By assessing the capabilities and knowledge of students in the highest-performing and most rapidly improving education systems, the OECD’s Program for International Student Assessment provides valuable options for reform and information on how to achieve it. Jose Angel Gurria Read Quote
To give students the best possible chance to succeed, education must prepare them to handle issues that transcend national boundaries. Jose Angel Gurria Read Quote
The OECD advocates a risk-based approach to water security and is calling on governments to speed up their efforts to improve efficiency and effectiveness of water management. We recommend improving water pricing to recover costs and to reflect the value of water to users and society. Jose Angel Gurria Read Quote
History is full of lessons for how water crises could have been avoided or better managed. Jose Angel Gurria Read Quote
Water security is not just for domestic policies. International co-operation is crucial to sustainably manage trans-boundary water bodies and river basins. Jose Angel Gurria Read Quote
Regulations for international accounting and funding will have to be examined to identify policies that inadvertently discourage institutional investors from putting their resources into longer-term, illiquid assets. Jose Angel Gurria Read Quote
It doesn’t really matter who owns things so long there is enough competition, which means lower pricing, better quality goods, more variety, and an economy where the consumers are the big winners. Jose Angel Gurria Read Quote
In a world that places a growing premium on social skills, education systems need to do much better at fostering those skills systematically across the school curriculum. Jose Angel Gurria Read Quote
Nobody in their right mind will even attempt or even think of leaving the European Union, because they will understand that it is not in their best interest. Jose Angel Gurria Read Quote
In a globally interdependent world, a better financial and investment system cannot be achieved on a country-by-country basis. There may be no one-size-fits-all model for economic development, but without global standards and complementary regulations, the long-term outlook for the world economy will remain bleak. Jose Angel Gurria Read Quote
