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Tal
OECD:s Forum 2005, Paris 3 maj 2005
Tal vid OECD:s Forum 2005 i Paris den 3 maj

Göran Persson, Statsminister

Distinguished guests,
Ladies and gentlemen,
Dear friends,

We live in a time where global progress is a real possibility: The world is richer than ever before. Great scientific advances are made in medicine and technology. Many poor agricultural economies have been transformed into rich industrialised, even post-industrial, societies. Political freedom and democratic elections are becoming the norm.

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Globalisation continues to have huge potential for boosting growth, trade, employment and prosperity. We have ample opportunities to advance the objectives that the OECD embodies.

But when we look at the effects of the intensified globalisation on the economy over the last one or two decades, we get a mixed picture.
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How can an open economy that uses the potential of globalisation be combined with domestic policies that ensure that no one is left behind?

Those are the key questions for this Forum and for the ministerial meeting later today.

They are ambitious.
They entail both trade-offs and conflicting interests, and real opportunities.

This is politics. This is exciting.
Let us not fear the difficult.
The future is not decreed by fate. It is people in co-operation that shapes it. The choice is ours.

Thank you!