Greece, OECD agree to work together on reforms

Athens

GREEK Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Wednesday announced plans to work with the OECD to draft a programme of reforms to boost growth in the debt-laden country, which is hoping to renegotiate its bailout commitments.

The programme will be based "not on what was previously decided but on popular mandate", he told a news conference after meeting Angel Gurria, head of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. The OECD has in the past provided Greece with a "tool kit" that essentially designs the reforms that have been required of Athens by international lenders.

Mr Tsipras said it would also be anchored in the government policies presented to parliament on Sunday, which include a raft of emergency social measures that would break the conditions of the bailout if…