101 Quotes by Jose Angel Gurria

Everywhere, you have a fatigue for reform... that's very serious.

Principles of fair and equitable treatment included in many treaties are uncontroversial as general principles of good public governance.

We are totally schizophrenic. We are trying to reduce emissions, and we subsidize the consumption of fossil fuels.

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?

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.

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.

It isn't only rich countries that suffer from the effects of tax havens. Developing countries also lose billions of dollars in tax revenues due each year because wealthy individuals and some companies use tax havens to move assets and income offshore.

I was strongly against Brexit. I speechified against Brexit.

If we want a stronger, cleaner, and fairer world economy, we need to deal with the controversial areas of globalisation, such as tax havens.