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.