Ending our reliance on fossil fuels was never going to be easy. — Jose Angel Gurria Climate Copy Share Image
Economic resources are not all that matter in people's lives. — Jose Angel Gurria Economic Copy Share Image
Words must be matched by action if change is to become lasting. — Jose Angel Gurria Action Copy Share Image
There is no reason for women to trail behind men in social, economic, and political outcomes. — Jose Angel Gurria Feminism Copy Share Image
Why did we lose Brexit? Why, because 60 per cent of youth didn't believe they needed to go and vote. — Jose Angel Gurria Believe Copy Share Image
Uncertainty and fears of social decline and exclusion have reached the middle class in many societies. — Jose Angel Gurria Class Copy Share Image
The OECD should promote everything that's consistent with its mandate, which is to make the world economy work better. — Jose Angel Gurria Better Copy Share Image
Governments need to be seriously sceptical about whether new coal provides a good deal for their citizens. — Jose Angel Gurria Climate Copy Share Image
It will be crucial the E.U. and the U.K. maintain the closest economic relationship possible. — Jose Angel Gurria Closest Copy Share Image
We cannot sustain long-term growth in our economies if we do not protect and preserve our environment. — Jose Angel Gurria Cannot 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
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
Countries like Japan do not have to change their cultures to address their educational shortcomings; they simply have to adjust their policies… — Jose Angel Gurria Adjust Copy Share Image
I feel confident that leaders will rise to this challenge with a stronger commitment to tackle climate change and seize the economic… — Jose Angel Gurria Change Copy Share Image
We need to focus much more on the bottom 40 per cent. They are losing ground, and the fact that they are… — Jose Angel Gurria Economic growth 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 Best 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
Principles of fair and equitable treatment included in many treaties are uncontroversial as general principles of good public governance. — Jose Angel Gurria General 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
We need better measures of people's expectations and levels of satisfaction, of how they spend their time, of their relations with other… — Jose Angel Gurria Expectations Copy Share Image
While we have put an utmost emphasis on Gross Domestic Products (GDP) as a barometer for the overall economy until now, we… — Jose Angel Gurria Attention 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
The whole banking sector in Mexico was literally bankrupt. For whatever reason, instead of intervening in the sector or supporting the banks,… — Jose Angel Gurria Government Copy Share Image
By assessing the capabilities and knowledge of students in the highest-performing and most rapidly improving education systems, the OECD's Program for International… — Jose Angel Gurria Assessment Copy Share Image
Ensuring a better future for all South Africans will require increased access to higher education, a stronger and fairer labour market, deeper… — Jose Angel Gurria Better future 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 Better 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
You can accuse Europeans of being many things - except fast. — Jose Angel Gurria Accuse Copy Share Image
The euro is going to continue to be the largest single trading block. — Jose Angel Gurria Continue Copy Share Image
The OECD deals with the economic aspects of a host of issues, including education, health, and the environment. — Jose Angel Gurria Economic Copy Share Image
History is full of lessons for how water crises could have been avoided or better managed. — Jose Angel Gurria Better Copy Share Image
The idea that if governments open up and become more democratic they will fall is a false dilemma. — Jose Angel Gurria Become 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
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
