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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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" 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. "

Jose Angel Gurria

Attention

Challenges

Growing

" There is no upside for the U.K. in Brexit. Only costs that can be avoided and advantages to be seized by remaining in Europe. No one should have to pay the Brexit tax. "

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

" 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. "

" Economic resources are not all that matter in people's lives. "

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

" 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. "

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

" Japan's future prospects depend on ensuring fiscal sustainability over the long term. "

" The City of London is always going to be there and will continue to be important. "

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

Jose Angel Gurria

Dilemma

Fall

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

" The G7 doesn't have a permanent secretariat. The OECD can help the G8 and set the agenda for them. The secretary general of the OECD should be going to them proactively and discussing issues and priorities. "

" Words must be matched by action if change is to become lasting. "

" We are dealing with the greater challenges of globalisation. It is generating, in many cases, an increase in the levels of inequality in societies... that is undesirable. "

" Ensuring a better future for all South Africans will require increased access to higher education, a stronger and fairer labour market, deeper participation in regional markets, and a regulatory framework that fosters entrepreneurship and allows small businesses to thrive. "

" 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. "

" The OECD deals with the economic aspects of a host of issues, including education, health, and the environment. "

" If the world is to avoid a collision with nature - one that humanity surely cannot win - we must act boldly on every front, particularly with respect to carbon pricing and the coherence of our economic and energy policies. "

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

Jose Angel Gurria

Stage

Difficult

" 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

Growth

Need

" We are totally schizophrenic. We are trying to reduce emissions, and we subsidize the consumption of fossil fuels. "

" Everywhere, you have a fatigue for reform... that's very serious. "

" Some refugees will find it relatively easy to find jobs. A university-educated Syrian civil engineer arriving in Munich will need to learn some German, but once this is done, he or she is unlikely to have to wait too long before employers come knocking. "

" Why did we lose Brexit? Why, because 60 per cent of youth didn't believe they needed to go and vote. "

" Coal is the most carbon-intensive fuel available for electricity generation. The most urgent threat to climate policy is the scale of new investments in unabated coal-fired electricity generation still being planned. "

" In a country like Mexico, you can't forget about poverty - about how half of the population lives in poverty, and how half of that half live in extreme poverty. "

" In order to encourage private investors to pursue long-term, responsible projects, governments need to promote consistent policies and frameworks. "

" You do need more revenues, and you do need to cut expenses. But you also don't want to go in a direction whereby increasing taxes creates a reticence to create new jobs. You don't want to increase taxes on work. You don't want to increase taxes on investment and the creation of wealth. "

" Principles of fair and equitable treatment included in many treaties are uncontroversial as general principles of good public governance. "