26-May-2020
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OECD GDP falls by 1.8% in the first quarter of 2020
15-May-2020
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OECD countries unanimously decided today to invite Costa Rica to become a member of the Organisation. Costa Rican President Carlos Alvarado Quesada and OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría will sign an Accession Agreement in the coming days.
13-May-2020
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OECD unemployment rate up sharply in March 2020 with data for April pointing to an unprecedented rise
12-May-2020
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Composite leading indicators (CLIs) in most major economies collapsed by unprecedented levels in April as containment measures for Covid-19 continued to have a severe impact on production, consumption and confidence.
6-May-2020
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En conformidad con las medidas adoptadas en todo el mundo para frenar la propagación del coronavirus, la OCDE ha decidido posponer la Semana de la OCDE de 2020, que abarca la Reunión anual del Consejo a nivel Ministerial (RCM) y el Foro público de la OCDE. La Semana de la OCDE de 2020 se iba a celebrar a finales de mayo, y ha sido pospuesta hasta una fecha que se acordará a su debido tiempo.
6-May-2020
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In keeping with measures being taken around the world to slow the spread of the coronavirus, the OECD has taken the decision to postpone OECD Week 2020 – made up of its annual Ministerial Council Meeting (MCM) and public OECD Forum – from late May to a date to be agreed in due course.
4-May-2020
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With global economic activity facing a historic drop and government spending rising dramatically, the implications of the Covid-19 crisis on public finances and tax revenues are significant.
28-April-2020
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Today Colombia has formally become an OECD Member, the 37th country to do so in the Organisation’s near 60-year history.
28-April-2020
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On April 17th OECD released a policy brief by the Employment, Labour & Social Affairs Directorate on “Testing for COVID-19: A way to lift confinement restrictions”. The main message in this brief was and remains to strongly encourage countries to scale up their efforts on testing in the context of the current coronavirus crisis.
22-April-2020
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In the face of the coronavirus outbreak, the OECD Working Group on Bribery reaffirms its collective commitment to fight foreign bribery under the Anti-Bribery Convention.