Words must be matched by action if change is to become lasting. — Jose Angel Gurria Action 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
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 Competition Copy Share Image
There probably could be some mileage in running a comparative study about how best to finance electoral campaigns around the world. — Jose Angel Gurria Around 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
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
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
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
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
Governments can and do expropriate investors or discriminate against them. Domestic judicial and administrative systems provide investors with one option for protecting… — Jose Angel Gurria Against 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
We never tell countries that they should have a particular number in terms of a tax number, you know, if countries can… — Jose Angel Gurria Apply Copy Share Image
The G7 doesn't have a permanent secretariat. The OECD can help the G8 and set the agenda for them. The secretary general… — Jose Angel Gurria General Copy Share Image
The social contract is starting to unravel in many countries. — Jose Angel Gurria Contracts Copy Share Image
We need to achieve zero emissions from fossil fuel sources by the second half of the century. That doesn't mean by 2050… — Jose Angel Gurria Achieve Copy Share Image
The City of London is always going to be there and will continue to be important. — Jose Angel Gurria Always 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 Best Copy Share Image
I was strongly against Brexit. I speechified against Brexit. — Jose Angel Gurria Against 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 Always Copy Share Image
Improving the quality of our lives should be the ultimate target of public policies. But public policies can only deliver best fruit… — Jose Angel Gurria Fruit Copy Share Image
Creating a global platform for collaboration in education research and innovation has been the PISA initiative's aspiration from its conception in the… — Jose Angel Gurria Collaboration 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 Developing Copy Share Image
