sa 'Anna: Kisan Baburao Hazare': Simply Appealing By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: "Anna: Kisan Baburao Hazare"; Director: Shashank Udapurkar; Cast: Shashank Udapurkar, Tanishaa Mukerji, Rajit Kapur, Govind Namdeo, Kishor Kadam, Sharat Saxena and Daya Shankar Pandey; Rating: **1/2 Full Article
sa 'Saat Uchakkey': Pretentious Yet Entertaining By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: A cop and robbers story, "Saat Uchakkey" is a pretentiously creative film that offers lessons of life regarding hope, desire and fate. Full Article
sa 'Chaar Sahibzaade...': Superior Animation Uplifts Historical Saga By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: This motion capture animation film, is a historical faith film. Full Article
sa Reforming policies for the business sector to harvest the benefits of globalisation in the Netherlands By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:31:00 GMT The Netherlands has strongly benefited from globalisation, which boosted international trade, cross-border investment and economic growth over the latest decades. Full Article
sa Regulatory improvement in the Municipality of San Luis Potosí, Mexico By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 00:00:00 GMT The OECD and the Municipality of San Luis Potosí in Mexico launched a programme to improve municipal formalities according to the OECD Guide. Full Article
sa Improving innovation policy and ensuring good governance would help raise living standards in Colombia, OECD says By www.oecd.org Published On :: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 12:13:00 GMT Good public policies are central to well-functioning economies. Better policies on innovation, combined with high-quality regulations and a more efficient public administration, can help Colombia create jobs, boost economic growth and support development, according to three new OECD reports. Full Article
sa Reducing red tape in business would boost Greek productivity, OECD says By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 15 May 2014 17:23:00 GMT Greece could save its businesses hundreds of millions of euros a year and improve their competitiveness by reducing administrative burdens, according to a new OECD report. Full Article
sa Implementing the OECD Guide to Improve the Quality of State and Municipal Regulations, San Luis Potosi, Mexico By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 24 Jun 2015 00:00:00 GMT The Municipality of San Luis Potosi scores an 87% progress in implementing the OECD Guide to Improve the Quality of State and Municipal Regulations. Full Article
sa OECD study signals the importance of collective efforts by international organisations to improve global standard setting By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 03 Nov 2016 16:29:00 GMT The role of international organisations (IOs) is critical in the development of rules and standards that can help advance the well-being of citizens in an increasingly globalised world. Full Article
sa Reform services trade policies to boost the global economy, OECD says By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 08 Jun 2017 14:52:00 GMT Better services trade policy can stimulate inclusive economic growth by promoting access to the information, skills, technology, funding and markets needed for success in an increasingly digital global economy, according to a new OECD report. Full Article
sa The Contribution of International Organisations to a Rule-based International System By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 10 Apr 2019 15:00:00 GMT Key results from the partnership of international organisations for effective international rulemaking Full Article
sa Iceland: Better coordination among authorities needed to tackle foreign bribery, says OECD By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT Iceland must do more to ensure its law enforcement authorities are coordinated and adequately resourced to investigate and prosecute economic and financial crime, including foreign bribery, says the OECD in a new report. Full Article
sa Corruption: Luxembourg must implement without delay its legislation against the bribery of foreign public officials, says OECD By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT Luxembourg must step up its efforts to detect and prosecute cases of bribery of foreign public officials, particularly now that its legal framework has been strengthened, in compliance with the Anti-Bribery Convention Full Article
sa The OECD acknowledges progress made, and says Mexico should further prioritise fighting foreign bribery By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT Mexico has improved, but needs to give greater priority to the criminal enforcement of bribery and ensure that its criminal law enforcement authorities have all the resources and expertise they need to seriously investigate all allegations, according to a new OECD report. Full Article
