This note presents selected findings based on the set of well-being indicators published in How's Life? 2017.

The OECD and Brazil today launched a joint project to examine the similarities and gaps between the Brazilian and OECD approaches to valuing cross-border transactions between associated firms for tax purposes. The project will also assess the potential for Brazil to move closer to the OECD’s transfer pricing rules, which are a critical benchmark for OECD member countries and followed by countries around the world.

The objective of this seminar was to facilitate the implementation of administrative simplification strategies in MENA countries and to deepen the knowledge about the use of ICT-tools and consultation processes with stakeholders.

Individual freedom can only exist within the social context in which people live, and among the ways in which it is possible to exercise this freedom, that of respecting democratic rules deserves a special place.

Wikiprogress online discussion on Latin America entitled "Quality Urban Life: How to make it a reality?".

Using panel data for OECD countries, this study investigates the extent to which changes in government spending on education, health and other areas influence long-term growth.

This blog, written by David Satterthwaite with the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), discusses what indicators are needed in order to assess the quality of life of the urban poor.

Japanese users of the Better Life Index (BLI) worry most about safety, Australians seek work-life balance, Latin Americans strive for better education, and Danes want to be happy – user feedback shows as the Index marks its third birthday.

The Municipality of Hermosillo in Mexico shows a 12% progress in the implementation of OECD recommendations to simplify formalities to boost entrepreneurship and create employment.

3-4 September 2014, Phnom Penh, Cambodia: This conference focused on the key levers for restoring trust in government and building trust by and in the private sector and civil society.

This working paper takes a comparative snapshot of social media use in and by OECD governments. The focus is on government institutions, as opposed to personalities, and how they manage to capture the opportunities of new social media platforms to deliver better public services and to create more open policy processes.

Meeting focusing on challenges on gender sensitive policies and gender budgeting in MENA region. Delegates will also discuss the progress to date on legal reforms in advancing gender equality and promoting women’s political participation in the region.

This Recommendation offers a whole-of-government policy arsenal commonly agreed upon among OECD Members that governments can use to close remaining gender gaps in public life, scale up inclusive approaches to policy making and public service delivery, and monitor continuous progress.

The world cannot resolve today’s development challenges with purely national approaches. We need to complement them with local approaches, too. We live in an era of enormous transformations, in which our traditional political structures and forms of democratic participation must adapt. That means casting a bigger focus than ever on the important role of local power and communities.

This paper seeks to identify the conditions under which raising public investment can sustainably lift growth without deteriorating public finances.

This paper describes the main anti-avoidance rules against international tax planning by multinational enterprises in OECD and G20 countries.

This paper assesses the redistribution of foreign direct investments (FDI) and tax revenues among countries due to multinationals’ response to international differences in corporate tax systems.

Independent fiscal institutions (IFIs) serve to promote sound fiscal policy and sustainable public finances. This report outlines good practices for their effective design and operation.

At the leader’s summit in Hamburg on July 7-8, 2017, the G20 High Level Principles on Combatting Corruption Related to Illegal Trade in Wildlife and Wildlife Products were launched as an annex to the Leaders’ Declaration. The Task Force on Countering Illicit Trade (TF-CIT) provided substantive input to this document throughout its development.

Jointly organised by the OECD and ESCAP, this conference focused on the role of governments in supporting and facilitating more sustainable and inclusive business practices in the Asia-Pacific region.

With a focus on the Asia-Pacific region, this conference addressed what the Sustainable Development Goals will mean for business and how business sustainability strategies can be aligned to support their implementation.

Drawing inspiration from 'Fearless Girl', the diminutive and plucky bronze statue that’s been staring down the 3-ton ‘Charging Bull’ on Wall Street for the past year, OECD’s Mathilde Mesnard and Bill Below highlight the importance of gender diversity in corporate leadership.

Business Confidence in Germany decreased to 74.30 points in April from 85.90 points in March of 2020. Business Confidence in Germany averaged 97.98 points from 1991 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 109.80 points in January of 1991 and a record low of 74.30 points in April of 2020. In Germany, the IFO Business Climate Index measures entrepreneurs’ sentiment about current business situation and their expectations for the next 6 months. The survey is made by phone and covers 9,000 firms in manufacturing, the service sector, trade and construction. The Business Climate Balance is constructed as the difference between the percentage share of executives that are optimistic and the share that are pessimistic. This balance can take values between -100 (all responding firms assess their situation as poor and expect business to deteriorate) and +100 (all responding firms assessed their situation as good and expect an improvement in their business). For the calculation of the IFO Business Climate Index, the Balance is normalized to the average of a base year (currently 2015). This page provides the latest reported value for - Germany Business Confidence - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

Export To Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Cmlv) in Russia increased to 16754.70 USD Million in February from 7679.50 USD Million in January of 2020. Export To Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Cmlv) in Russia averaged 40415.50 USD Million from 2006 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 116324.60 USD Million in December of 2018 and a record low of 2369.40 USD Million in January of 2006. Russia accounts for Exports to Asia-paic Economic Cooperation using cumulative values for each year (CMLV). This page includes a chart with historical data for Russia Exports to Asia-paic Economic Cooperation.

