Jose Angel Gurria

When a large financial institution is allowed to fail, you put in jeopardy hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people.

The U.K. is much stronger as a part of Europe, and Europe is much stronger with the U.K. as a driving force.

You can accuse Europeans of being many things - except fast.

Labour and land are always politically sensitive.

It will be crucial the E.U. and the U.K. maintain the closest economic relationship possible.

Gender equality is essential for ensuring that men and women can contribute fully at home, at work, and in public life for the betterment of societies and economies at large.

Integrity delivers better lives.

In a country like Mexico, you can't forget about poverty - about how half of the population lives in poverty, and how half of that half live in extreme poverty.

History is full of lessons for how water crises could have been avoided or better managed.

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.

Words must be matched by action if change is to become lasting.

We never tell countries that they should have a particular number in terms of a tax number, you know, if countries can make do with whatever average tax they have. The question is, do they apply it to everybody? Or do they give sweetheart deals to some companies?