sa Korea making notable progress on fighting foreign bribery; further improvements needed, says OECD By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT Korea has improved its information and intelligence gathering capacity in foreign bribery cases, but should be more proactive in investigating allegations, according to a new OECD report. Full Article
sa Slovak Republic must urgently introduce effective legislation holding companies liable for foreign bribery, says OECD By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 11:00:00 GMT 20/06/2012 - The Slovak Republic must urgently meet its obligations under the Convention it signed 12 years ago and introduce an effective corporate liability regime so that Slovak companies are held accountable for the bribery of foreign public officials in cross-border business deals, says a new OECD report. Full Article
sa Austria’s enforcement of foreign bribery laws far too weak, but could pick up soon says OECD By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:00:00 GMT The OECD Working Group on Bribery regrets that Austria has not had a conviction of bribing foreign public officials despite a number of allegations, 13 years after ratifying the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention. However, enforcement appears to be picking up, with one case being tried, two more cases soon to be tried, and four ongoing investigations. Full Article
sa Netherlands must significantly step up its foreign bribery enforcement, says OECD By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:27:00 GMT The Netherlands is failing to vigorously pursue foreign bribery allegations and must do more to enforce its foreign bribery laws. Fourteen out of 22 foreign bribery allegations have not triggered the opening of an investigation, calling into question the Netherlands’ ability and proactivity in investigating and prosecuting this crime. Full Article
sa India-OECD seminar on fighting bribery in business transactions By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 23 May 2013 14:46:00 GMT Co-organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and the OECD in New Delhi, discussions at this seminar focused on corruption challenges facing Indian companies today and what can be done to overcome these challenges. Full Article
sa Portugal needs proactive enforcement to tackle severe foreign bribery risks, says OECD By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 11:00:00 GMT Portugal’s enforcement of its foreign bribery laws has been extremely low. Not a single prosecution has resulted from 15 allegations of Portuguese companies bribing foreign officials in high-risk countries. Full Article
sa Belgium should address “flagrant” lack of resources for fighting foreign bribery, says OECD By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 11:00:00 GMT Fighting foreign bribery is not a priority in Belgium. Together with the flagrant lack of resources for Belgian law enforcement authorities, this has resulted in very few foreign bribery investigations and prosecutions. In the 14 years since the entry into force of the foreign bribery offence in Belgium, only one case of bribery of foreign public officials has been concluded. Full Article
sa New Zealand not immune from foreign bribery, says OECD By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 11:00:00 GMT New Zealand must significantly increase its efforts to detect, investigate and prosecute foreign bribery. Since joining the Convention over 12 years ago, New Zealand has not prosecuted any cases of foreign bribery and only four allegations have surfaced to date. Outdated perceptions that New Zealand individuals and companies do not bribe may have also undermined detection efforts. Full Article
sa Ireland must urgently apply more resources to enforce Anti-Bribery Convention, says OECD By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 18 Dec 2013 12:00:00 GMT Ireland should increase its resources to detect and investigate foreign bribery more efficiently. Resources have, in recent years, been largely devoted to investigating non-bribery cases in the financial sector. Ireland has not prosecuted a foreign bribery case in the twelve years since its foreign bribery offence came into force, and law enforcement has taken few proactive steps to investigate allegations. Full Article
sa Progress made but Chile should better detect and thoroughly investigate foreign bribery, says OECD By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 11:00:00 GMT Chile has made positive efforts to implement the Convention, but there has not been a single foreign bribery conviction. Chile did not sufficiently investigate several of the six foreign bribery allegations that have surfaced since 2001. Chile should improve its investigative and detection efforts, says OECD Full Article
sa Estonia needs to promptly address rising foreign bribery risks, says OECD By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 09:01:00 GMT Estonia’s framework for combating foreign bribery may be inadequate to efficiently tackle rising foreign bribery risks resulting from its increasingly export-intensive economy. Full Article
