25-October-2016
English
The invitation for Korea to join the OECD represented the culmination of 35 years of extraordinary growth, which transformed Korea into a major industrial power with a leading innovation capacity. Korea has been among our most rapidly growing members over the past two decades, achieving a GDP growth rate of 4.2%, double the OECD average, and boosting per capita income from 57% of the OECD average in 1996 to 87% in 2015.
24-October-2016
English
Over the next two years, the OECD ─ working closely with Indonesia’s ministries ─ will conduct reviews on investment, SMEs, innovation, health systems, vocational education and training, government spending, and green growth.
24-October-2016
English
The OECD’s relationship with Indonesia continues to flourish, reflected in the plethora of OECD projects and studies I am launching today: the 2017-18 OECD‑Indonesia Joint Programme of Work; our latest Economic Survey of Indonesia; and our first Open Government Review of Indonesia.
17-October-2016
English
It is a pleasure to be here in Quito for a unique event that comes round only every 20 years. Habitat III is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to rewrite everything we know about cities. And it is timely. For the first time in history over half of humanity lives in urban areas. By 2050 it will be nearly 70%. Urban policy is at the coalface of human and economic development, it’s key to our progress, and our well-being.
17-October-2016
English
Each and every one of us here in Quito is united in a single mission: to promote stronger, sustainable and inclusive growth. And to deliver, we must rely on cities! It is a mission that we will enshrine in the Declaration on the Sustainable Cities and Human Settlements for All that will be adopted in Quito. And it is the mission at the heart of the OECD’s Inclusive Growth in Cities Initiative.
17-October-2016
English
We gather in Quito to chart the road ahead for our cities and societies. Today, more than 50% of the world’s population live in cities, and by 2100 that proportion will have surpassed 85%. This translates into great promise for reinvigorating growth, addressing our social and environmental challenges and ultimately enhancing people’s well-being.
17-October-2016
English
We gather at a critical moment. No less than the future of our economies, our societies and our planet is at stake. If we are to rise to meet these challenges, then we need to work together to put people at the centre of our economies and ensure that no one is left behind!
15-October-2016
English
I am delighted that APEC has made tackling tax avoidance and evasion a priority and pleased to be here with you today to share the latest developments in our work on these issues, which the OECD has been undertaking in partnership with economies across the globe, including a growing number of APEC economies.
15-October-2016
English
Much of Asia and the Pacific continues to outpace the rest of the world economy. In the last two decades, the economic performance of the region has been remarkable. Per capita income rose by 45 per cent between 1997 and 2014, lifting millions out of poverty. Trade has been the engine of this dynamic performance, but there are signs that it is sputtering.
14-October-2016
Spanish
El Programa País OCDE-Perú es una oportunidad para que el Perú no sólo aprenda lo que otros hacen bien, sino también para que comparta con otros países sus éxitos de reforma. La OCDE y América Latina tienen mucho que aprender de ustedes.