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15-Dec-2009
The OECD today invited Chile to become its second member in Latin America after Mexico. Chile will formally accept this invitation when an Accession Agreement is signed in the presence of Secretary-General Angel Gurría and President Bachelet on 11 January 2010 in Santiago.
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15-Dec-2009
What impact has the crisis had on innovation and spending on research and development? How can innovation help to solve environmental and social threats? The OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2009 provides the data and analysis to answer these questions.
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15-Dec-2009
The final version of the self-evaluation report for the Southern Arizona region is now available. The report was prepared with the support of the Lumina Foundation for Education in collaboration with a number of higher education institutions in the region.
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15-Dec-2009
Innovation is crucial to long-term economic growth, even more so in the aftermath of the financial and economic crisis. In this book, the OECD and the World Bank jointly take stock of how globalisation is posing new challenges for innovation and growth in both developed and developing countries, and how countries are coping with them.
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15-Dec-2009
This new working paper investigates the characteristics, functioning and incidence of pre-emptive patenting, defined as patent filings whose main effect is to hamper the grant of other patents.
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14-Dec-2009
During its 31st Plenary meeting (7-11 December 2009), MONEYVAL issued a fourth public statement in respect of Azerbaijan under Step VI of its Compliance Enhancing Procedures and decided to withdraw the previously issued public statements as well as the advice to financial institutions made in its statement of 12 December 2008.
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14-Dec-2009
A new law on access to bank information will enable Chile to exchange banking information under existing tax treaties, thereby complying with the internationally agreed tax standard for exchange of information.
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14-Dec-2009
OECD research shows that to be successful in today’s knowledge economy, communities need to invest not only in the supply of skills but also in the demand for skills. The OECD LEED has begun work on the “Skills for Competitiveness” project to further examine the advantages of such demand-side policy interventions. The project will evaluate the policy and practice in LEED member countries, including Canada, the United Kingdom and Italy, and will also draw on good practice from across the world through an international literature review.
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11-Dec-2009
This review offers an objective assessment of the secondary school building modernization programme to the Portuguese government. The review also provides insights for others engaged in school building projects, be they policy makers, educationalists or designers.
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11-Dec-2009
The World Economy mini-symposium, co-edited by Development Centre economists, presents findings about the economic impact of China and India in Saharan African countries by Africa-based economists. ‘The Asian Drivers and Africa’ presents case studies on Angola, Ethiopia, Kenya, Senegal and South Africa. These papers form part of a broader Development Centre project which documents the economic, political and social impacts of the two Asian giants on sub-Saharan African countries.
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Events
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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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on 20-May-2009
This symposium focused on the role of financial education in the context of the financial crisis. High-level officials and decision-makers from around the world met in Paris to discuss and elevate the international policy dialogue on the importance of financial education on a global scale and as one of the long-term possible responses to the current financial crisis.
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on 11-Mar-2009
How can virtual worlds contribute to innovation, to transformation of business, government and public services and to increasing transparency, improving innovative services delivery, and creating employment?
Should public policy frameworks be adapted to support governments, citizens, and businesses using virtual worlds to improve their performance? If so how?
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Global economic growth and trade are falling sharply. A prolonged recession is forecast in many countries. International trade policy measures to support open markets are needed now more than ever.
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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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from 26-Jan-2009 to 29-Jan-2009
The training programme on investment promotion and media, jointly organised by the Jordanian Investment Board and MENA-OECD, took place in Amman on 26-29 January 2009 with the participation of nine officials from the Iraqi National Investment Commission (NIC).
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from 20-Jan-2009 to 21-Jan-2009
A High-level Meeting for the TFER in the Republic of Iraq was jointly organised by the MENA-OECD Initiative and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on 20-21 January 2009 at the OECD Conference Centre in Paris, France.
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on 08-Apr-2009
The OECD Development Centre has recently organised a joint seminar with the Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs (ELS) focusing on the evolution of the quantity and quality of employment and its impact on poverty and inequality, with a specific focus on Brazil, China and India.
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on 19-Jan-2009
OECD Development Centre Economist Christian Daude presented the main conclusions of the Latin American Economic Outlook 2009 to a selected audience of academics and policymakers in Berlin, on 19 January 2009, at a seminar hosted by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.
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