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" Every single stage of reform becomes more difficult because you use political capital. "

Jose Angel Gurria

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" I have family who are British citizens and who want to be citizens of the world and citizens of the E.U. "

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" Ending our reliance on fossil fuels was never going to be easy. "

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" Integrity delivers better lives. "

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" It takes collaboration across a community to develop better skills for better lives. "

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" Those who argue for Brexit are wrong, and that is because they have not been properly informed about the costs. "

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" Transparency and effective tax co-operation must be shared principles applied by all. Until they are, nations will need to protect themselves against loss of revenues to tax havens. "

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" Our planet is warming dangerously. "

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" I was an economist out of the National University of Mexico, where you lived the realities of Mexico all the time. "

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" The OECD should promote everything that's consistent with its mandate, which is to make the world economy work better. "

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" At the OECD, we stand ready to continue to help our member and partner countries to design, promote, and implement Better Policies for Better Lives. "

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" Gender equality is essential for ensuring that men and women can contribute fully at home, at work, and in public life for the betterment of societies and economies at large. "

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" I say just put a big fat tax on carbon. "

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" In a world that places a growing premium on social skills, education systems need to do much better at fostering those skills systematically across the school curriculum. "

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" In a globally interdependent world, a better financial and investment system cannot be achieved on a country-by-country basis. There may be no one-size-fits-all model for economic development, but without global standards and complementary regulations, the long-term outlook for the world economy will remain bleak. "

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" We need to focus much more on the bottom 40 per cent. They are losing ground, and the fact that they are losing ground blocks social mobility and brings down economic growth. "

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" Israel has been doing very well, but there are challenges the country faces, like poverty and social integration of the Orthodox, Arab, Beduin, and Ethiopian population, which will be essential for sustaining strong growth over time. "

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" When a large financial institution is allowed to fail, you put in jeopardy hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people. "

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" High levels of inequality generate high costs for society, dampening social mobility, undermining the labour market prospects of vulnerable social groups, and creating social unrest. "

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" Israel should share its great wealth with its neighbors, like the Palestinians, in areas like governance and investment as well as the building of institutions. "

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" European leaders cannot afford to be afraid. The refugee crisis is not one from which they can opt out. No magic wand will empower leaders to transport more than a million people back across the Aegean and the Bosphorus to Mosul and Aleppo, or across the Mediterranean to Eritrea, Somalia, and Sudan. "

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" When, as an individual, you are not paying taxes, it is evasion. As a corporate, it is legal shrewdness or tax engineering. "

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" Regulations for international accounting and funding will have to be examined to identify policies that inadvertently discourage institutional investors from putting their resources into longer-term, illiquid assets. "

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" The home is the planet. Unless you're a Martian, you know, we're sharing the planet. And - and the emissions don't stop and CO2 doesn't stop with the border between France, Spain or between Canada and the United States. "

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" If we want a stronger, cleaner, and fairer world economy, we need to deal with the controversial areas of globalisation, such as tax havens. "

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" History is full of lessons for how water crises could have been avoided or better managed. "

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" Providing investors with recourse against governments is valuable. "

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" The U.K. is much stronger as a part of Europe, and Europe is much stronger with the U.K. as a driving force. "

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" By assessing the capabilities and knowledge of students in the highest-performing and most rapidly improving education systems, the OECD's Program for International Student Assessment provides valuable options for reform and information on how to achieve it. "

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" Some politicians fear the burden that migrants will impose on local communities and taxpayers. Others fear extremists masquerading as genuine refugees. "

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