New Release! OECD Health Data - Comparing Health Statistics across OECD Countries
Find out how the United States stacks up with the US Briefing Note.
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OECD Forum 2009 - The Crisis and Beyond, for a stronger, cleaner, fairer economy.
Participate from afar by accessing the daily summaries and speeches online.
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25-Jun-2009 - Washington Event!
OECD Breakfast Series: OECD/FAO Agricultural Outlook - Global Trends in Commodity Markets
Presentation made by Pavel Vavra, OECD Agricultural Policy Analyst. Paul Westcott, USDA Agricultural Economist, will provide comments.
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23-Jun-2009 - Washington Event!
OECD Breakfast Series: The Bioeconomy to 2030 - Designing a Policy Agenda
Presentation made by David Sawaya, Policy Analyst, OECD International Futures Programme.
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The OECD Secretary-General visits Washington
OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría visited Washington DC this week to discuss taxation, investment, and the OECD's response to the global financial crisis. Download his speeches here:
The Road to Recovery: A Conversation with OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría - PDF
The OECD's evolving role in shaping international tax policy - PDF
The crisis and its impact on cross border investment- PDF

OECD Congressional Briefing: African Economic Outlook 2009
18-Jun-2009 - Presentation made by the OECD Development Center. Event will be chaired by Congressman Charles B. Rangel and co-chaired by Congressman Donald M. Payne.
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Luxembourg, United States agree to exchange bank information for tax purposes
Luxembourg has signed an agreement for the exchange of bank information on request in all tax matters with the U.S., marking a major step forward in international efforts to counter tax evasion.
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Society at a Glance reveals evolving social trends in OECD countries
The French spend more time sleeping than anyone else in OECD countries. Norwegians spend just over a quarter of their time on leisure, the highest among OECD countries, while Mexicans spend just 16%, the lowest. American men have 40 minutes more of leisure time per day than American women. Learn more about trends in the United States by reading the US Country Note.
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Tax haven crackdown will benefit developing countries, says OECD's Secretary-General
A crackdown on tax havens and cross-border tax evasion will help developing countries to raise more revenues to pay for much-needed schools, roads and hospitals, according to OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría.
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OECD Breakfast Series: State Owned Enterprises in the World Economy: Corporate Governance and Beyond
28-Apr-2009 - Presentation by Hans Christiansen, OECD Steering Group on Corporage Governance. Mike Lubrano of Cartica Capital will provide comments.
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OECD Breakfast Series: Mutual Review of Development Effectiveness - A unique exercise in mutual accountability
24-Apr-2009 - Presentation by David Batt, Director of the OECD Africa Partnership Forum Support Unit, and Okey Onyejekwe, Director of the UNECA Governance and Public Administration Division. Dennis le Tray, Results for Development Institute will moderate.
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Following G20 OECD delivers on tax pledge
02-Apr-2009 - Following the G20 meeting and communiqué , the OECD Secretariat has provided a detailed report on progress by financial centres around the world towards implementation of an internationally agreed standard on exchange of information for tax purposes.
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OECD Breakfast Series: Interim Report on the Economic Outlook
31-Mar-2009 - Video-conference with OECD Chief Economist Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel.
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OECD Work on Tax Havens
The global economic crisis has sent tax revenues spiralling downwards at a time when governments need every penny they can get to spend on welfare and programmes to stimulate growth. This has cast a spotlight on the perennial problem of tax evasion, prompting governments to look anew at ways to clamp down on tax dodgers and tax havens.
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OECD Breakfast Series: Inequality and Poverty - Are the rich really getting richer and the poor getting poorer?
19-Mar-2009 - Presentation by Martine Durand, Deputy-Director of the OECD Directorate for Employment, Labor and Social Affairs
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Healthcare Reform in the United States
The US Health-care system has many attractive features: in particular, most of the population has access to high standards of medical care. Nevertheless, the overall health status of the US population appears to rank among the lower third of OECD countries, despite much higher health expenditure per capita than in any other country. This working paper from the OECD Economics Department focuses on two factors that contribute to this discrepancy and suggests two sets of reforms to improve the US healthcare system.
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OECD Breakfast Series: Recent Developments in Labor Migration- The impact of the economic crisis and beyond
19-Mar-2009 - Presentation by Georges Lemaitre, OECD International Migration Specialist. Co-sponsored by Georgetown University.
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International Women's Day 2009
06-Mar-2009 - OECD Breakfast Series: Culture Counts - A new set of indicators to measure gender equality
Presentation by OECD Economist, Denis Dreschler. Katherine Blakeslee, Director of USAID’s Office of
Women in Development, will provide comments.
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OECD Breakfast Series: Going for Growth 2009 - Structural reforms to promote long-term economic growth
04-Mar-2009 - Presentation by OECD Chief Economist, Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel. Adam Posen, Peterson Institute for International Economics, will provide comments.
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Governments must maintain reforms for long-term growth during crisis
03-Mar-2009 - The current crisis offers governments the opportunity of combining emergency action with the important structural reforms needed to improve long-term growth and resilience in their economies, according to OECD’s latest Going for Growth.
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Overcoming the Financial Crisis in the United States
20-Feb-2009 - Just Released - The global financial crisis that emerged in mid 2007 has caused considerable economic disruptions in the United States and elsewhere, and exposed major flaws in the global financial system. After examining the origins of the crisis, this paper recommends specific policy responses to resolve the immediate problems and discusses how to make the US financial system more resilient and stable in the future.
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For a stronger, cleaner, fairer economy: A strategic response to the financial crisis
With major economies now in or threatened by recession, 2009 will be a difficult year. The OECD can help governments to build a stronger, cleaner, fairer world economy.
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OECD Economic Survey of the Euro Area
14-Jan-2009 - Strengthening the financial system in the wake of the current crisis is one of the key challenges discussed in OECD’s latest economic survey of the Euro area. Secretary-General Angel Gurría will present the report on Wednesday 14 January 2009 at 10.30 a.m. in Paris.

OECD Composite Leading Indicators signal deep slowdown in OECD area and major non-OECD member economies
12-Jan-2009 - Just released - OECD composite leading indicators (CLIs) for November 2008 point to deep slowdowns in the major seven economies and in major non-OECD member economies, particularly China, India and Russia.
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OECD Congressional Seminar: US Economic Survey 09-Dec-2008 - This seminar will offer two sessions based on the findings of the OECD's new US Economic Survey: Overcoming the Financial Crisis and Financing Health Care: Lessons from Home and Abroad. OECD Deputy Secretary-General Pier Carlo Padoan and Robert Ford, Deputy Director of OECD Country Studies, will present.
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SourceOECD - the service that delivers OECD reports and data online
The OECD maintains an online library, SourceOECD, to allow full access to OECD publications and databases. Download a brochure for SourceOECD (PDF - 412kb) and get a copy of the Terms and Conditions. See also the Getting Started Quick Reference Guide to SourceOECD (PDF 398kb). More...