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Good, effective public governance helps to strengthen democracy and human rights, promote economic prosperity and social cohesion, reduce poverty, enhance environmental protection and the sustainable use of natural resources, and deepen confidence in government and public administration.
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25-Jan-2010
As countries come out of the economic and financial crisis with a sharp deterioration in their public finances, they need a fiscal recovery plan to reduce debt burdens before long-term pressures hit with full force. The OECD has found a number of lessons taken from country experiences that may be useful as each country grapples with its own – often unsustainable – fiscal position.
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08-Jan-2010
Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General, was in Mexico City for the launch of the OECD Review of Budgeting in Mexico. This study focuses on Mexico’s budgetary institutions and processes, which are key tools for promoting sustainable public finances and improving public-sector transparency and performance.
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06-Jan-2010
The Pan Yellow Sea Region (PYSR) has been one of the fastest growing economic zones in East Asia since China’s opening in the early 1990's. However, the PYSR has not fully utilised its assets nor reached its potential for growth. This new report looks at a wide range of policies to improve the PYSR’s competitiveness and integration.
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17-Dec-2009
Speaking at the Copenhagen Climate Summit for Mayors, OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría, delivered a speech on how cities have a central role to play in tackling climate change. His speech was delivered on the release of the paper 'Competitive Cities and Climate Change'.
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24-Nov-2009
"The crisis has exposed some serious regulatory and prudential failures, serious supervisory failures, serious governance failures" - in his speech delivered at the MENA-OECD Investment Ministerial Meeting, Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General, underlines the challenges facing governments in charting the way forward out of the crisis.
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19-Nov-2009
The squeeze on public budgets in the wake of the economic crisis is driving governments to rethink their approach to online government services or “e-government” as public authorities seek increased efficiency, according to new OECD analysis.
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19-Oct-2009
This Policy Brief outlines fundamental concepts in the relationship between national and sub-national levels of government. It discusses the gaps that exist between levels of government as they design and implement public policies, and examines some of the tools being used to help bridge these gaps.
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from 13-Oct-2009 to 15-Oct-2009
The Annual OECD Rural Development Conference was this year held in Quebec, Canada. Combining a series of workshops, exhibits and field visits, this broad ranging conference looked at rural policy in relation to a vast array of sectors including forestry, energy, climate change, tourism and more. It focused on responding to the financial crisis and recession in rural areas.
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01-Oct-2009
‘Financial markets are stabilising, however, this doesn’t mean that the crisis is over. The social implications of the crisis have not yet been fully felt.’ Angel Gurría calls for swift further action by the public sector to prevent a human and social crisis. Read the full text from his speech given at the OECD Annual Meeting of Senior Officials from Centres of Government.
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15-Sep-2009
This new publication provides valuable, practical guidance on how to improve the performance of Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA) systems to promote economic welfare through better quality regulation. The publication brings together recent OECD research and analysis concerning methodological issues and country experiences with RIA.
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on 03-Jul-2009
The earthquake in L’Aquila, Italy, killed almost 300 people and destroyed a large part of the built environment, as well as essential infrastructure networks. International experts and policy practitioners from around the world discussed and assessed policy options to restore and re-launch the regional economy which was severely hit by the earthquake.
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