Mexican - Economist | May 8, 1950 -
Integrity delivers better lives.
Jose Angel Gurria
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We are dealing with the greater challenges of globalisation. It is generating, in many cases, an increase in the levels of inequality in societies... that is undesirable.
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Our mission is to make the world economy work better.
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One of the greatest challenges of democracies today is the question of financing campaigns. It's a tremendous challenge. Obviously I think the solution is to have the governments pay for all the campaigns and not to have any private contributions.
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There probably could be some mileage in running a comparative study about how best to finance electoral campaigns around the world.
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Japan's future prospects depend on ensuring fiscal sustainability over the long term.
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Ensuring a better future for all South Africans will require increased access to higher education, a stronger and fairer labour market, deeper participation in regional markets, and a regulatory framework that fosters entrepreneurship and allows small businesses to thrive.
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Governments need to be seriously sceptical about whether new coal provides a good deal for their citizens.
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Coal is the most carbon-intensive fuel available for electricity generation. The most urgent threat to climate policy is the scale of new investments in unabated coal-fired electricity generation still being planned.
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Some challenges remain, but the bottom line is that low-carbon options can and should play a much greater role in energy supply.
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We need to achieve zero emissions from fossil fuel sources by the second half of the century. That doesn't mean by 2050 exactly, but it means by that time we need to be pretty much on the way to achieving it.
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We are totally schizophrenic. We are trying to reduce emissions, and we subsidize the consumption of fossil fuels.
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