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28-Aug-2008
Good teachers are the number one factor for excellence in student achievement but next comes high-quality leadership. Governments must do more to recruit and train the best people to run schools, according to a new OECD publication - Improving School Leadership.
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on 02-Sep-2008
Three months ahead of the publication of the OECD’s next “Economic Outlook”, Jorgen Elmeskov, acting chief economist, will present an interim assessment of the situation in Europe, the United States and Japan. The briefing will take place at 11.00 a.m. on Tuesday 2 September 2008 at OECD headquarters, 2 rue André Pascal, Paris 75016.
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on 09-Sep-2008
OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría will launch the 2008 edition of OECD’s annual Education at a Glance at a news conference at 11.00 a.m. on 9 September 2008 in Paris. This rich compendium of comparable statistics provides valuable underpinning for policy debate and decisions by education authorities.
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from 02-Sep-2008 to 04-Sep-2008
International Conference Centre, Accra, Ghana (2-4 September 2008). The Accra High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness will reform the way developed and developing countries work together, to ensure that development assistance is well-spent and that it helps build sustainable economies that lift people out of poverty. The Forum is open to media. Journalists are welcome in the Media Centre, which is equipped with wifi. They are also invited to join a field trip to a development project near Accra.
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27-Aug-2008
On many counts, the youth labour market in Norway is performing very well. The unemployment rate among young people aged 16-24 was 7.3% in 2007, 6 percentage points below the OECD average and the employment rate was almost 12 percentage points above the OECD average.
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20-Aug-2008
The Norwegian economy has benefitted from rising world energy prices, fiscal restraint, successful monetary policy and a capacity to attract foreign labour. But difficult challenges lie ahead. Could the rapid rise in labour costs lead to inflation becoming entrenched? Is rising household debt a serious risk? How can the education system be improved?
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20-Aug-2008
In the United States GDP grew by 0.5% in the second quarter of 2008, higher than in the previous quarter. Japan's GDP declined by 0.6%, the largest quarterly decrease observed since the third quarter of 2001. GDP in the euro area declined by 0.2%, down from 0.7% in the previous quarter.
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18-Aug-2008
All major OECD economies recorded moderate growth in Unit Labour Costs for market services for the first quarter of 2008.
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18-Aug-2008
Good education systems are key to dynamic and healthy economies. OECD measures how education systems and students perform as part of its mission to help education authorities develop effective policies. Over the next few weeks, OECD will publish some pertinent new reports, articles, views and podcasts and hold a three-day conference on higher education at its Paris headquarters. Here is a foretaste of what you can expect at the start of this academic year.
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08-Aug-2008
OECD composite leading indicators for June 2008 indicate a continued weakening outlook for all the major seven economies. The latest data for major non-OECD member economies tentatively point to expansion in China and Brazil and a downturn in India and Russia.
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31-Jul-2008
Despite a modest recovery of quarterly trade volumes (2.5% for exports and 0.4% for imports), year-on-year import volume growth of the Group of Seven continued to slow in the first quarter 2008 to only 1.0%, the lowest rate since the first quarter 2006. Exports were up 5.6% in the first quarter of 2008 compared with the same period in 2007.
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31-Jul-2008
Peru has become the 41st adherent to the OECD Declaration on International Investment and Multinational Enterprises, in recognition of its impressive progress in pursuing investment policy reforms to improve the country's business climate and reduce poverty.
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on 29-Jul-2008
Colombia is the 10th non-OECD member to join the Development Centre. Earlier this year, Poland, Egypt, Israel and Vietnam took their seats at the Centre’s Governing Board as well.
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31-Jul-2008
Russia’s international investment flows reached record levels in 2007, with USD 52 billion of foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows, but more needs to be done to improve the investment climate, according to a new OECD report.
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