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EU Health Commissioner Launches "Better Training for Safer Food in Africa"

added: 06-04-2009

In an effort to help developing countries improve their food safety systems for the benefit of their populations and economies, EU Health Commissioner, Androulla Vassiliou, launched a new initiative – "Better Training for Safer Food in Africa – BTSF-Africa."

Many Teenagers in OECD Countries Lack Environmental Science Grounding

added: 04-04-2009

Teenagers in OECD countries are mostly well aware of environmental issues but often know little about their causes, raising questions about how well societies will be equipped to tackle such challenges in the future, according to a new OECD publication.

Following G20 OECD Delivers on Tax Pledge

added: 03-04-2009

The Conference Board Maintains That Global Growth Rates Are In Positive Territory

added: 03-04-2009

The Conference Board reports that global output growth in 2009 will be slow but remains positive at 1.3% for 2009. The Conference Board points at large discrepancies in the global economy this year, with advanced economies experiencing a strong contraction in output at -2.5% on average, and emerging economies pulling the world economy along at a reasonable pace of 5.0% on average.

Annual Inflation in OECD Area Unchanged at 1.3% in February 2009

added: 03-04-2009

Consumer price inflation in the OECD area remained at 1.3% in the year to February 2009. Month-onmonth, prices rose by 0.4% in February, the first tangible positive increase since July 2008.

Fitch: Latest Global Economic Forecasts

added: 02-04-2009

In its latest Global Economic Outlook, Fitch Ratings updates its forecasts for GDP in 2009 which have been revised downwards very sharply, reflecting the abrupt fall in activity and trade at the end of last year, evidence of much more rapid deleveraging by the US household sector, and precipitous declines in business investment. This is not only the widest but now also the deepest global recession experienced since WWII. Nevertheless Fitch still expects a return to positive, albeit, weak, growth in 2010 in response to unprecedented fiscal and monetary policy stimulus.

As Global Economy Deteriorates, World Bank Predicts Sharply Slower Growth in Developing World In 2009

added: 01-04-2009

GDP growth in the developing world will slow to a projected 2.1 percent in 2009 from 5.8 percent in 2008, according to World Bank estimates. The Bank has more than halved its November 2008 projection of 4.4 percent growth in developing countries in 2009, reflecting the rapid deterioration of global financial and economic conditions.

Massive Rise in Unemployment Needs Fast, Decisive Response, says OECD’s Gurria

added: 01-04-2009

Crisis Hurting Developing World, G-20 Must Restore Confidence

added: 01-04-2009

World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick said there would be a sharp slowdown in economic growth in the developing world this year, putting more poor people at risk, and the Group of 20 must not shrink from combining ideas and actions to restore confidence in the world economy.

GDP to Plummet 4.3 Percent Across OECD Countries in 2009 as Unemployment Climbs Sharply

added: 01-04-2009

Economic activity is expected to plummet by an average 4.3 percent in the OECD area in 2009 while by the end of 2010 unemployment rates in many countries will reach double figures for the first time since the early 1990s, according to the OECD’s Economic Outlook Interim Report.

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