OECD Secretary-General Mathias Cormann s biography
His five-year term commenced on 1 June 2021.
Working with OECD members, his priorities as Secretary-General are to:
Help maximise the strength of the economic recovery in the wake of COVID-19;
Drive and promote global leadership on ambitious and effective action on climate change to achieve global net-zero emissions by 2050;
Finalise a multilateral approach to digital taxation;
Seize the opportunities and better manage the risks in the digital economy;
Promote market-based policies and a rules-based international order; and to
Strengthen the engagement and outreach of the OECD into the Asia-Pacific.
Prior to his appointment to the OECD, Mathias served as the Australian Minister for Finance, the Leader of the Government in the Australian Senate and as Federal Senator representing the State of Western Australia.
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The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has been coordinating talks among 140 countries for years, and aims to reach a consensus by mid-2021, bolstered by the new U.S. administration’s support for a global minimum corporate tax rate.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund are planning to launch a platform to advise poor countries on funding climate and conservation activities, amid a broader push that could link such spending to debt relief, according to a draft document seen by Reuters.
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