Exports of Metalliferous Ores & Metal Scrap in Singapore decreased to 107.87 SGD Million in March from 120.10 SGD Million in February of 2020. Exports of Metalliferous Ores & Metal Scrap in Singapore averaged 100.61 SGD Million from 2014 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 155.96 SGD Million in March of 2018 and a record low of 65.88 SGD Million in February of 2016. This page includes a chart with historical data for Singapore Exports of Metalliferous Ores & Metal Scrap.

Imports - Professional Scientific & Controlling Instruments in Singapore increased to 1231.28 SGD Million in March from 1175.25 SGD Million in February of 2020. Imports - Professional Scientific & Controlling In in Singapore averaged 1008.75 SGD Million from 2014 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 1240.58 SGD Million in July of 2019 and a record low of 814.46 SGD Million in February of 2015. This page includes a chart with historical data for Singapore Imports of Professional Scientific & Controlling.

Imports - Miscellaneous Transactions Not Elsewhere Specified in Singapore increased to 2612.58 SGD Million in March from 2426.12 SGD Million in February of 2020. Imports - Miscellaneous Transactions Not Elsewhere in Singapore averaged 1509.22 SGD Million from 2014 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 3557.97 SGD Million in December of 2016 and a record low of 510.34 SGD Million in June of 2014. This page includes a chart with historical data for Singapore Imports of Miscellaneous Transactions Not Elsewhe.

Imports of Metalliferous Ores & Metal Scrap in Singapore increased to 78.90 SGD Million in March from 63.04 SGD Million in February of 2020. Imports of Metalliferous Ores & Metal Scrap in Singapore averaged 43.92 SGD Million from 2014 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 78.90 SGD Million in March of 2020 and a record low of 27.47 SGD Million in February of 2016. This page includes a chart with historical data for Singapore Imports of Metalliferous Ores & Metal Scrap.

Core Consumer Prices in Sweden decreased to 218.28 points in March from 218.70 points in February of 2020. Core Consumer Prices in Sweden averaged 170.01 points from 1987 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 220.97 points in December of 2019 and a record low of 98.21 points in January of 1987. As of September 2017, the Riksbank uses the CPIF, the consumer price index with a fixed interest rate, as target variable for the inflation target. According to the central bank, "From a monetary policy perspective, one disadvantage of the CPI is that it is directly affected by changes in the policy rate. These adjustments have, through their impact on mortgage rates, large and direct effects on the CPI which are not connected to underlying inflationary pressures". This page provides - Sweden Core Consumer Prices - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Core consumer prices in Sweden increased 0.60 percent in March of 2020 over the same month in the previous year. Core Inflation Rate in Sweden averaged 2.49 percent from 1988 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 12.70 percent in February of 1991 and a record low of -0.03 percent in March of 2014. As of September 2017, the Riksbank uses the CPIF, the consumer price index with a fixed interest rate, as target variable for the inflation target. According to the central bank, "From a monetary policy perspective, one disadvantage of the CPI is that it is directly affected by changes in the policy rate. These adjustments have, through their impact on mortgage rates, large and direct effects on the CPI which are not connected to underlying inflationary pressures". This page provides - Sweden Core Inflation Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Imports of Metalliferous Ores & Metal Scrap in Japan decreased to 247733.59 JPY Million in March from 270057.04 JPY Million in February of 2020. Imports of Metalliferous Ores & Metal Scrap in Japan averaged 163563.42 JPY Million from 1988 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 362579.18 JPY Million in May of 2013 and a record low of 54634.91 JPY Million in February of 1994. This page includes a chart with historical data for Japan Imports of Metalliferous Ores & Metal Scrap.

Imports - Commodities & Transactions Not Classified in Japan decreased to 93939.88 JPY Million in March from 97912.55 JPY Million in February of 2020. Imports - Commodities & Transactions Not Classifie in Japan averaged 80276.60 JPY Million from 1988 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 153833.94 JPY Million in September of 1990 and a record low of 37321.14 JPY Million in December of 1993. This page includes a chart with historical data for Japan Imports of Commodities & Transactions Not Classif.

