Definitions
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- abbreviation Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
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- initialism The
Organisation forEconomic Co-operation andDevelopment .
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Examples
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The average net debt to GDP ratio in the OECD is around 45 per cent while for Australia it is below zero.
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But the OECD is active in other areas as well, including the important issue of pollution.
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The Minister welcomed what he termed the OECD's fair and balanced assessment of the Irish economy and said it should be "compulsory reading" for understanding the challenges the country faces.
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Most tellingly, before 1980, the report states, rates of obesity in OECD countries were generally below 10 percent.
Most Overweight Nations: OECD Report (PHOTOS) Curtis M. Wong 2010
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The average for the OECD is 19% and in the US the average is 13%.
Think Progress » ExxonMobil paid no federal income tax in 2009. (Updated) 2010
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Average spending on public pensions across the OECD is now the equivalent of more than 7% of GDP (they cost America just 0.2% back in 1935).
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The average for the OECD is 19% and in the US the average is 13%.
Think Progress » ExxonMobil paid no federal income tax in 2009. (Updated) 2010
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Most tellingly, before 1980, the report states, rates of obesity in OECD countries were generally below 10 percent.
Most Overweight Nations: OECD Report (PHOTOS) Curtis M. Wong 2010
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The average for the OECD is 19% and in the US the average is 13%.
Think Progress » ExxonMobil paid no federal income tax in 2009. (Updated) 2010
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The average for the OECD is 19% and in the US the average is 13%.
Think Progress » ExxonMobil paid no federal income tax in 2009. (Updated) 2010
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