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Germany is a member of the Council of Europe, European Union, European Space Agency, G4, G8, International Monetary Fund, NATO, OECD, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, UNO, World Bank Group and the World Trade Organization.

The country was admitted to the United Nations in 1955 and is a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ), the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade / World Trade Organization ( GATT / WTO ), the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ( OSCE ), and the Council of Europe.

In the 1990s, initiatives were taken at an international level ( in particular by the European Community, the Council of Europe, the OECD ) to put a ban on corruption: in 1996, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, for instance, adopted a comprehensive Programme of Action against Corruption and, subsequently, issued a series of anti-corruption standard-setting instruments:

In 1950, he was president of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Council of Europe, and he was vice-president of the Organisation for European Economic Co-operation ( OEEC, later OECD ) in 1948 – 51.

However, in 1996, in an effort to discourage bribery, the OECD Council recommended that member countries cease to allow the tax-deductibility of bribes to foreign officials.

In 1980, in an effort to create a comprehensive data protection system throughout Europe, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development ( OECD ) issued its “ Recommendations of the Council Concerning Guidelines Governing the Protection of Privacy and Trans-Border Flows of Personal Data .” The seven principles governing the OECD ’ s recommendations for protection of personal data were:

Although the OECD had structures for dealing with energy questions such as the Council, the Executive Committee, the Oil Committee, and the Energy Committee, it could not respond effectively to the crisis.

The OECD HPV Programme is supported by the International Council of Chemical Associations ( ICCA ) and is being carried out cooperatively by the chemical industry.

Besides bilateral treaties, also multialteral countries are in place: Countries of the European Union ( EU ) have also entered into a multilateral agreement with respect to value added taxes under auspices of the EU, while a joint treaty of the Council of Europe and the OECD exists open to all nations.

Although geographically only 3 % of Turkey lies in Europe, Turkey has a similar economic system, has a customs union with the European Union in addition to being an official candidate for membership, and is a member of typical Western organisations such as OECD, Council of Europe, and NATO.

The NEA Secretariat serves seven specialized standing technical committees under the leadership of the Steering Committee for Nuclear Energy-the governing body of the NEA-which reports directly to the OECD Council.

# To engage in advocacy at a national and international level, such as making representations to bodies such as the United Nations, the Council of Europe and the OECD ;

After the ten founding members, Turkey was one of the first countries to become a member of the Council of Europe in 1949, and was also a founding member of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ) in 1961 and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ( OSCE ) in 1973.

He was a founding member of the Young Presidents Organization, Chairman of the Commission on Multinational Enterprises of the International Chamber of Commerce, Chairman of the Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD and founding member of the Canada India Business Council.

Recommendation 27 – Working with the provinces and territories, the Health Council of Canada should establish a national framework for measuring and assessing the quality and safety of Canada ’ s health care system, comparing the outcomes with other OECD countries, and reporting regularly to Canadians.

In 1994, the OECD Ministerial Council adopted the Recommendation of the Council on Bribery in International Business Transactions ; the revised recommendation was adopted in 2007.

While authorizing the negotiations, the OECD Ministerial Council aimed to reach a " broad multilateral framework for international investment with high standards for the liberalization of investment regimes and investment protection and with effective dispute-settlement procedures.

The target deadline to finish the negotiations, set by the OECD Ministerial Council, was mid-1997.

Social transfers are also around OECD median.

It also seeks membership in the OECD and other Western organizations.

It also suggests that each of us prefers one mode over the other ( OECD 2007 ).

The government also carried out substantial financial and economical reforms, joined the OECD in 1996, but met crisis with political and financial scandals.

Taiwan is also an observer at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ) under the name Chinese Taipei.

To some degree this is simply a stylistic change, similar to the decline in the use of " panic " to refer to financial crises, but it does also reflect that the economic cycle – both in the United States and in most OECD countries – though not in all – has been more moderate since 1945.

In 2010, the OECD ( the Organization of Economic Co-operation and Development ) encouraged the governments of advanced economies to embrace policies to increase innovation and knowledge in products and services as an economical path to continued prosperity .. International policies also often address human capital flight, which is the loss of talented or trained persons from a country that invested in them, to another country which benefits from their arrival without investing in them.

( Estimates for other countries are also available from the OECD.

The OECD also collects comparative statistics, and has published brief country profiles.

Indeed, Flemish and Walloon economies differ in many respects ( consider for instance Eurostats and OECD statistics ), and cities like Brussels, Antwerp, Liège, Bruges, Charleroi or Ghent also exhibit significant differences.

