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OECD
OECD
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) was founded in 1948 to help the Marshall Plan for the reconstruction of Europe after World War II. The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is an international organization of 30 countries that accept the principles of representative democracy and free-market economy. Most OECD members are high-income economies with a high HDI and are regarded as developed countries.
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OECD at 50: How's Life?
OECD at 50: How's Life?
For 50 years OECD has been promoting better policies for better lives. Because anniversaries are a time to take stock of the present and chart the future, we asked people from many countries what would make their lives better. For more information, visit: www.oecd.org/oecdweek
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OECD 50th Anniversary Ceremony
OECD 50th Anniversary Ceremony
Ceremony at the OECD Meeting of Council at Ministerial Level to commemorate the OECD's 50th anniversary. Meeting chaired by the United States, with Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State.
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Record inequality between rich and poor
Record inequality between rich and poor
The gap between rich and poor in OECD countries has reached its highest level for over 30 years, and governments must act quickly to tackle inequality, according to a new OECD report, "Divided We Stand". For more information, visit: www.oecd.org/els/social/inequality
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Innovation and patents
Innovation and patents
The quality of patent filings has fallen dramatically over the past two decades. This reduces the potential for breakthrough inventions, according to the OECD's Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2011. For more information about this publication, visit: www.oecd.org/sti/scoreboard
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The Paris-Based OECD: Pushing Obama's Big-Government Agenda With Your Tax Dollars
The Paris-Based OECD: Pushing Obama's Big-Government Agenda With Your Tax Dollars
American taxpayers finance nearly one-fourth of the budget for the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, an international bureaucracy that routinely advocates for more government - including more taxes and spending in the United States. In just the past couple of years, the OECD has used American tax dollars to advocate Obamacare-type health policies, push for failed Keynesian stimulus spending, promote Al Gore-style carbon taxes, and urge the enactment a value-added tax. This CF&P Foundation video advocated in order to reduce wasteful spending and protect America's free market system, American subsidies for this Paris-based bureaucracy should be eliminated. www.freedomandprosperity.org
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OECD calls for urgent action to boost ailing global economy
OECD calls for urgent action to boost ailing global economy
Decisive policies must be urgently put in place to stop the euro area sovereign debt crisis from spreading and to put weakening global activity back on track, says the OECD's latest Economic Outlook. Watch Pier Carlo Padon, Chief Economist of the OECD. For more information, visit: www.oecd.org/oecdEconomicOutlook Read press release: www.oecd.org
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OECD Labour Markets in the Great Recession
OECD Labour Markets in the Great Recession
Speaker(s): Professor Christopher Pissarides Chair: Professor John Van Reenen Recorded on 9 February 2012 in Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House. mp3 audio podcast and pdf slides available here - www2.lse.ac.uk Labour markets across the OECD reacted differently to the financial crisis of 2008 and the debt crisis that followed. Professor Pissarides will review these different responses, seek explanations for them, and draw conclusions about labour market policy in recession. The focus will be on unemployment and how to contain its rise in light of the negative shocks to economic activity. Christopher Pissarides is the Norman Sosnow Chair in Economics, LSE, and recipient of the 2010 Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences.
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Israel and the OECD
Israel and the OECD
In May 2010, Israel joined the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) despite many international protests and opposition to its accession. Shir Hever, economist at the Alternative Information Center (AIC), spoke to the AIC's Tania Kepler about what the OECD is, what advantages membership in the organization grants Israel and what activists can do now. For more information, visit alternativenews.org.
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US Trade - OECD
US Trade - OECD
The Deputy US Trade Representative talks about the role of trade liberalisation in jobs, enterprise and economic growth - Ken Ash (OECD) and Deputy US Trade Representative Miriam Sapiro
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Water: Balancing demand
Water: Balancing demand
By 2050, the world's growing population will use 55% more water in their homes, to grow food, and to produce electricity and manufactured goods. To ensure enough water to meet this demand, we will need to stop wasting it and find new ways to make sure there's enough to go around. For more info visit: www.oecd.org/water
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Chile gains entry into OECD 12 Jan 10
Chile gains entry into OECD 12 Jan 10
Chile has become the first South American country to be admitted into the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Michelle Bachelet, Chile's president, says entry into the group is a major stride towards joining the ranks of developed nations. Chile has, in the last two decades, gone from being one of the poorest countries in Latin America to one of the richest. Based in France, the OECD comprises 30 countries that promote principles of representative democracy and free-market economy. It traditionally includes rich and industrialised nations such as the US, Japan and South Korea. In recent years, it has also made efforts to give entry to developing economies such as Mexico and Poland. Membership - given to countries that meet certain political and economic requirements - allows member states to discuss and co-ordinate global social, environmental, and economic policies. Al Jazeera's Lucia Newman, reporting from Santiago, explains that Chile's free market economy was one factor that helped it gain entry into the OECD. "An economic powerhouse like Brazil, for example, doesn't have such an open economy and has many protectionist measures," she said.