sa Slovenia must urgently prioritise the fight against foreign bribery, says OECD By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 09:15:00 GMT Serious steps must be taken by Slovenia to ensure that it effectively detects, investigates and prosecutes allegations of transnational bribery. Full Article
sa Spain has strong measures to combat money laundering and terrorist financing but improvements needed, says FATF By www.oecd.org Published On :: Fri, 05 Dec 2014 14:19:00 GMT Spain has created a strong system to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, but improvements are needed in certain key areas, according to a new report by the Financial Action Task Force. Full Article
sa Spain has strong measures to combat money laundering and terrorist financing but improvements needed, says FATF By www.oecd.org Published On :: Fri, 05 Dec 2014 15:00:00 GMT Spain has created a strong system to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, but improvements are needed in certain key areas, according to a new report by the Financial Action Task Force. Full Article
sa Argentina seriously non-compliant with key articles of Anti-Bribery Convention, says OECD By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 11:00:00 GMT The OECD Working Group on Bribery doubts Argentina’s commitment to fight foreign bribery. Argentina still has no law to punish companies for foreign bribery or prosecute its citizens who commit this crime abroad. Widespread delays continue to plague complex economic crime investigations. Full Article
sa Colombia debe abordar importantes lagunas legales para que sus empresas rindan cuentas por los cohechos en el extranjero By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 12:43:00 GMT Colombia necesita mejorar su capacidad para investigar el cohecho internacional estableciendo un régimen eficaz de responsabilidad corporativa, mejorando la coordinación entre sus numerosas agencias y formando con más rigor a los órganos responsables de la aplicación de la ley. Full Article
sa Concrete actions needed to advance global tax transparency, OECD says By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 14 Apr 2016 18:00:00 GMT The international community should call time on all remaining holdouts who have yet to implement internationally agreed tax transparency standards, OECD Secretary General Angel Gurría said in a new report to the G20. Full Article
sa Technology offers critical solutions to prevent, identify and tackle tax evasion and tax fraud, says OECD By www.oecd.org Published On :: Fri, 31 Mar 2017 10:00:00 GMT Technology Tools to Tackle Tax Evasion and Tax Fraud demonstrates how technology is currently being used by tax administrations in countries worldwide to prevent, identify and tackle tax evasion and tax fraud. These solutions can offer a win-win: better detection of crime, higher revenue recovery, and synergies that can make tax compliance easier for business and tax administrations. Full Article
sa Chile must conclude its current legislative reforms of the criminal sanctions regime and clarify its corporate liability framework to better combat foreign bribery By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 14:50:00 GMT Chile must make further progress on key recommendations of the OECD Working Group on Bribery in International Business Transactions, more than three years after its Phase 3 evaluation in March 2014. Full Article
sa Statement by Drago Kos, Chair of the OECD Working Group on Bribery, on the 20th anniversary of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 12 Dec 2017 14:10:00 GMT Corruption facilitates some of the most important global threats of our time, such as terrorism, climate change and the refugee crisis. It’s vital that we ramp up our fight to contain this threat to our economies and societies. Full Article
sa OECD says Swedish progress combatting foreign bribery insufficient to warrant Phase 4 evaluation By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 19 Dec 2017 10:00:00 GMT The next review of Sweden’s implementation of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention, which was scheduled for October 2018, has been delayed until 2019. This is due to the fact that Sweden has not yet enacted legislation to urgently address remaining recommendations to reform its laws on corporate liability for the bribery of foreign public officials. Full Article
sa Segundo Informe de Avances sobre el Desarrollo del Nuevo Aeropuerto Internacional de la Ciudad de México By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 09 Jan 2018 11:42:00 GMT Este documento reporta los avances logrados por el Grupo Aeroportuario de la Ciudad de México (GACM) y otras dependencias con respecto a las 16 recomendaciones realizadas por la OCDE en su informe de noviembre de 2016 “Primer Informe de Avances sobre el Desarrollo del Nuevo Aeropuerto Internacional de la Ciudad de México: Hacia una Ejecución Efectiva”. Full Article