Research and development spending is also high in France at 2. 26 % of GDP, the fourth highest in the OECD.

This means, that they not only are biodegradable according to OECD 301x test methods, but also the aquatic toxicities ( fish, algae, daphnie ) are each above 100 mg / L.

The International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) use a particular set of definitions for the BOP accounts, which is also used by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development ( OECD ), and the United Nations System of National Accounts ( SNA ).

' Economic statistics ' may also refer to a subtopic of official statistics produced by official organizations ( e. g. statistical institutes, intergovernmental organizations such as United Nations, European Union or OECD, central banks, ministries, etc .).

This form of tourism is also becoming generally more popular throughout the world, and a recent OECD report has highlighted the role that cultural tourism can play in regional development in different world regions.

Economic statistics may also refer to a subtopic of official statistics for data produced by official organizations ( e. g. national statistical services, intergovernmental organizations such as United Nations, European Union or OECD, central banks, ministries, etc .).

Each goal uses indicators based on statistical series collected and maintained by respected organisations in each relevant field ( usually the UN agency responsible but also the OECD, IMF and World Bank )

Gross also advises foreign companies on non-U. S. countries and opportunities and informs clients regarding the International Telecommunication Union ( ITU ), Organization for Economic Cooperation Development ( OECD ), Asia Pacific Economic Cooperative ( APEC ), as well as other international bodies.

The OECD also found that even in some of the very poor rural areas the performance is close to the OECD average ..

Statistics Belgium is also the official representative of Belgium to international organisations such as Eurostat and OECD.

Canada has the tenth largest economy in the world ( measured in US dollars at market exchange rates ), is one of the world's wealthiest nations, and is a member of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ) and Group of Eight ( G8 ).

Following Gibraltar's signing of 12 additional Tax Information Exchange Agreements ( TIEAs ), as of October 2009, with jurisdictions including the UK, US and Germany, to sum 13, Gibraltar is currently listed in the OECD " white list ", and is considered a jurisdiction that has substantially implemented the tax standard.

The GDP growth rate has since been one of the highest of OECD countries and Finland has topped many indicators of national performance.

Yet, the ability to establish and conduct business easily has been cause for economic hardship ; the 2010 the World Economic Forum ranked Poland near the bottom of OECD countries in terms of the clarity, efficiency and neutrality of the legal framework used by firms to settle disputes.

The educational gender gap in Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development ( OECD ) countries has been reduced over the last 30 years.

It now has 41 members, including all Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ) members except Mexico, the European Commission, all 27 Member States of the European Union, Croatia, Ukraine and Argentina.

However, countries have applied neoliberal policies at varying levels of intensity ; for example, the OECD ( Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development ) has calculated that only 6 % of Swedish workers are beset with wages it considers low, and that Swedish wages are overall lower due to their lack of neoliberal policies John Schmitt and Ben Zipperer ( 2006 ) of the CEPR have analyzed the effects of intensive Anglo-American neoliberal policies in comparison to continental European neoliberalism, concluding " The U. S. economic and social model is associated with substantial levels of social exclusion, including high levels of income inequality, high relative and absolute poverty rates, poor and unequal educational outcomes, poor health outcomes, and high rates of crime and incarceration.

The OECD has employed Porat's definition for calculating the share of the information economy in the total economy ( e. g. OECD 1981, 1986 ).

OECD has recognized Aguascalientes as having the best business climate standards in the world.

One of the most influential guidelines has been the OECD Principles of Corporate Governance — published in 1999 and revised in 2004.

The OECD has published guidelines based on the arm's length principle, which are followed, in whole or in part, by many of its member countries in adopting rules.

However, as the OECD has a rule of unanimity and not all member states were not ready to participate.

The Financial Times has used the label the " New Seven Sisters " to describe a group of what it argues are the most influential national oil and gas companies based in countries outside of the OECD.

For example, when refundable tax credits and other tax incentives are included across the entire income spectrum, the United States has the most progressive income tax code among its peer nations ; although its overall income tax rates are below the OECD average.

Occasional errors and revisions accounts for some past criticism while the allocation of Private Finance Initiative expenditure ( albeit following OECD and international statistical guidelines according to who carries the risk ) has attracted political attention.

Originally an OECD standard, it has become an acknowledged standard in R & D studies all over the world and is widely used by various organisations associated with the United Nations and European Union.

Nevertheless, OECD has removed 18 countries, including Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Luxembourg, from a so-called " grey list " of nations that did not offer sufficient tax transparency, and has re-categorized them as “ white list ” nations.