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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. "

Jose Angel Gurria

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

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

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

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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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" 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 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. "

Jose Angel Gurria

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

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

" A more robust approach to global warming is needed if we are to avoid catastrophe. Unlike the recent financial crisis, there is no bailout option for the earth's climate. "

Jose Angel Gurria

" In the face of sluggish growth, aging societies, and increasing educational attainment of young women, the economic case for gender equality is clear. "

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? "

Jose Angel Gurria

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

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

" We need to achieve zero emissions from fossil fuel sources by the second half of the century. That doesn't mean by 2050 exactly, but it means by that time we need to be pretty much on the way to achieving it. "

Jose Angel Gurria

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

Jose Angel Gurria

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

Jose Angel Gurria

" The OECD advocates a risk-based approach to water security and is calling on governments to speed up their efforts to improve efficiency and effectiveness of water management. We recommend improving water pricing to recover costs and to reflect the value of water to users and society. "

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

" 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. "

Jose Angel Gurria

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

Jose Angel Gurria

" 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. "

Jose Angel Gurria

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

Jose Angel Gurria

" 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. "

Jose Angel Gurria

" 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. "

Jose Angel Gurria

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

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