Imports from Unidentified in Australia remained unchanged at 0 AUD Million in March from 0 AUD Million in February of 2020. Imports from Unidentified in Australia averaged 0 AUD Million from 1988 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 1 AUD Million in January of 1992 and a record low of 0 AUD Million in February of 1988. This page includes a chart with historical data for Australia Imports from Unidentified.

Imports - Textile Products & Articles For Specified Uses in Mexico increased to 18932 USD THO in March from 15607 USD THO in February of 2020. Imports - Textile Products & Articles For Specifie in Mexico averaged 18302.44 USD THO from 2014 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 25173 USD THO in August of 2016 and a record low of 13047 USD THO in March of 2015. This page includes a chart with historical data for Mexico Imports of Textile Products & Articles For Spe.

Imports - Special Purpose Motor Vehicles, Not Specified in Mexico increased to 8887 USD THO in March from 7837 USD THO in February of 2020. Imports - Special Purpose Motor Vehicles, Not Spec in Mexico averaged 12555.59 USD THO from 2014 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 27081 USD THO in November of 2014 and a record low of 5340 USD THO in January of 2019. This page includes a chart with historical data for Mexico Imports of Special Purpose Motor Vehicles, Not Sp.

Imports - Woven Fabrics Of Artificial Staple Fibers in Mexico decreased to 2071 USD THO in March from 2758 USD THO in February of 2020. Imports - Woven Fabrics Of Artificial Staple Fiber in Mexico averaged 2928.23 USD THO from 2014 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 5564 USD THO in October of 2018 and a record low of 1072 USD THO in September of 2014. This page includes a chart with historical data for Mexico Imports of Woven Fabrics of Artificial Staple Fib.

Imports - Woven Fabrics Of Artificial Filament Yarn in Mexico decreased to 897 USD THO in March from 1093 USD THO in February of 2020. Imports - Woven Fabrics Of Artificial Filament Yar in Mexico averaged 1767.21 USD THO from 2014 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 3435 USD THO in October of 2015 and a record low of 641 USD THO in April of 2019. This page includes a chart with historical data for Mexico Imports of Woven Fabrics of Artificial Filament Y.

Imports - Wooden Furniture, Not Elsewhere Specified Or Included in Mexico decreased to 7397 USD THO in March from 7612 USD THO in February of 2020. Imports - Wooden Furniture, Not Elsewhere Specifie in Mexico averaged 10498.27 USD THO from 2014 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 18126 USD THO in October of 2014 and a record low of 6553 USD THO in April of 2017. This page includes a chart with historical data for Mexico Imports of Wooden Furniture, Not Elsewhere Spe.

Imports - Wine Of Fresh Grapes, Incl Fortified Wines in Mexico decreased to 16696 USD THO in March from 17528 USD THO in February of 2020. Imports - Wine Of Fresh Grapes, Incl Fortified Win in Mexico averaged 20910.68 USD THO from 2014 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 37883 USD THO in August of 2018 and a record low of 8138 USD THO in February of 2015. This page includes a chart with historical data for Mexico Imports of Wine of Fresh Grapes, Incl Fortified W.

Imports - Other Scientific, Medical & Hospital Eqp. (Census) in the United States decreased to 3692.69 USD Million in March from 3751.25 USD Million in February of 2020. Imports - Other Scientific, Medical & Hospital Eqp in the United States averaged 1677.75 USD Million from 1989 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 3905.52 USD Million in May of 2019 and a record low of 271.82 USD Million in January of 1989. This page includes a chart with historical data for the United States Imports of Other Scientific, Medical & Hospital E.

Imports of Scientific Instruments (4) Sitc in the United States increased to 5259 USD Million in March from 4926 USD Million in February of 2020. Imports of Scientific Instruments (4) Sitc in the United States averaged 2997.16 USD Million from 1996 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 5679 USD Million in July of 2019 and a record low of 898 USD Million in January of 1996. This page includes a chart with historical data for the United States Imports of Scientific Instruments (4) Sitc.

Imports - Scientific & Medical Mach. (Census Basis) in the United States decreased to 4284.66 USD Million in March from 4388.08 USD Million in February of 2020. Imports - Scientific & Medical Mach. (Census Basis in the United States averaged 1956.25 USD Million from 1989 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 4587.03 USD Million in September of 2019 and a record low of 307.96 USD Million in January of 1989. This page includes a chart with historical data for the United States Imports of Scientific & Medical Mach.

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