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Nigel Pain, OECD Senior Economist, on the Challenges facing the Euro Area Economy

14-Jan-2009

Nigel Pain, OECD Senior Economist, on the Challenges facing the Euro Area Economy

International Economic Forum Latin America and the Caribbean 2010

25-Nov-2008

OECD Development Centre

The OECD Development Centre, the Inter-American Development Bank and the French Ministry of Economy, Industry and Employment will hold on 25 January 2010 this high-level event.

European Parliament statement on food-facility plan for developing countries

19-Nov-2008

The Development Committee has reaffirmed its support for using surpluses in the agriculture budget to help counter the food crisis in developing countries.

European Commission statement on food-facility plan for developing countries

19-Nov-2008

The European Commission has proposed to establish a special "facility for rapid response to soaring food prices in developing countries". The fund would be worth €1 billion and would operate for two years, 2008 and 2009.

OECD supports European Commission food-facility plan for developing-country farmers

19-Nov-2008

Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General

On 21 November 2008, the European Parliament will discuss the budgetary aspects of a European Commission proposal to fund a €1 billion Food Facility to assist farmers in developing countries. In a statement, OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría affirmed OECD’s support for the proposal. 

OECD forecasts a protracted economic slowdown in US, Japan and Euro area

13-Nov-2008

Economic activity is expected to fall in the US, in the Euro area and in Japan next year as OECD countries enter a protracted slowdown. Watch the news conference to present GDP, inflation and unemployment forecasts for the three economies ahead of the G20 summit on the financial crisis.

OECD Secretary-General visited European institutions

06-Nov-2008

During his trip to Brussels, the Secretary-General of the OECD, Angel Gurría gave a keynote speech at the European Policy Centre and met with several European representatives to discuss a range of key policy issues.

Recent trends and structural breaks in US and EU15 labour productivity growth

05-Aug-2008

Laure Turner and Hervé Boulhol

This paper examines shifts in labour productivity growth in the United States and in Europe between 1970 and 2007 based on econometric tests of structural breaks.