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" Governments need to be seriously sceptical about whether new coal provides a good deal for their citizens. "

Jose Angel Gurria

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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. "

Jose Angel Gurria

" There is no reason for women to trail behind men in social, economic, and political outcomes. "

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" Uncertainty and fears of social decline and exclusion have reached the middle class in many societies. "

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" The benefits of growth have not trickled down. Income inequalities have become one of the biggest global challenges, attracting growing attention not only in academic literature but also among policymakers globally. "

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" If we can rid the world of financial centres that thrive on lack of transparency, non-cooperation, and weak regulation, an important step towards a fairer and cleaner world economy will have been achieved. "

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

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

Jose Angel Gurria

" We never tell countries that they should have a particular number in terms of a tax number, you know, if countries can make do with whatever average tax they have. The question is, do they apply it to everybody? Or do they give sweetheart deals to some companies? "

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" Creating a global platform for collaboration in education research and innovation has been the PISA initiative's aspiration from its conception in the late 1990s. "

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" Our planet is warming dangerously. "

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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. "

Jose Angel Gurria

" I said a vote to leave would be a Brexit tax. I couldn't think of anything stronger than that. "

Jose Angel Gurria

" It will be crucial the E.U. and the U.K. maintain the closest economic relationship possible. "

Jose Angel Gurria

" Israel is a producer of growth. "

Jose Angel Gurria

" Some challenges remain, but the bottom line is that low-carbon options can and should play a much greater role in energy supply. "

Jose Angel Gurria

" We need better measures of people's expectations and levels of satisfaction, of how they spend their time, of their relations with other people... We need to focus on stocks as much as on flows, and we need to broaden the range of assets that we consider important to sustain our well-being. "

Jose Angel Gurria

" 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. "

Jose Angel Gurria

" The idea that if governments open up and become more democratic they will fall is a false dilemma. "

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" To give students the best possible chance to succeed, education must prepare them to handle issues that transcend national boundaries. "

Jose Angel Gurria

" 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. "

Jose Angel Gurria

" More dangerous than voting for change... is that people no longer vote because they have lost trust not only in governments but in democracy. "

Jose Angel Gurria

" Governments must address inconsistencies in their energy strategies, consider the links with broader economic policies, and stop sending mixed signals to consumers, producers, and investors. In particular, they must assess whether the right regulatory arrangements are in place to allow clean-energy investments to compete on a risk-return basis. "

Jose Angel Gurria

" I think there are going to be more countries joining the euro. "

Jose Angel Gurria

" If you are trying to favor the unions by having more rigid labor market and keeping wages very high, you could be blocking people from getting new jobs. "

Jose Angel Gurria

" The euro is going to continue to be the largest single trading block. "

Jose Angel Gurria

" 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. "

Jose Angel Gurria

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

Jose Angel Gurria

" The OECD should respond directly to the specific needs of the member countries. You basically say, 'What works?' You don't have to go on a discovery trip. It's all there; you just call them, and they know. It's like a knowledge bank. "

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