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Aart De Geus to become new Bertelsmann Stiftung CEO
At its meeting today, the Bertelsmann Stiftung Board of Trustees appointed Aart Jan De Geus to succeed Prof. Gunter Thielen as the foundation’s new Chairman and CEO, effective August 5. A native of the Netherlands, De Geus, 56, has been a member of the Bertelsmann Stiftung Executive Board since September 1, 2011, where he is responsible for programs relating to Europe, employment and globalization. From 2007 to 2011 he was Deputy Secretary-General of the Paris-based Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). From 2002 to 2007 he served as the Netherlands’ Minister of Social Affairs and Employment under Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende.
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Berlin / Gütersloh - 22/03/2012
Democracy Not Advancing Around the Globe
Political freedoms are increasingly being curtailed in many countries around the globe. The situation has worsened in particular in many southeastern and eastern European states, as well as in Latin America. Moreover, despite many successes in overcoming the global financial and economic crisis, socioeconomic conditions in more than half of the world’s less-developed nations are inadequate or even catastrophic. Those are some of the findings from the current release of the Bertelsmann Stiftung’s Transformation Index (BTI), which examines the progress 128 developing and transition countries are making toward democracy and a market economy. As the findings suggest, when economic growth is not channeled into greater social justice and political freedom, the chances of political repression, reactionary populism and social uprisings increase.
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Washington, DC - 14/03/2012
The US-UK Relationship: From Special to Indispensable
The Bertelsmann Foundation North America presented for the first time to a US audience the findings of “Social Justice in the OECD – How Do the Member States Compare?” This report, released by the Bertelsmann Stiftung in late 2011, compared 31 OECD nations. See how the nations fare.
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Washington, DC - 02/03/2012
Too Little of a Good Thing: Social Justice in the USA
The Bertelsmann Foundation presented for the first time to a US audience the findings of “Social Justice in the OECD – How Do the Member States Compare?” This report, released by the Germany-based Bertelsmann Stiftung in late 2011, compared 31 OECD nations. See how the nations fare.
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Brussels - 02/02/2012
Solidarity: For Sale?
Europe needs a collective effort to create a perspective of social cohesion, sustained growth and employment, in addition to the collective actions to reduce public debts and to reform financial markets.
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Brussels-Gütersloh - 02/02/2012
Austerity and Solidarity in Europe: No Zero-sum Game
EU governments are implementing austerity packages; populist and nationalist movements are growing; social discontent rages. The European Union is facing a crisis of multiple dimensions, both economic and financial, but also social and democratic.
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