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News & Events
Navigation tip: this heading compiles OECD-wide news and events. Select a country, topic or department under "Browse" on the left of your screen to refine your search. Don't miss our key upcoming meetings and events. If you are looking for press releases or media contacts, visit the NEWSROOM .
News
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07-Mar-2008
Family-friendly workplace practices and attention to gender equity in hiring and management help to improve productivity and economic performance, OECD studies show. To mark International Women's Day, OECD is highlighting aspects of its work on gender issues and promoting diversity in its workforce.
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05-Mar-2008
"Solutions to the key environmental challenges are available, achievable and affordable, especially when compared to the expected economic growth and the costs and consequences of inaction", OECD Secretary General Angel Gurria said at the worldwide launch of the 2008 OECD Environmental Outlook in Oslo, hosted by Norway's Prime Minister, Jens Stoltenberg.
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04-Mar-2008
Governments in many OECD countries have made good but uneven progress over the past 12 months in implementing the economic reforms needed to improve living standards, according to the OECD's latest Going for Growth report.
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28-Feb-2008
After several years of rapid economic expansion, the key challenge for policy is to restore economic balance. There is also a need to strengthen the macro-economic policy framework. In a longer-term perspective, a major challenge is to improve cost-effectiveness in the health-care sector.
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20-Feb-2008
New Zealand should encourage young people to stay in school past the age of 16 in order to boost their chances of finding a job, according to a new OECD report.
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20-Feb-2008
OECD governments need to do more to help immigrants integrate and make better use of their skills, according to OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría.
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19-Feb-2008
After several years of strong growth, the economy shows signs of overheating. This should be counteracted via prudent fiscal policy and labour market reforms. Boosting employment is also vital given Denmark's ambitious, but costly, welfare priorities in areas like healthcare. Finally, reducing the distortions from high marginal tax rates must be a key priority, this report argues.
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19-Feb-2008
Disclosures concerning alleged widespread tax evasion by German citizens through Liechtenstein highlight a much broader challenge in today's globalised economy: how to respond to countries and territories that seek to profit from tax dodging by residents of other jurisdictions.
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31-Jan-2008
The Dutch economy is making a successful comeback, but is now facing labour shortages. The main challenge to improve living standards is to boost hours worked by females, increase the effective retirement age, and to bring outsiders back to the labour market.
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28-Jan-2008
OECD Member Countries have agreed to adopt a set of principles and guidelines designed to ensure that loans supported by their Export Credit Agencies (ECAs) are in line with sustainable development objectives.
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Events
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from 12-Nov-2007 to 13-Nov-2007
How can African agriculture contribute more effectively to economic development and poverty reduction? Experts and government officials will be addressing such challenges at a meeting in Rome organised by the OECD, the World Bank, and the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on 12-13 November 2007.
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from 31-Oct-2007 to 04-Nov-2007
During this official visit, Angel Gurría met with government officials to discuss Israel's candidacy for OECD accession as well as the Israeli economic situation. He also participated in the 2007 Prime Minister's Conference for Export and International Co-operation.
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How to find OECD statistical publications and databases
OECD.Stat contains complete databases and is freely available as a beta release via OECD’s iLibrary, SourceOECD until the end of October 2008.
A catalogue of our statistical publications is available on the Online Bookshop.
Below, under Data by Topic, in addition to data, you will find meetings and manuals, sources and methods.
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on 01-Oct-2007
This event, jointly organised by the OECD and the UNDP, gathered several ministers from the founding countries of the Partnership for Democratic Governance. This new multilateral initiative is designed to support emerging democracies in building their governance capacity and improving essential services delivery to their citizens.
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on 03-Oct-2007
Read the questions and answers from an online question and answer session on the future of education that took place on Wednesday 3 October with Andreas Schleicher, head of the OECD's Education Indicators and Analysis division.
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Read the questions and answers from this online debate on the role and future of statistics with Enrico Giovannini, the OECD’s Chief Statistician.
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on 11-Jul-2007
Egypt is to become the first Arab country to sign the OECD Declaration on International Investment and Multinational Enterprises. This marks a new stage in Egypt's drive to attract more foreign direct investment (FDI).
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from 20-Jun-2007 to 21-Jun-2007
Infectious tropical diseases exact a heavy toll on families, societies and economies, particularly in developing countries. The World Health Organisation estimates that one billion people suffer from these dieases, but there are few new treatments or cures. The OECD's High Level Forum for Neglected and Emerging Infectious Diseases will look at what can be done to address this gap
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from 27-Jun-2007 to 30-Jun-2007
How can societies better measure their progress or setbacks? The question lies at the heart of a long-term OECD project to explore how the effective use of information can benefit democracy, empower individual citizens and stimulate a global debate on what progress means. See the webcast available at www.oecd.org/oecdworldforum/webcast
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Financial crisis: Save our savings
Amid the worst current financial crisis since the 1930s, EU leaders have pledged to protect savers’ deposits. Already most OECD countries have explicit deposit insurance schemes for savings up to certain limits. In a number of countries these have now been raised temporarily.
Click here to see how countries compare.
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