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PM Netanyahu's Speech at the OECD Privacy Conference 2010
PM Netanyahu's Speech at the OECD Privacy Conference 2010
PM Netanyahu's Speech at the OECD Privacy Conference 2010.Please join us on facebook www.facebook.com and follow us on twitter twitter.com
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OECD: Israel 5th in life expectancy
OECD: Israel 5th in life expectancy
A new report released Wednesday by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) reveals encouraging figures about the healthcare situation in Israel. Israeli life expectancy is among the highest in the world, and fifth among OECD countries, infant mortality rate is among the lowest in the world, and a significant improvement has been recorded in the treatment of chronic diseases. And yet, Israel's situation is not so good when it comes to the treatment of asthma and lung diseases. According to the report, most OECD countries recorded a significant rise in life expectancy rates in recent decades thanks to the improvement in living conditions, public health interventions and the improvement in medical care.Israel has one of the world's highest life expectancies, standing at 81.6 years in 2009 -- about two years more than the OECD average of 79.5. Japan had the highest life expectancy in 2009 -- 83 years. The difference between male and female life expectancy in Israel in 2009 stood at 3.8 years in favor of women. Men live 79.7 years on average; women live 83.5 years. This difference is relatively low compared to the OECD average, which stood at 5.5 years in favor of women.
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Protesting the OECD Conference in Jerusalem
Protesting the OECD Conference in Jerusalem
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) held its annual tourism conference in Jerusalem from October 20-22nd. Jerusalem-based activists were on-hand to highlight the reality of the Israeli apartheid system, and let OECD delegates know that there is no such thing as tourism in an occupied city.
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50 Years of Income Inequality
50 Years of Income Inequality
Professor James K. Galbraith, University of Texas at Austin, talked to OECD TV about the movement of global inequality over the last 50 years and in the wake of the economic crisis. For more information, visit: www.oecd.org/economiccrisis
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OECD Reports: World Economy Worse Than Expected
OECD Reports: World Economy Worse Than Expected
SHAKESPEARE: Now the global economic crisis seems to have more dire consequences. According to the OECD, global economic indicators for 2009 will be worse than previously predicted. Heres more. STORY: A report released on Tuesday by The Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) offered a dismal view of the current state of the world economy. [Klaus Schmidt-Hibbel, OECD Chief Economist]: "The world economy is in the midst of its deepest and most synchronized recession in our lifetimes, certainly since the 1930s, caused by a global financial crisis and deepened by a collapse of world tradeWorld real GDP growth is expected to fall by 2.75 percent this year, and to recover by 1.25 percent next year (2010)." A sharp fall in international trade will also drag down export-reliant economies like Germany and Japan. [Klaus Schmidt-Hibbel, OECD Chief Economist]: "We have the historical data of world trade, with a massive decline in the last quarter of 2008 and a similar decline in the first quarter of 2009, estimated until March 31. And we estimate for the entire year, a decline by 13 percent of world trade for this year." The economic crisis will affect the unemployment rate even more next year, according to the report. [Klaus Schmidt-Hibbel, OECD Chief Economist]: "Joblessness in all OECD countries will rise very sharply, with the rate of unemployment peaking in 2010 or early 2011, so peaking maybe 1 ½ to 2 years down the road, and in a majority of countries <b>...</b>
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Secretary Clinton Delivers Remarks at OECD's 50th Anniversary Forum
Secretary Clinton Delivers Remarks at OECD's 50th Anniversary Forum
US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivered remarks at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) 50th Anniversary Commemoration in Paris, France, on May 25, 2011. [Go to www.state.gov for more video and text transcript.]
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Secretary Clinton, OECD Secretary General Angel Gurria Address the Press
Secretary Clinton, OECD Secretary General Angel Gurria Address the Press
US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Secretary General Angel Gurria address the press at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) 50th Anniversary Commemoration in Paris, France, on May 26, 2011. [Go to www.state.gov for more video and text transcript.]
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It's a two-tiered economic recovery, OECD Economic Outlook shows
It's a two-tiered economic recovery, OECD Economic Outlook shows
The global economy is recovering but it's going to take some hard work to keep it going. INSEAD Knowledge corrspondent Nicholas Bray speaks to the OECD's Deputy Secretary-General and Chief Economist Pier Carlo Padoan at the OECD Forum in Paris.
