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25 Oct 16
The Asian Development Bank has approved a country partnership strategy with Indonesia for the 2016-19 period to promote infrastructure investment and sustainable economic growth.
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24 Oct 16
Brazil, Guernsey, Jersey, the Isle of Man and Latvia have signed the Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement (MCAA) for the automatic exchange of country-by-country reports on tax matters.
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14 Oct 16
Georgia should focus on combating high-level and complex corruption having achieved remarkable progress in eliminating petty corruption in public administration, an Organisation for Economic Co-...
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11 Oct 16
Greece is set to receive €2.8bn ($3.1bn) from its European creditors after the country passed a number of required reforms relating to pensions, the energy sector and the privatisation of state...
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26 Sep 16
More than a quarter of the UK’s aid money will be spent by ministries other than its Department for International Development by 2020, forecasts have shown.
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21 Sep 16
The world economy is set to remain in a “low growth trap”, the OECD has warned in its interim Economic Outlook.
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20 Sep 16
The OECD’s straight-talking chief economist tells PF why proactive policies matter more than ever in an uncertain, post-Brexit world
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16 Sep 16
Pakistan has become the latest nation to sign up to the OECD’s international cooperation initiative to combat tax avoidance and evasion, the think-tank has announced.
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13 Sep 16
The US Securities and Exchange Commission should require greater tax disclosure from multinational companies in order to protect investors as well as the public, according to the Financial...
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6 Sep 16
The OECD has welcomed the release by the US and China of peer reviews into their national fossil fuel subsidy programmes, despite criticism over the G20’s failure to set a deadline to phase them out...
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30 Aug 16
Over 100 countries are now participants in an OECD international cooperation initiative to combat tax avoidance and evasion, the think-tank has announced.
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8 Aug 16
Tougher international tax laws around foreign trusts have been proposed in New Zealand in line with recommendations made in an inquiry set up in response to the Panama Papers.
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3 Aug 16
The OECD has praised the recent introduction of “game changing” anti-corruption laws in Mexico, which it said would substantially transform the nation’s graft-fighting architecture.
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3 Aug 16
Economic growth next year will be lower than expected, due largely to the UK’s decision to leave the European Union, according to the National Institute of Economic and Social Research.
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28 Jul 16
Switzerland is one of ten countries said to have made sound progress toward greater tax transparency in recent years, according to the OECD.
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27 Jul 16
Only three major developed economies saw real-term falls in wages from 2007-15, despite the financial crisis, an analysis has found today.
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26 Jul 16
Enthusiastic commitment from governments is an “indispensible prerequisite” to building tax capacity in developing countries, four of the world’s most prominent international institutions have said.
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22 Jul 16
Pressure on Denmark’s aid budget threatens to undermine the nation’s excellent record as one of the world’s most generous aid providers, the OECD has warned.
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21 Jul 16
Governments should use tax policy to boost growth and ensure the benefits of taxation are more equitably shared among citizens, the OECD has said.
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18 Jul 16
The involvement of the private sector is urgently needed to fill the substantial gap left by public money in funding the Sustainable Development Goals, according to the OECD.
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7 Jul 16
The Asian Development Bank has updated its anti-corruption policy to help member countries address the methods of tax secrecy and evasion unearthed in leaks like the Panama Papers.
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1 Jul 16
More than 80 countries convened in Kyoto, Japan yesterday to discuss global efforts to prevent corporate tax avoidance and evasion as part of the OECD’s BEPS project.
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23 Jun 16
Governments must stop “dithering” on enhancing the digital economy or risk missing out on its huge economic and social benefits, the OECD has warned.
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23 Jun 16
The OECD has urged Mexico to encourage the productive use of its wealth of open data, which has yet to have a substantial impact on the country’s economy or society.
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21 Jun 16
New rules to combat corporate tax avoidance by multinational companies are to be adopted across the European Union after member states agreed a package of measures today.