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Press Briefing, Jean-Philippe Cotis, OECD Chief Economist
21-Sep-2004
Two months ahead of the publication of the OECD’s next "Economic Outlook", Jean-Philippe Cotis today presents an interim assessment of the situation in Europe, the United States and Japan. He says the momentum of recovery projected in May has been only marginally dented by higher-than-assumed oil prices.
OECD Launches Anti-Spam Toolkit and Invites Public Contributions
21-Sep-2004
The OECD has launched an Anti-Spam “Toolkit” as the first step in a broader initiative to help policy makers, regulators and industry restore trust in the Internet and e-mail.
Decentralisation and Poverty Reduction: From Lessons Learned to Policy Action, 29-30 September 2004 at OECD Headquarters
22-Sep-2004
Prospects of achieving the Millennium Development Goal to halve poverty by 2015 are gloomy and new instruments and ideas are urgently needed. Can decentralisation fight poverty? The answer is: "maybe".
Economic Survey of Portugal
16-Sep-2004

Portugal faces two key policy challenges: raising income levels and strengthening public finances. A wide range of measures seek to improve education outcomes, the business climate, the public administration and budget control and to reform the health care system.

OECD Recommends Reorientation of Teacher Policy in Germany
22-Sep-2004
Germany, like many other OECD countries, faces large numbers of teacher retirements over the next decade and urgently needs new policies to attract fresh entrants into the profession so as to ensure effective schooling for its young people.
Education Levels Rising in OECD Countries but Low Attainment Still Hampers Some
14-Sep-2004
More people around the world are completing university courses and other forms of tertiary education than ever before, according to the 2004 edition of Education at a Glance, the OECD's annual compendium of education statistics. However, progress has been uneven across countries and some have significantly fallen behind, potentially compromising their future ability to keep up with economic and social progress.
OECD Study Finds More Freedom for Schools to Decide How They Want to Teach
14-Sep-2004
Decision-making in schools is becoming more decentralised as the education systems of OECD countries move away from centralised command systems based on government edicts and adapt to the flexibility required for the modern knowledge economy, new OECD research shows.
OECD Recommends Common Tax-Treaty Approaches to Employee Stock-Options
03-Sep-2004
As part of a drive to help governments rationalise their tax policies, the OECD has issued a series of recommendations designed to achieve a common interpretation of how tax treaties apply with respect to employees or directors who receive stock-options as part of their remuneration.
Amid Volatile Oil Prices OECD Report Calls for Policy Changes to Promote Biomass
06-Sep-2004
Plants and animal waste could become viable alternatives to fossil fuels in providing energy and materials if governments changed strategies, according to a new OECD report out today.
 
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Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators - 2004 Edition
The focus of the 2004 edition of Education at a Glance is on the quality of learning outcomes, the policy levers and contextual factors that shape these outcomes, and the broader private and social returns that accrue to investments in education. For the first time, the publication also provides indicators on how the labour market returns to education have evolved over time as education systems have expanded.



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