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Angel Gurría: The OECD & G20
Angel Gurría: The OECD & G20
About this Event 04 Nov 2009 @ 8:30 The OECD and the G20 An Evolving Relationship About the Speech: At this breakfast presentation at the IIEA, Angel Gurría discussed the evolving relationship between the OECD and the G20 and the implications, both for his organisation and for the global economic system, of decisions taken at the G20's Pittsburgh Summit in September 2009. Secretary General Gurría noted that the G20 is fast becoming the centrepiece of todays international economic, social and environmental governance architecture. He also described how the OECD has been supporting the forum since its inception, listing recent substantive contributions including work on new sources of growth; the human and social dimension of the economic crisis; innovation; open markets for trade and investment; the removal of energy subsidies; anti-bribery and the exchange of information for tax purposes. In addition, he told his audience that the OECD has made several concrete proposals to the G20 relating to the Framework for Strong, Sustainable and Balanced Growth unveiled at the Pittsburgh Summit. One such proposal is the establishment of an Observatory for Policy Coherence that would ensure that key international organisations provide the best possible joint input to G20 processes. As the G20 nears its ten year anniversary in December 2009 and the OECD approaches its fiftieth anniversary in 2011, this was an excellent opportunity to hear from Mr Gurría how the system of global <b>...</b>
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Mario Pezzini - Director, OECD Development Centre
Mario Pezzini - Director, OECD Development Centre
(www.abndigital.com) The African Development Bank is holding its Annual Meetings in Lisbon, Portugal this week, bringing together finance ministers, central bank governors and CEOs from across the continent. Also happening at the conference is the launch of the African economic outlook. To discuss this with ABN, we cross now to the conference to talk to Mario Pezzini, Director at the OECD Development centre.
![Greeks work some of the longest hours in the OECD.[79] The relationship between ethnic Greek identity and Greek Orthodox religion continued after the creation of the Modern Greek state in 1830.](http://web.archive.org./web/20120508022148/http://cdn5.wn.com/pd/46/ba/89aabac635469eefad688556181c_medium.jpg "Greeks work some of the longest hours in the OECD.[79] The relationship between ethnic Greek identity and Greek Orthodox religion continued after the creation of the Modern Greek state in 1830.")
![Milan (Italian: Milano About this sound listen (help·info) Italian pronunciation: [miˈla(ː)no]; Western Lombard: Milan About this sound listen (help·info)) in Italy, is the capital of the region of Lombardia and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while the urban area is the fifth largest in the E.U. with an estimated population of 4.3 million.[2] The Milan metropolitan area, by far the largest in Italy, is estimated by the OECD to have a population o](http://web.archive.org./web/20120508022148/http://cdn3.wn.com/pd/79/76/edd4972036efc9ac45dee420e6c8_medium.jpg "Milan (Italian: Milano About this sound listen (help·info) Italian pronunciation: [miˈla(ː)no]; Western Lombard: Milan About this sound listen (help·info)) in Italy, is the capital of the region of Lombardia and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while the urban area is the fifth largest in the E.U. with an estimated population of 4.3 million.[2] The Milan metropolitan area, by far the largest in Italy, is estimated by the OECD to have a population o")
![The Fatebenefratelli Hospital in Milan.[118] Health care spending in Italy has accounted for more the 9.0% of the country's GDP, slightly above the OECD countries' average of 8.9%,[119] however, this has resulted in Italy having the world's 2nd best health care system,[120] 19th highest life expectancy,[20] and the world's 3rd best health care performance.](http://web.archive.org./web/20120508022148/http://cdn9.wn.com/pd/67/8b/9b76bf04cf5f864667b14fed763c_medium.jpg "The Fatebenefratelli Hospital in Milan.[118] Health care spending in Italy has accounted for more the 9.0% of the country's GDP, slightly above the OECD countries' average of 8.9%,[119] however, this has resulted in Italy having the world's 2nd best health care system,[120] 19th highest life expectancy,[20] and the world's 3rd best health care performance.")
![Rome (English pronunciation: /roʊm/; Italian: Roma About this sound listen (help·info), pronounced [ˈroːma]; Latin: Rōma) is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated municipality (central area), with over 2.7 million residents in 1,285.3 km2 (496.3 sq mi), while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat to be 3.46 million.[2] The metropolitan area of Rome is estimated by OECD to have a population of 3.7 million.[3] It is located in the central-western por](http://web.archive.org./web/20120508022148/http://cdn2.wn.com/pd/ce/eb/3e1860e6f9b90979f087a1be85fa_medium.jpg "Rome (English pronunciation: /roʊm/; Italian: Roma About this sound listen (help·info), pronounced [ˈroːma]; Latin: Rōma) is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated municipality (central area), with over 2.7 million residents in 1,285.3 km2 (496.3 sq mi), while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat to be 3.46 million.[2] The metropolitan area of Rome is estimated by OECD to have a population of 3.7 million.[3] It is located in the central-western por")
