According to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Brazil's economy grew 4.7 per cent year-on-year between 2004 and 2008.

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Because the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) did a study not long ago about the nations with the greatest social mobility, and the list reads shockingly close to the one Chris quoted.

FORBES: Happy Country=Social Mobility?

Highlighting the importance of this Conference, Mr Michael Forbes, Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of Ireland to UNESCO and to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), underlined that UNESCO is the right place for this debate.

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

Unfortunately this is also one vice where the U.S. is near to the top of the lists, as America now has the highest adult obesity rate in the developed world at 34%, according to a report by the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD).

FORBES: Top Countries For Vices

The proposed Protocol amends the existing Convention in order to bring it into conformity with current international standards on exchange of information, as reflected in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) Model Tax Convention on Income and Capital and the current U.S. Model Income Tax Convention.

WHITEHOUSE: The White House

Hong Kong and Singapore, incidentally, also share the less flattering distinction of having previously been dubbed as tax havens by the OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development).

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