21-October-2015
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Colombia needs to improve its capacity to investigate foreign bribery by establishing an effective corporate liability regime, improving coordination between its numerous agencies and more rigorously training law enforcement, according to a new report by the OECD Working Group on Bribery.
21-October-2015
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The world’s leading source of information and analysis of trends in inequality in developed countries, the OECD is launching a Centre for Opportunity and Equality to promote its research and provide a forum to discuss how policies can best address inequalities in areas including income, wealth, health and education, and their social and economic consequences.
20-October-2015
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Advanced and emerging economies have made progress in addressing climate change, yet most are on a trajectory that would see them fall short of their mitigation goals. Governments need to significantly accelerate their efforts and strengthen their climate change policies.
19-October-2015
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The OECD Working Group on Bribery will release a review of Colombia’s efforts to fight foreign bribery on Wednesday 21 October 2015 at 09.00 Bogota time/16.00 CET.
19-October-2015
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Countries should step up their investment in long-term R&D to develop frontier technologies that will reshape industry, healthcare and communications and provide urgently needed solutions to global challenges like climate change, according to a new OECD report.
15-October-2015
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Following the signature of the Peace and Reconciliation Accord in May-June 2015, the OECD and the Mali government are hosting an international conference on Thursday 22 October 2015 where the Mali government, international partners, civil society and the private sector will discuss ways to move forward with the peace and reconciliation process in Mali.
15-October-2015
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The reforms to the pensions system in Mexico, especially the introduction of a system of individual defined contribution accounts, have significantly improved the system’s financial sustainability.
14-October-2015
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Improvements in health, access to basic services and housing have contributed most to raising standards of living of Mexicans over the past 15 years but further advances are needed to bring well-being indicators closer to the average of OECD countries, according to a new report.
14-October-2015
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Fisheries production in OECD countries has declined by more than 39% since 1988 as overfishing reduces the productive capacity of the resource, according to a new OECD report.
14-October-2015
German
Soziale Ungleichheit setzt sich über Generationen fort. Wie stark ökonomische, aber auch gesellschaftliche Faktoren die Startchancen von Kindern selbst in weit entwickelten Ländern beeinflussen, zeigt die jüngste Ausgabe des OECD-Berichts “How’s Life?”. Eins von sieben Kindern in der OECD lebt in relativer Armut, jedes zehnte kommt aus einem Haushalt, in dem niemand einer bezahlten Arbeit nachgeht.