolution powers, are adequate to help fill the gap.
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09-Dec-2010
While well established policies exist to combat drunk driving, drug use by motorists is much more difficult to fight - there are many different substances involved, and some of them are even legal as medication. A new report by the International Transport Forum shines a spotlight on this complex issue. Download a copy of the executive summary on www.internationaltransportforum.org.
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09-Dec-2010
Walking is the most natural form of transport. It is efficient, healthy and versatile - yet transport policy makers don't give it much thought. That should change, argues Jack Short, Secretary General of the International Transport Forum.
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08-Dec-2010
According to latest data compiled by the International Transport Forum on global freight flows since the financial crisis of 2008 recovery is uncertain and weak: in road, rail and sea transport, current freight levels are below pre-crisis volumes - only air cargo has recovered from the strong crisis-induced drop that hit freight volumes in all modes.
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on 28-May-2009
During her official visit to the OECD, the President of Chile, Michelle Bachelet, met with OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurria and addressed ambassadors at a special meeting of the OECD Council.
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from 11-Jun-2009 to 12-Jun-2009
Cet atelier interactif va explorer et identifier les nouvelles tendences et approches de l’innovation dans le domaine la conception et réalisation du service public. Des acteurs venus d’un grand nombre de pays, représentant différents secteurs et niveaux de gouvernemnt pourront partager leurs expériences.
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from 27-Apr-2009 to 28-Apr-2009
The 2nd OECD Southeast Asia Regional Forum considered a range of policy areas, one of which was investment policies. Government officials from ASEAN countries and investment experts gathered to discuss various efforts to create a more attractive investment climate in Southeast Asia. The OECD’s investment instruments and peer review methods were presented and well received by participants as they can help advance their own agenda of investment policy reforms.
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on 23-Apr-2009
On April 23, a fist Steering Group Meeting under the EUWI National Policy Dialogue in the water supply and sanitation sector of Ukraine was held. This meeting was focused on impact of decentralization and measures to cope with over fragmentation in the water sector.
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on 24-Apr-2009
The dissemination workshop on “Strengthening financial planning and management for WSS in central government, municipalities and utilities of EECCA countries” was held in Kiev, Ukraine on 24 April 2009. The meeting was a capacity development and dissemination workshop where good practices and approaches to improve the financial management of the water sector have been presented. These outputs have been developed in the framework of the EAP Task Force and supported by a TACIS grant.
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from 11-Jun-2009 to 12-Jun-2009
Environmental liability regimes and approaches and criteria to assess administrative fines were in the focus of discussions at the annual meeting of the Regulatory Environmental Programme Implementation Network. This meeting took place on 11-12 June 2009 in Chisinau, Moldova. The Network was established back in 1999 and brings together environmental experts from Eastern Europe, Caucasus, and Central Asia (EECCA).
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on 27-Apr-2009
A meeting to examine how to support the employment and empowerment of women in the context of a global labour market in which work is increasingly feminised, informalised and precarious, identifying the deficits in Decent Work that affect women workers, before exploring the steps to be taken ensure that pro-poor growth policies support the movement of women into Decent Work and out of poverty. The discussions also addressed the implications of the financial crisis.
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on 15-May-2009
This workshop was organised by the OECD, METREX, l'IAU Île-de-France and Région Île-de-France. It brought together strategic planning experts from more than 40 European metropolitan areas and they shared their experiences and discussed the challenges of sustainable development and planning.
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from 11-Jun-2009 to 12-Jun-2009
The OECD organised a joint workshop with the Las Palmas Municipality, Gran Canaria, Spain. The workshop explored practical tools city officials can use to fight climate change and catalyse their economies.
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from 19-Nov-2008 to 20-Nov-2008
Building the business case for digital identity management and understanding its fundamental role in the deployment of e-government and innovation in service delivery was the main focus of a seminar on 19-20 November 2008, held at the OECD Headquarters in Paris, where experts met to exchange experiences and good practices.
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