I think there are going to be more countries joining the euro. — Jose Angel Gurria Countries Copy Share Image
We are totally schizophrenic. We are trying to reduce emissions, and we subsidize the consumption of fossil fuels. — Jose Angel Gurria Climate Copy Share Image
The OECD deals with the economic aspects of a host of issues, including education, health, and the environment. — Jose Angel Gurria Copy Share Image
Ending our reliance on fossil fuels was never going to be easy. — Jose Angel Gurria Climate Copy Share Image
The euro is going to continue to be the largest single trading block. — Jose Angel Gurria Copy Share Image
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 British Copy Share Image
I said a vote to leave would be a Brexit tax. I couldn't think of anything stronger than that. — Jose Angel Gurria Copy Share Image
Everywhere, you have a fatigue for reform... that's very serious. — Jose Angel Gurria Copy Share Image
Unlike other essential goods, like clothing, shelter, or food, we take cheap or even free water for granted. It often takes a… — Jose Angel Gurria Cybersecurity Copy Share Image
It doesn't really matter who owns things so long there is enough competition, which means lower pricing, better quality goods, more variety,… — Jose Angel Gurria Copy Share Image
To give students the best possible chance to succeed, education must prepare them to handle issues that transcend national boundaries. — Jose Angel Gurria Copy Share Image
Every country faces its own obstacles to reaching gender equality, and to make a real difference, we must change public policies in… — Jose Angel Gurria Change Copy Share Image
Coal is the most carbon-intensive fuel available for electricity generation. The most urgent threat to climate policy is the scale of new… — Jose Angel Gurria Climate Copy Share Image
There is no upside for the U.K. in Brexit. Only costs that can be avoided and advantages to be seized by remaining… — Jose Angel Gurria Brexit Copy Share Image
In the face of sluggish growth, aging societies, and increasing educational attainment of young women, the economic case for gender equality is… — Jose Angel Gurria Equality Copy Share Image
Our leaders must get to grips with the huge risk that carbon dioxide emissions pose to the economy and the environment. As… — Jose Angel Gurria Copy Share Image
The OECD advocates a risk-based approach to water security and is calling on governments to speed up their efforts to improve efficiency… — Jose Angel Gurria Cybersecurity Copy Share Image
It isn't only rich countries that suffer from the effects of tax havens. Developing countries also lose billions of dollars in tax… — Jose Angel Gurria Copy Share Image
Most businesses do not take governments seriously when it comes to climate, primarily because many governments have inconsistent and incoherent policies and… — Jose Angel Gurria Business Copy Share Image
You do need more revenues, and you do need to cut expenses. But you also don't want to go in a direction… — Jose Angel Gurria Creation Copy Share Image
The concept of national treatment is a core component of investment and trade agreements. It promotes valuable competition on a level playing… — Jose Angel Gurria China Copy Share Image
In a globally interdependent world, a better financial and investment system cannot be achieved on a country-by-country basis. There may be no… — Jose Angel Gurria Copy Share Image
Our work at the OECD shows that migration, if well managed, can spur growth and innovation. Unfortunately, in the past, migration has… — Jose Angel Gurria Copy Share Image
We need to make growth greener, to make our economic and environmental policies more compatible and even mutually-reinforcing. This is not just… — Jose Angel Gurria Copy Share Image
We cannot sustain long-term growth in our economies if we do not protect and preserve our environment. — Jose Angel Gurria Copy Share Image
When, as an individual, you are not paying taxes, it is evasion. As a corporate, it is legal shrewdness or tax engineering. — Jose Angel Gurria Engineering Copy Share Image
Providing investors with recourse against governments is valuable. — Jose Angel Gurria Copy Share Image
I was an economist out of the National University of Mexico, where you lived the realities of Mexico all the time. — Jose Angel Gurria Mexico Copy Share Image
Words must be matched by action if change is to become lasting. — Jose Angel Gurria Action Copy Share Image
Those who argue for Brexit are wrong, and that is because they have not been properly informed about the costs. — Jose Angel Gurria Brexit Copy Share Image
The idea that if governments open up and become more democratic they will fall is a false dilemma. — Jose Angel Gurria Copy Share Image
Israel has been doing very well, but there are challenges the country faces, like poverty and social integration of the Orthodox, Arab,… — Jose Angel Gurria Challenges Copy Share Image
We are dealing with the greater challenges of globalisation. It is generating, in many cases, an increase in the levels of inequality… — Jose Angel Gurria Challenges Copy Share Image
If you are trying to favor the unions by having more rigid labor market and keeping wages very high, you could be… — Jose Angel Gurria Labor Copy Share Image
Many governments are giving subsidies to fossil fuel production and consumption that encourage greenhouse gas emissions, at the same time as they… — Jose Angel Gurria Budgets Copy Share Image
Principles of fair and equitable treatment included in many treaties are uncontroversial as general principles of good public governance. — Jose Angel Gurria Copy Share Image
Some challenges remain, but the bottom line is that low-carbon options can and should play a much greater role in energy supply. — Jose Angel Gurria Bottom line Copy Share Image
Gender equality is essential for ensuring that men and women can contribute fully at home, at work, and in public life for… — Jose Angel Gurria Equality Copy Share Image
Nobody in their right mind will even attempt or even think of leaving the European Union, because they will understand that it… — Jose Angel Gurria Copy Share Image
Israel should share its great wealth with its neighbors, like the Palestinians, in areas like governance and investment as well as the… — Jose Angel Gurria Copy Share Image
