2214 quotes by economists for you to enjoy

Providing investors with recourse against governments is valuable. Jose Angel Gurria

Valuable Recourse Investors Providing Governments Against

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. Jose Angel Gurria

Will Resources Examined Investors Putting Institutional Identify Policies Discourage Accounting Inadvertently Regulations International Assets Funding

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

Management Water Value Reflect Society Speed Approach Recommend Security Costs Recover Pricing Calling Advocate Governments Up Effectiveness Efficiency Improve Efforts Improving Users

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

Education Knowledge Achieve Valuable Systems Rapidly Student Students Most How Provides Reform Options Improving Information Capabilities International Assessment Program

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

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

Challenges Benefits Become Down Only Attention Global Academic Attracting Also Globally Policymakers Inequalities Biggest Literature Growing Income Among Growth

Words must be matched by action if change is to become lasting. Jose Angel Gurria

Change Words Become Action Lasting Must Matched

It isn't only rich countries that suffer from the effects of tax havens. Developing countries also lose billions of dollars in tax revenues due each year because wealthy individuals and some companies use tax havens to move assets and income offshore. Jose Angel Gurria

Year Lose Rich Wealthy Some Haven Only Developing Developing Countries Individuals Countries Also Because Revenues Due Dollars Effects Offshore Move Tax Tax Revenues Rich Countries Use Companies Billions Billions Of Dollars Each Income Suffer Each Year Assets

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. Jose Angel Gurria

Will Must Haven Shared Until Protect Principles Revenues Loss Effective Nations Tax Against Co-Operation Themselves Transparency Applied Need

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. Jose Angel Gurria

World Financial Will Thrive Important Weak Cleaner Step Towards Economy Fairer Important Step Been Lack Achieved Transparency Regulation Rid World Economy