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on 09-Dec-2008
OECD’s latest survey of the United States, to be published on Tuesday 9 December 2008, assesses the challenges facing the new administration amid a severe economic downturn. They include tackling the financial crisis and achieving universal healthcare.
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from 08-Dec-2008 to 09-Dec-2008
Higher education in OECD countries faces new challenges, from gender imbalances and social inequity to demographic changes resulting from migration. These challenges, as well as how to foster quality access to higher education in the future, will be discussed at the Higher Education to 2030 Conference on 8-9 December in Paris.
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03-Dec-2008
Thanks to strong economic institutions and fundamentals, Sweden is relatively well prepared to steer through the fall-out from the global financial crisis and the economic downturn. Looking ahead, the key policy challenges addressed in this Survey include longer-term fiscal sustainability and growth-oriented tax reforms, education and youth employment, as well as privatisation.
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03-Dec-2008
Water management is a challenge for both OECD and developing countries. Though the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) call for the proportion of people without access to safe water and basic sanitation to be halved by 2015, many countries are not on track to meet these goals. Amid fears that the financial crisis would result in an aid crisis, OECD donors recently made an Aid Pledge, promising to honour their aid commitments, including the water-related MDGs.
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02-Dec-2008
Consumer prices in the OECD area rose by 3.7% in the year to October 2008, compared with 4.5% in the year to September 2008. Month-on-month, prices fell 0.3% in October, after remaining stable in September.
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01-Dec-2008
A new OECD book on sustainable development will practice what it preaches by using innovative low-carbon publishing technology for sales in far-flung global markets.
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01-Dec-2008
Governments should crack down on tax evasion to raise tax revenues as part of broader efforts to help maintain the flow of aid to developing countries during the global economic downturn, said OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría in a speech at the UN International Conference on Financing for Development.
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01-Dec-2008
Analysis of the Chinese government's efforts to encourage responsible business conduct in China and by Chinese enterprises operating abroad, highlighting in particular efforts to strengthen environmental protection and respect for core labour standards.
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25-Nov-2008
The number of unemployed in OECD countries is expected to rise by about 8 million people over the next two years as the most serious recession since the early 1980s takes it toll on economic activity, according to the latest OECD Economic Outlook. Watch the press conference via the link above.
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