19-July-2012
English
Speaking at the French-American Foundation, Angel Gurría was invited to report on the main outcomes of the OECD Week (Forum and Ministerial Council). He also presented OECD perspectives on the current global economic outlook, in particular for the United States (US) and France.
16-juillet-2012
Français
En signant la Convention multilatérale concernant l’assistance administrative mutuelle en matière fiscale, la Tunisie lance un message fort à la communauté internationale et souhaite aller encore plus loin en matière de coopération fiscale que la norme internationale de transparence et d’échange effectif de renseignements, a déclaré M. Angel Gurría.
16-juillet-2012
Français
Le taux de chômage des jeunes dans les pays d'Afrique du Nord est trois à quatre fois plus élevé que celui des adultes, soit 23% en moyenne. L'emploi des jeunes constitue une priorité essentielle pour assurer la stabilité et la prospérité dans la région. L’enjeu est de taille quand on sait que d'ici 2025, ce seront près de 10 millions de jeunes en plus qui arriveront sur le marché du travail dans la région, a souligné M. Angel Gurría.
11-July-2012
English
Governments should use every possible means at their disposal to help jobseekers, especially young people, by removing barriers to job creation and investing in their education and skills. The young are at most risk of long-term damage to their careers and livelihoods, said Angel Gurría.
11-juillet-2012
Français
Les migrations internationales sont une source extraordinaire de changement, de progrès et d’intégration. Ces migrations ont modelé nos nations et restent essentielles au bon fonctionnement de nos économies, aussi bien dans les pays d’origine que dans les pays de destination, selon le Secrétaire Général de l'OCDE.
29-June-2012
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Leaders met in Busan and agreed to form the Global Partnership for Development Co-operation to strengthen trust, accountability and knowledge-sharing in development co-operation. Angel Gurría offered some thoughts on each of these objectives.
21-June-2012
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Despite important achievements, sustainable development is still a challenge, not a reality. In moving forward, we need to ensure that our policies have a stronger focus on sustainability and inclusion, in particular in developing countries, even more than elsewhere, said OECD Secretary-General at Rio+20.
17-June-2012
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Our contributions to the G20 anti-corruption work have spanned from strengthening enforcement of foreign bribery laws to drawing G20 principles on asset disclosure or whistleblower protection, and making public procurement cleaner and more effective to fight solicitation, said OECD Secretary-General.
17-June-2012
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Speaking at Los Cabos G20 Summit, Angel Gurría underlined the urgency of tackling the steep rise in youth joblessness that took place during the crisis. Labour market programmes, including effective counselling, job-search assistance and temporary hiring subsidies for low skilled youth, can make a real difference in facilitating the transition to productive and rewarding jobs for young jobseekers.
17-June-2012
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Policy makers must avoid the downside scenario of a major shock to the European and global financial systems. Europe has to mobilize its strengths, and put out the immediate fires associated with the spiraling banking and sovereign debt crisis, said OECD Secretary-General.