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OECD Conference on Empowering E-consumers, Washington, DC, 8–10 December 2009

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24-Nov-2009

OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría and US Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke will be among the keynote speakers at an OECD conference to discuss the protection of e-consumers  in Washingon, DC on 8-10 December 2009.

G20 Summit: Framework for Strong, Sustainable and Balanced Growth

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25-Sep-2009

Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General

Secretary-General Gurría called for the need to agree on common international targets in areas such as innovation and green growth predicting "they could become the overarching umbrella for the G20 Framework’s ...

OECD-G20: International standards on structural policies key to emerging from crisis

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25-Sep-2009

Secretary-General Gurría called for the need to agree on common international targets in areas such as innovation and green growth predicting "they could become the overarching umbrella for the G20 Framework’s ...

International Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing, 23-24 September 2008

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03-Jul-2008

This conference aims to provide a venue for sharing experience of leading companies in this area. It will also provide an opportunity to discuss what the OECD and its member countries can do to help advance private sector sustainable manufacturing initiatives.

FDI from OECD countries jumps 50% in 2007 but set to fall in 2008

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24-Jun-2008

Foreign direct investment (FDI) outflows from OECD countries in 2007 leapt to a record USD 1.82 trillion from USD 1.2 trillion in 2006 but are projected to fall sharply in 2008, according to estimates from the OECD.

Entrepreneurship and innovation are engines of economic growth, OECD workshop concludes

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08-May-2008

A three-day international workshop on innovation and the global impact of high-growth small and medium-sized firms (SMEs), organized by OECD with the Kauffman Foundation in Kansas City, hailed entrepreneurship and the fast growth of innovative small firms as the engines of economic growth.

OECD Kansas City Workshop

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30-Apr-2008

How can policymakers encourage entrepreneurship and the fast growth of innovative small firms? The OECD Kansas City workshop examined innovation and the global impact of high-growth SMEs.

OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2007: briefing note on the United States

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28-Nov-2007

This note summarises recent developments in science, technology and innovation in the United States.

List of tourism websites (by country)

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05-Jul-2006

List of tourism websites (by country) - useful contacts on the Internet.