Boosting jobs and incomes - lessons from reassessing the OECD Jobs Strategy

In his speech delivered to the meeting of G8 Employment and Labour Ministers in Moscow on 9-10 October 2006, Angel Gurría spoke about the reassessed Jobs Strategy, what has been learnt, and emerging challenges.

Global governance as part of crisis prevention

Angel Gurría focussed on the role of global governance in crisis prevention in this speech, which was delivered at the "Conference of Foreign Affairs Committee and Development Committee Chairpersons of the European Union Member Countries" in Finland, on 28 September 2006.

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OECD and the UN: securing access to safe water and sanitation

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OECD work on corporate governance

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OECD Centres

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OECD Annual Report 2006

This Annual Report highlights some of the OECD's achievements of the past year and describes how it is helping its member countries respond to new challenges ahead.

OECD urges governments and industry to do more to tackle spam

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OECD to work on clarifying VAT/GST application in cross-border trade

The OECD is launching a new project aimed at providing guidance for governments on applying Value Added Taxes, or VAT - also called Goods and Services Tax, or GST, in some countries -- to cross-border trade.

OECD tracks tsunami aid

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