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" It takes collaboration across a community to develop better skills for better lives. "
Jose Angel Gurria
Community
Skills
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" Most businesses do not take governments seriously when it comes to climate, primarily because many governments have inconsistent and incoherent policies and then often keep changing them, sometimes retroactively. This makes businesses reluctant to invest in greener technologies. "
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" Every single stage of reform becomes more difficult because you use political capital. "
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" Labour and land are always politically sensitive. "
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" 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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" 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. "
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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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" Countries like Japan do not have to change their cultures to address their educational shortcomings; they simply have to adjust their policies and practices. "
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" I feel confident that leaders will rise to this challenge with a stronger commitment to tackle climate change and seize the economic opportunities that a post-carbon world has to offer. "
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" I was strongly against Brexit. I speechified against Brexit. "
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" The euro is going to continue to be the largest single trading block. "
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" There is no reason for women to trail behind men in social, economic, and political outcomes. "
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" The OECD deals with the economic aspects of a host of issues, including education, health, and the environment. "
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" The whole banking sector in Mexico was literally bankrupt. For whatever reason, instead of intervening in the sector or supporting the banks, the government expropriated them. We went through the very laborious period of selling the failing banks to the wealthy people of Mexico. "
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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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Stronger
" 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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" Nobody in their right mind will even attempt or even think of leaving the European Union, because they will understand that it is not in their best interest. "
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Best
Mind
" Ending our reliance on fossil fuels was never going to be easy. "
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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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" Water security is not just for domestic policies. International co-operation is crucial to sustainably manage trans-boundary water bodies and river basins. "
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Water
" It is not good to cut exports or imports. "
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Imports
Cut
Exports
" 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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" 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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Design
" Japan's future prospects depend on ensuring fiscal sustainability over the long term. "
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" Providing investors with recourse against governments is valuable. "
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Against
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" Economic resources are not all that matter in people's lives. "
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People
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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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" 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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Knowledge
Most
Education
" 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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" Reforms to product and labour markets, education, innovation, green growth, competition, taxes, health - they are the things that should be the object of our primary focus in the context of a long-term strategy to restore sustained growth. "
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Education
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" 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. "
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