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Economy
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 OECD's Economic Outlook (June 2008)
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Growth is weakening and inflation is likely to remain high across most OECD countries. US activity will stay flat through 2008 while the Euro area economy growth will be restrained by tighter credit and lower export market growth.
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A greener economy
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Government ministers from around the world have been meeting at OECD headquarters in Paris to talk about crunch issues for the environment. One of the most important: getting business more involved in greening the economy. See as well related report in Spanish El coste del cambio climático.
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Economy
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A. Gurría and D. Strauss-Kahn call for action to stabilise financial crisis
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OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría and IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn call for action to stabilise the financial crisis at a news conference during the OECD-IMF Conference on Structural Reform in Europe at the OECD on March 17 2008.
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| Development Centre |
OECD’s Development Centre attracts new members
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Three new countries have joined the Organisation’s Development Centre. The Arab Republic of Egypt, Israel, and Vietnam, took their seats officially at the Centre’s Governing Board meeting on 18 March. This represents a significant extension of the Development Centre’s membership in Asia and the Middle East.
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Economics and Growth
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 Going for Growth 2008
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Jorgen Elmeskov, acting Chief Economist of the OECD, explains how the Going for Growth report assesses progress - or lack of it - in implementing the priority reforms needed to boost productivity and jobs in each OECD country. Paradoxically, reforms have been most prevalent during economic downturns, although adjustment costs to reform during such periods are much higher than if action is taken when the economy is booming.
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The Costs of Distance
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Transportation costs have hardly fallen during the past 30 years, says OECD economist Hervé Boulhol in a paper published in the latest Going for Growth report. Listen to his explanation of how this is handicapping economies far away from world markets and how Australia and New Zealand nevertheless remain competitive traders in world markets.
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Taxation
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Harmful Tax Practices
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Nicholas Bray speaks with Grace Perez-Navarro, deputy-director of OECD’s Centre for Tax Policy and Administration, about addressing harmful tax practices, including tax havens, by improving transparency and establishing effective exchange of information.
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| Health |
Access to Essential Medicines: A Global Sickness (long version)
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During an international conference on this subject, OECD Secretary-General, Angel Gurría, says infectious diseases exact heavy human, social and economic costs and urges immediate action to improve healthcare worldwide. To see a shorter version of this video click here
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