The digital revolution, globalisation and demographic changes are transforming labour markets at a time when policy makers are also struggling with slow productivity and wage growth and high levels of income inequality. The new OECD Jobs Strategy provides a comprehensive framework and policy recommendations to help countries address these challenges.

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Good corporate governance plays a vital role in underpinning the integrity and efficiency of financial markets. Mr. Rintaro Tamaki, Deputy Secretary General of the OECD, will open the 2016 OECD Asian Roundtable on Corporate Governance on Monday 24 October with Mr. Chang Jae Lee, Vice Minister of Justice in Korea, to address corporate governance standards and practices in Asia.

This article by OECD's Antonio Capobianco and Pedro Gonzaga focuses on whether algorithms can make tacit collusion easier, both in oligopolistic markets and in markets which do not manifest the structural features that are usually associated with the risk of collusion. It was published in the August 2017 edition of the CPI Chronicle.

The combination of big data with technologically advanced tools is changing the competitive landscape in many markets and sectors. While this is producing benefits and efficiencies, it is also raising concerns of possible anti-competitive behaviour. This paper looks at whether algorithms can make tacit collusion easier and discusses some of the challenges they present for both competition law enforcement and market regulation.

With gender equality increasingly at the top of political and social agendas, Chris Pike of the OECD Competition Division reflects on the potential for introducing greater gender awareness into competition policy.

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The economic crisis means global corporate losses have increased significantly. Though most of these claims are justified, some corporations use ‘aggressive tax planning’ to avoid taxes. Governments are working together to detect and deter these undue tax advantages.

Over 330 senior tax officials from more than 110 jurisdictions and international organisations met in Paris on 26-28 March 2014 during the 3rd Annual Meeting of the Global Forum on Transfer Pricing.

The governments of 86 countries have taken a key step towards preventing value added tax from weighing on trade while also safeguarding state revenues by endorsing the first internationally agreed framework for applying national VAT rules to cross-border transactions.

This paper reviews the use of tax preferences to achieve environmental policy objectives. Tax preferences involve using the tax system to adjust relative prices with a view to influencing producer or consumer behaviour in favour of goods or services that are considered to be environmentally beneficial.

The new OECD/G20 standard on automatic exchange of information was endorsed today by all OECD and G20 countries as well as major financial centres participating in the annual meeting of the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes in Berlin. A status report on committed and not committed jurisdictions will be presented to G20 leaders during their annual summit in Brisbane, Australia on November 15-16.

Governments should set prudent debt targets to ensure that public finances serve to promote economic growth and stability, according to new OECD research.

Vast amounts are lost to illicit financial flows, including tax evasion, money laundering, bribery and corruption. These crimes threaten the strategic, political and economic interests of both developed and developing countries. In a world of limited resources and increasing complexity, it is essential for government authorities to work closely together in a “whole of government” approach to best address these challenges.

OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría today called on all countries to fully engage with the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and said advanced and emerging economies had a particular responsibility to translate the global goals into national policy and to support developing countries in doing the same.

Governments should use tax policy to drive forward economic agendas that seek to boost growth while sharing the benefits more evenly within society, according to a new OECD report.

This report consists of two parts. Part I is a report by the OECD Secretary-General regarding (A) the OECD/G20 Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) Project; (B) Tax transparency; (C) Tax policy tools to support sustainable and inclusive growth; and (D) Tax and development. Part II is an updated Progress Report to the G20 by the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes.

This report consists of two parts. Part I is a Progress Report to the G20 by the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes. Part II is an update report by the OECD Secretary-General regarding tax transparency, with a focus on beneficial ownership information.

Following the first meeting of the Inclusive Framework on BEPS in Kyoto, Japan, on 30 June-1 July and the regional meeting for Latin America and the Caribbean held in Montevideo, Uruguay, on 21-23 September, more countries and jurisdictions are joining the framework. On 14 October, the Inclusive Framework on BEPS welcomed Republic of Congo as its 87th member.

This report consists of two parts. Part I is an update report by the OECD Secretary-General regarding the latest developments in the international tax agenda, including (Annex 1) the joint OECD/IMF Report on Tax Certainty. Part II is a Progress Report to the G20 by the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes.

Tax systems play an important role in encouraging investment in education and skills, and in ensuring that investments in skills deliver a healthy financial return for both students and governments, according to a new OECD report.

Governments have dismantled, or are in the process of amending, nearly 100 preferential tax regimes as part of the OECD/G20 BEPS standards to improve the international tax framework, according to a progress report released today.

Taxes are effective at cutting harmful emissions from energy use, but governments could make better use of them. Greater reliance on energy taxation is needed to strengthen efforts to tackle the principal source of both greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution, according to a new OECD report.

Major international organizations -including the IMF, OECD, UN and World Bank Group- today called on governments from around the world to strengthen and increase the effectiveness of their tax systems to generate the domestic resources needed to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and promote inclusive economic growth.

This report outlines the activities and achievements of the OECD’s tax agenda, while looking ahead at the further progress needed, in particular through the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS. It also provides a Progress Report to the G20 by the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes.

Today, in Ouagadougou, an OECD delegation met the Minister of Economy, Finance and Development of Burkina Faso, Mrs. Hadizatou Rosine Coulibaly, to discuss the progress made in the implementation of new international tax standards.

The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia today signed the multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters, making it the 124th jurisdiction to join the world’s leading instrument for boosting transparency and combating cross-border tax evasion.

Over 70 participants from 20 countries in Europe and Central Asia gathered Georgia for a high-level regional event on Developments in International Tax Co-operation on 17-18 July 2018. Participants discussed policy responses to fighting tax evasion and avoidance, as well as the opportunities and challenges presented by the practical implementation of international standards on tax transparency and BEPS.

