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Montevideo, October 28th 2026 - 05:00 UTC

Tag: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

  • Tuesday, September 29th 2026 - 21:50 UTC

    Milei opens Argentina Week at the OECD and will meet Macron at the Élysée

    Friday will feature panels on energy and critical minerals, technology, artificial intelligence, international trade and fisheries. Milei will also receive an award from the Paris Economic Forum.

    Argentine President Javier Milei will lead Argentina Week in Paris from Wednesday, a gathering aimed at attracting European investment, with its main day on Thursday at the headquarters of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, ending that evening with a private meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Élysée Palace.

  • Monday, December 11th 2023 - 09:42 UTC

    Argentina to reapply for OECD membership

    The process could take years, Mondino said

    Argentina's new Foreign Minister Diana Mondino confirmed that her country would resume the process of joining the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), which had been initiated under President Mauricio Macri (2015-2019) but was dropped during the Alberto Fernández years (2019-2023).

  • Friday, October 7th 2022 - 10:18 UTC

    Brazil files key memorandum to join OECD

    Joining the OECD opens the door to perhaps a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council, explained Guedes.

    The Government of Brazil has taken yet another step toward joining the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) by sending the initial memorandum of accession, it was reported Thursday. The OECD brings together the most industrialized economies on the planet.

  • Wednesday, January 15th 2020 - 09:55 UTC

    US supports Brazil as first bid to join OECD, ahead of Argentina

    “We are building a solid partnership with the United States,” Foreign Minister Ernesto Araujo said in a twitter

    The United States' change of stance to support Brazil's bid to join the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) ahead of Argentina was welcomed by the Brazilian government on Tuesday.

  • Friday, June 1st 2018 - 07:45 UTC

    Global expansion in 2018/19 expected to hover near 4%, forecasts OECD

    “Economic expansion is set to continue for the coming two years, and short-term growth outlook is more favorable than it has been for years,” said Angel Gurria

    The global economy is experiencing stronger growth, driven by a rebound in trade, higher investment and buoyant job creation, and supported by very accommodative monetary policy and fiscal easing, according to the OECD’s latest Economic Outlook.

  • Thursday, March 22nd 2018 - 22:22 UTC

    Bank of England leaves rates unchanged for now, waiting for more Brexit data

    BOE said a majority of officials on its nine-member Monetary Policy Committee agreed to keep the central bank's benchmark interest rate steady at 0.5%

    The Bank of England signaled on Thursday that it remains on course to lift interest rates in Britain this year and next, as figures showed a yearlong squeeze on consumers caused by a steep fall in the pound appears to be coming to an end.

  • Wednesday, October 18th 2017 - 07:21 UTC

    OECD suggests “reversing the Brexit process” would boost the UK economy

    Chancellor, Philip Hammond, said the UK would consider the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)'s report and act where it could.

    Reversing the Brexit process would boost the UK economy, the international economic body, the OECD has said. A new referendum or a change of government leading to the UK staying within the EU would have a “significant” positive impact on growth, the OECD said.

  • Sunday, June 18th 2017 - 16:06 UTC

    Ambassador Kent: “Bilateral ties improving but Falkland islanders will define their own future”

    Ambassador Mark Kent: “We do not see Argentina as an enemy”

    The British ambassador to Argentina, Mark Kent, underlined the United Kingdom's intentions to “improve” bilateral relations and admitted a meeting between President Mauricio Macri and Prime Minister Theresa May within the framework of the G20 was possible. However, he made it clear that with regards to the Falkland Islands question “the islanders have the right to define their own future.”

  • Wednesday, December 7th 2016 - 11:38 UTC

    PISA global education survey has mostly Asian countries in the top ten

    Singapore was top of the class followed by Japan, Estonia, Taiwan and Finland. Japan and Canada, which came seventh, G7 nations fell lower in the data.

    Singapore has come top of the class in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) latest global education survey, with the Asian city-state's students the highest performing in tests on basic academic skills. Japan came in second in the OECD's survey, followed by Estonia, Taiwan and Finland. Japan and Canada, which came seventh, G7 nations fell lower in the data.

  • Wednesday, December 7th 2016 - 11:05 UTC

    Argentina excluded from OECD PISA academic tests: information deemed “insufficient”

    In the 2015 PISA, 7,500 Argentine students participated from 238 different schools, but the results won’t be counted, the country has been excluded.

    Argentina has not been included in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s ranking of education quality because the information provided by the country was deemed insufficient. The OECD-designed PISA test evaluates the academic performance of 15-year-olds in 71 countries around the world in math, science and reading comprehension. It’s been conducted every three years since 2000.

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