OECD [to 30 May 2015]
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Governments must step up efforts to tackle youth unemployment
27-May-2015
More than 35 million young people, aged 16-29, across OECD countries are neither employed nor in education or training (NEET). Overall, young people are twice as likely as prime-age workers to be unemployed. Governments need to do more to give young people a good start to their working lives and help them find work, according to a new OECD report.

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Members renew Angel Gurría’s mandate at the helm of the OECD
26-May-2015
The 34 Member countries of the OECD decided today to renew Secretary-General Angel Gurría’s mandate at the helm of the Organisation for the period 2016-2021. This unanimous decision was an acknowledgment of Secretary-General Gurría’s work to shape a more relevant, inclusive and open organisation.

Africa: making growth more inclusive hinges on unlocking potential of local economies, says the African Economic Outlook 2015
25-May-2015

With Africa’s population set to double by 2050, modernising local economies will be vital to make the continent more competitive and to increase people’s living standards, according to the African Economic Outlook 2015, released at the African Development Bank Group’s 50th Annual Meetings.