This report contains two parts. Part I is a report on the activities and achievements of the OECD’s tax agenda, and is made of two subparts: looking back at significant achievements and looking ahead at the further progress needed, in particular through the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS. Part II is a Progress Report to the G20 by the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes.

The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) has become the 117th jurisdiction to join the Inclusive Framework on BEPS (“IF”).

Countries must step up work to ensure that tax authorities and anti-corruption authorities can effectively co-operate in the fight against tax evasion, bribery, and other forms of corruption, according to a joint OECD/World Bank report.

This report contains two parts. Part I reports on the activities and achievements in the OECD’s international tax agenda. Part II reports on the activities and achievements of the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes.

Today, Bosnia and Herzegovina signed the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (the Convention), becoming the 90th jurisdiction to join the Convention, which now covers over 1 600 bilateral tax treaties.

On the occasion of the 10th Plenary Meeting of the Global Forum a further five countries signed the Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters, therewith bringing the total number of participating in the Convention to 135.

Today, at the OECD Headquarters in Paris, Calixte Batossie Madjoulba, Ambassador of Togo in France, signed the Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters (the Convention) in the presence of the OECD Deputy Secretary-General Ludger Schuknecht. Togo is the 136th jurisdiction to join the Convention.

Part I reports on the activities in the OECD's international tax agenda, in particular the progress made in addressing the tax challenges arising from the digitalisation of the economy. It also provides an update on G20 tax deliverables including tax transparency, implementation of BEPS measures & capacity building to support developing countries. Part II reports on the activities of the Global Forum.

Recent decades have seen rapid growth of advanced digital technologies, including high-speed computing, big data, artificial intelligence, the internet-of-things and blockchain. This “digital revolution” creates significant opportunities for all levels of government to improve the delivery of public goods and services, and to raise more and better revenue.

With global economic activity facing a historic drop and government spending rising dramatically, the implications of the Covid-19 crisis on public finances and tax revenues are significant.

Exports of (bop) - Miscellaneous Goods and Suppli in Canada increased to 562.80 CAD Million in March from 487.60 CAD Million in February of 2020. Exports of (bop) - Miscellaneous Goods and Suppli in Canada averaged 435.99 CAD Million from 1988 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 1351.10 CAD Million in July of 2015 and a record low of 112.20 CAD Million in June of 1991. This page includes a chart with historical data for Canada Exports of (bop) - Miscellaneous Goods And Suppli.

Exports of (bop) - Consumer Goods in Canada increased to 6076.80 CAD Million in March from 6016.30 CAD Million in February of 2020. Exports of (bop) - Consumer Goods in Canada averaged 3568.77 CAD Million from 1988 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 7284.20 CAD Million in January of 2016 and a record low of 891.20 CAD Million in March of 1989. This page includes a chart with historical data for Canada Exports of (bop) - Consumer Goods.

Imports of (bop) - Miscellaneous Goods and Suppli in Canada decreased to 1392 CAD Million in March from 1516.40 CAD Million in February of 2020. Imports of (bop) - Miscellaneous Goods and Suppli in Canada averaged 1091.92 CAD Million from 1988 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 1947.10 CAD Million in May of 2015 and a record low of 323.60 CAD Million in April of 1988. This page includes a chart with historical data for Canada Imports of (bop) - Miscellaneous Goods And Suppli.

Iraq recorded a Government Budget surplus equal to 6.20 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product in 2018. Government Budget in Iraq averaged -3.70 percent of GDP from 2004 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 10.70 percent of GDP in 2006 and a record low of -34.90 percent of GDP in 2004. Government Budget is an itemized accounting of the payments received by government (taxes and other fees) and the payments made by government (purchases and transfer payments). A budget deficit occurs when an government spends more money than it takes in. The opposite of a budget deficit is a budget surplus. This page provides - Iraq Government Budget - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Iraq recorded a government debt equivalent to 48.40 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product in 2018. Government Debt to GDP in Iraq averaged 94.55 percent from 2004 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 344.30 percent in 2004 and a record low of 32 percent in 2013. Generally, Government debt as a percent of GDP is used by investors to measure a country ability to make future payments on its debt, thus affecting the country borrowing costs and government bond yields. This page provides - Iraq Government Debt To GDP - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Mr. Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD, will be in Santiago, Chile, on 14-15 October 2019 to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Finance Ministers meeting.

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Gold Reserves in Burundi remained unchanged at 0.03 Tonnes in the second quarter of 2019 from 0.03 Tonnes in the first quarter of 2019. Gold Reserves in Burundi averaged 0.07 Tonnes from 2000 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 0.54 Tonnes in the second quarter of 2000 and a record low of 0.03 Tonnes in the third quarter of 2001. Gold Reserves are country’s gold assets held or controlled by the central bank. This page provides - Burundi Gold Reserves - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Burundi recorded a Government Budget deficit equal to 8.80 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product in 2018. Government Budget in Burundi averaged -9.62 percent of GDP from 1991 until 2018, reaching an all time high of -2.30 percent of GDP in 1991 and a record low of -20 percent of GDP in 2004. Government Budget is an itemized accounting of the payments received by government (taxes and other fees) and the payments made by government (purchases and transfer payments). A budget deficit occurs when an government spends more money than it takes in. The opposite of a budget deficit is a budget surplus. This page provides - Burundi Government Budget - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Belgium recorded a government budget deficit of 3402 EUR Million in 2018. Government Budget Value in Belgium averaged -7757.33 EUR Million from 1970 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 779 EUR Million in 2006 and a record low of -18817 EUR Million in 2009. The government budget balance is the difference between government revenues and expenses. The budget is balanced when outlays equal to receipts, the country reports budget surplus when revenues are higher than expenses and deficit when expenses exceed the revenues. This page provides - Belgium Government Budget Value - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.