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Agriculture: Improving Policy Coherence for Development (Policy Brief)

05-May-2008

Agriculture plays a central role in economic growth and poverty reduction in developing countries. Although aid remains an important driver for development, including rural development, mutually supportive policies across a wide range of economic, social and environmental issues are needed to support development and poverty reduction.

OECD Forum 2008, Climate Change, Growth, Stability, 3-4 June, Paris

from 03-Jun-2008 to 04-Jun-2008

The Forum contributes to the openness of the OECD to civil society; enhances the visibility of the OECD's work; and constitutes a "multi-stakeholder consultation" for the annual meeting of OECD ministers

Economic Survey of the Czech Republic, 2008 (Policy Brief)

24-Apr-2008

The strong growth that has emerged in recent years is encouraging and the risks to underlying inflation are manageable. However, there are policy challenges. Most important is a need to ensure fiscal sustainability through public-finance reform to put the economy in a better shape to cope with population ageing.

Tackling climate change

22-Apr-2008

The “worst-case” scenario, set out in the 2008 OECD Environmental Outlook, should be enough to grab anyone’s full attention. Fortunately, there is a far brighter prospect the OECD can foresee, which the world’s environment ministers will focus on at the important OECD ministerial conference in April. Read the OECD Observer editorial by Secretary-General Angel Gurría.

Les Echos Conférence - Propriété industrielle : Les Entretiens de Paris

from 15-May-2008 to 16-May-2008

OECD Forum partners Les Echos Conférences are organising a conference entitled Propriété industrielle : Les Entretiens de Paris.
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OECD Observer, December 2007-January 2008

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