OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría will present two new major publications on Brazil during news conferences on 22 October in Brasilia. He will also hold a series of high-level meetings with Brazilian government officials.

Today, the OECD launched the Portuguese version of its Better Life Index in Brazil with football legend Pelé. The Portuguese version is the site’s 6th language edition, enabling the OECD to reach over 240 million Portuguese speakers across the globe.

Taxes on wages have risen by about 1 percentage point for the average worker in OECD countries between 2010 and 2014 even though the majority of governments did not increase statutory income tax rates, according to a new OECD report.

The OECD launched today the Programme of Work with Brazil which sets out joint activities for the next two years and will strengthen cooperation between the Organisation and the Brazilian Government.

The 2018 edition of the Active with Brazil brochure presents the different areas of cooperation between the OECD and Brazil.

This report summarises experience of OECD and non-OECD countries with reforming inspections, attempts to present some of the most interesting and successful experiences suggesting that some good practices may be valid beyond the countries where they were initially pioneered.

Russians are becoming increasingly active in the country’s social arena. While activists remain a small but growing and visible minority of citizens looking for changes in governance, many more are becoming involved in the day-to-day affairs of their communities. It remains to be seen whether this emerging culture of civic participation will sit comfortably with existing governance structures.

This study proposes a structured approach to selecting instruments of fiscal consolidation that are consistent with growth, equity and global-rebalancing objectives, which is then illustrated with a particular application.

Uncertainty faced by households and firms affects economic activity. The rise in uncertainty since the beginning of the sovereign debt crisis in Greece could be one factor that has contributed to the steep and long-lasting recession. This paper presents a brief empirical analysis quantifying this phenomenon and compares it with developments in Ireland and Portugal.

The 34-member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development welcomed a Memorandum of Understanding between the OECD and Ukraine which will help Ukraine’s efforts to tackle corruption, strengthen its tax system and promote competitiveness.

Healthcare costs are rising so fast in advanced economies that they will become unaffordable by mid-century without reforms, according to a new OECD report.

Governments should rethink city housing, transport and other urban systems to ensure that fast-growing cities do not become inequality traps, according to a new OECD report showing that a majority of cities have higher levels of inequality than the national average.

As part of efforts to deepen co-operation between the OECD and Argentina and contribute to the country’s public policy and reform agenda, Argentina’s Finance Minister Nicolás Dujovne has presented an Action Plan to OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría.

This OECD project on Linking indigenous communities with regional development aims to develop policy recommendations for OECD and partner countries to improve economic outcomes for indigenous communities by better linking them with regional development efforts.

18 November 2013 - Asia-Pacific Trade and Investment Week 2013 opened in Bangkok today with a regional conference on responsible business practices jointly organised by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission of Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

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.

In a historic visit by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang to the OECD in Paris, the People’s Republic of China today decided to enhance longstanding collaboration with the OECD and to join the OECD Development Centre.

The OECD Due Diligence Guidance is being used as the basis and benchmark by many industry initiatives created to ensure the responsible sourcing of minerals. This report presents the findings of a pilot alignment assessment of five industry programmes against the recommendations of the OECD Guidance to gauge the coherence, effectiveness and credibility of these initiatives.

Exports: Exports: Ferrous Metals (Without Iron Cast) (Cmlv) in Russia increased to 1936.40 USD Million in February from 967.20 USD Million in January of 2020. Exports: Exports: Ferrous Metals (Without Iron Cas in Russia averaged 6180.18 USD Million from 1995 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 22354.40 USD Million in December of 2008 and a record low of 333.70 USD Million in January of 1995. Russia accounts for Exports of Exports of Ferrous Metals (withou using cumulative values for each year (CMLV). This page includes a chart with historical data for Russia Exports of Exports of Ferrous Metals (without Iro.

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.

Full Time Employment in Japan decreased to 21938 Thousand in March from 22080 Thousand in February of 2020. Full Time Employment in Japan averaged 20572.52 Thousand from 1990 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 22226 Thousand in October of 2019 and a record low of 19397 Thousand in March of 2003. Full Time Employment in Japan refers to the number of full time employees in companies with more than 30 workers. This page provides - Japan Full Time Employment- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Imports - Tire Cord Fabric With Yarn Or Nylon, Others in Mexico decreased to 4383 USD THO in March from 5558 USD THO in February of 2020. Imports - Tire Cord Fabric With Yarn Or Nylon, Oth in Mexico averaged 4255.38 USD THO from 2014 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 6735 USD THO in August of 2018 and a record low of 2837 USD THO in December of 2014. This page includes a chart with historical data for Mexico Imports of Tire Cord Fabric With Yarn Or Nylon, O.

Imports - Time Switches With Clock Or Watch Movement in Mexico decreased to 1311 USD THO in March from 1595 USD THO in February of 2020. Imports - Time Switches With Clock Or Watch Moveme in Mexico averaged 1688 USD THO from 2014 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 2570 USD THO in October of 2018 and a record low of 1159 USD THO in March of 2019. This page includes a chart with historical data for Mexico Imports of Time Switches With Clock Or Watch Move.

Imports - Woven Fabrics Of Cotton, Mixed With Fibres in Mexico decreased to 1807 USD THO in March from 2624 USD THO in February of 2020. Imports - Woven Fabrics Of Cotton, Mixed With Fibr in Mexico averaged 2852.28 USD THO from 2014 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 5024 USD THO in May of 2014 and a record low of 1797 USD THO in February of 2017. This page includes a chart with historical data for Mexico Imports of Woven Fabrics of Cotton, Mixed With Fi.

Imports - Unfinished, Nonmetals Assoc. With Durables (Census) in the United States increased to 328.03 USD Million in March from 291.62 USD Million in February of 2020. Imports - Unfinished, Nonmetals Assoc. With Durabl in the United States averaged 220.59 USD Million from 1989 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 466.18 USD Million in January of 2012 and a record low of 90.66 USD Million in May of 1993. This page includes a chart with historical data for the United States Imports of Unfinished, Nonmetals Assoc. With Dura.

Imports - Unfinished Metals Associated With Durable (Census) in the United States increased to 8613.62 USD Million in March from 6098.57 USD Million in February of 2020. Imports - Unfinished Metals Associated With Durabl in the United States averaged 4281.80 USD Million from 1989 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 8613.62 USD Million in March of 2020 and a record low of 1351.21 USD Million in February of 1993. This page includes a chart with historical data for the United States Imports of Unfinished Metals Associated With Dura.

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