sa Education: Korea tops new OECD PISA survey of digital literacy By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT Korea tops a new OECD PISA survey that tests how 15-year olds use computers and the Internet to learn. The next best performers were New Zealand, Australia, Japan, Hong-Kong China and Iceland. Full Article
sa OCDE confirma que Cataluña cumple con los estándares de la muestra de PISA 2009 By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT La OCDE confirma que la muestra de PISA 2009 en Cataluña cumple con los estándares de la OCDE y es internacionalmente comparable. Las características de la muestra y las tasas de exclusión en Cataluña son también muy similares a las de anteriores evaluaciones PISA. Las afirmaciones se basan esencialmente en una interpretación errónea de los datos sobre las tasas de exclusión y estándares de muestreo de la OCDE. Full Article
sa Czech Republic should further develop its framework programme for preschool education, says OECD By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:43:00 GMT The Czech Republic should build on the strengths of its preschool education framework to further enhance the quality of its early childhood education and care services, according to a new OECD report. Full Article
sa Slovak Republic should help preschool teachers improve their skills, says OECD By www.oecd.org Published On :: Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT 29/03/2012 - Slovak Republic should help preschool teachers improve their skills, says OECD, and should encourage preschool teachers to keep improving their qualifications throughout their career and attract more young people, especially men, to the profession Full Article
sa Equity and Quality in Education: Supporting Disadvantaged Students and Schools - Spotlight Report: The Netherlands By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT This spotlight report draws upon the OECD report Equity and Quality in Education: Supporting Disadvantaged Students and Schools. Full Article
sa Equity and Quality in Education: Supporting Disadvantaged Students and Schools - Spotlight Report: Ireland By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT This spotlight report draws upon the OECD report Equity and Quality in Education: Supporting Disadvantaged Students and Schools. Full Article
sa Equity and Quality in Education: Supporting Disadvantaged Students and Schools - Spotlight Report: Greece By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT This spotlight report draws upon the OECD report Equity and Quality in Education: Supporting Disadvantaged Students and Schools. Full Article
sa Equity and Quality in Education: Supporting Disadvantaged Students and Schools - Spotlight Report: Austria By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT This spotlight report draws upon the OECD report Equity and Quality in Education: Supporting Disadvantaged Students and Schools. Full Article
sa Equity and Quality in Education: Supporting Disadvantaged Students and Schools - Spotlight Report: Sweden By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT This spotlight report draws upon the OECD report Equity and Quality in Education: Supporting Disadvantaged Students and Schools. Full Article
sa Equity and Quality in Education: Supporting Disadvantaged Students and Schools - Spotlight Report: Spain By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT This spotlight report draws upon the OECD report Equity and Quality in Education: Supporting Disadvantaged Students and Schools. Full Article
sa Education: Korea should improve its vocational education programmes, says OECD By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 04 Sep 2012 09:30:00 GMT Korea should reform its vocational education and training programmes to ensure that students leave college with the skills and expertise that companies need in today’s rapidly changing labour market, according to a new OECD report. Full Article
sa Education spending rising but access to higher education remains unequal in most countries, says OECD By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 11 Sep 2012 11:00:00 GMT Governments should increase investment in early childhood programmes and maintain reasonable costs for higher education in order to reduce inequality, boost social mobility and improve people’s employment prospects, according to a new OECD report. Full Article
sa Women leaders can break the mould, interview with Indira Samarasekera, PresidentUniversity of Alberta, Canada By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Tue, 09 Oct 2012 15:56:00 GMT Indira Samarasekera, President of the University of Alberta in Canada, was one of the keynote speakers at this year’s Institutional Management in Higher Education (IMHE) Conference, held at OECD headquarters in Paris this past September. Marilyn Achiron, Editor at the OECD’s Education Directorate, spoke with her about a variety of subjects Full Article
sa OECD Announces Winner of Global Data Visualisation Competition By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 09 Jan 2013 14:00:00 GMT The OECD today announced the winner of its first-ever global data visualisation challenge. Full Article