Annual Meeting of Middle East and North Africa Senior Budget Officials

26-Sep-2011

Angel Melguizo, economist of the Development Centre, participated at the 4th Annual Meeting of Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Senior Budget Officials, organised by the OECD Directorade of Public Governance, and the Lebanese Finance Ministry in Beirut September 21-22, 2011. Representants from 11 MENA countries and international experts from UNDP, IMF, WB, EC debated on recent developments and challenges for public budgeting in this region. See the presentation on the Latin American experience on political transitions and fiscal policy in the following link.

Annual Meeting of Middle East and North Africa Senior Budget Officials

26-Sep-2011

Angel Melguizo, economist of the Development Centre, participated at the 4th Annual Meeting of Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Senior Budget Officials, organised by the OECD Directorade of Public Governance, and the Lebanese Finance Ministry in Beirut September 21-22, 2011. Representants from 11 MENA countries and international experts from UNDP, IMF, WB, EC debated on recent developments and challenges for public budgeting in this region. See the presentation on the Latin American experience on political transitions and fiscal policy in the following link.

Southeast Asian Economic Outlook 2011 Seminar, 13 July 2011

23-Aug-2011

The Southeast Asian Economic Outlook 2011 (SAEO 2011) Seminar took place on 13 July 2011.  It provided an opportunity for experts to exchange views on current economic challenges in the region, based on the initial results of the forthcoming report to be released later this year.

Topics discussed were: Economic Outlook 2011 – 2016 and macroeconomic policy challenges in Session 1; Synopsis of medium-term structural policy challenges in the region in Session 2 and Green growth in Session 3 (click on the title above to see the Agenda).

Internet economy: Wireless broadband subscriptions top half a billion, says OECD

22-Jun-2011

The fast-growing popularity of smartphones and tablet PCs is driving growth in mobile broadband services.

Ukraine authorities met OECD Development Centre Experts as a part of the Black Sea and Central Asia Initiative (BSCAI)

16-Mar-2011

From 11 to 14, October 2010 OECD Development Centre’s Black Sea and Central Asia Initiative team met the Ukraine government and other officials, as well as Chamber of Commerce of Ukraine and business community in order to discuss the main conclusions of the Ukraine country economic study paper.

Register for the International Economic Forum Latin America & the Caribbean

20-Dec-2010

The International Economic Forum Latin America and the Caribbean brings together leaders from public and private sectors to discuss the region’s economic performance and share solutions to its development challenges. It will take place next 24 January in Paris, France.

The Development Centre will chair debate at LACEA meeting

10-Nov-2010

The OECD Development Centre will chair the middle classes roundtable at the XV Annual Meeting of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA), to be held in Medellín, Colombia, on November 11th, 12th and 13th, 2010. The Meeting will gather nearly 500 participants, including top academicians, national and local high-level policy makers, central bankers, scholars from around the world, junior and senior researchers, students in the social sciences, and members of the business community.

The OECD Development Centre Medium- term Projection Framework for Growth and Development

09-Nov-2010

The OECD Development Centre constructed the Medium-term Projection Framework for Growth and Development  to provide medium-term growth and development scenarios for the Southeast Asian Economic Outlook 2010.

ASEAN countries returning to pre-crisis growth

09-Nov-2010

The six major ASEAN countries have rebounded from the global economic crisis, with medium-term growth prospects returning to pre-crisis levels, according to the 2010 Southeast Asian Economic Outlook by the OECD Development Centre.

Setting the scene of infrastructure investment

13-Oct-2010

Where are infrastructure shortfalls the largest: transport, energy, telecommunications? And what parts of the developing world have the most work to do in this area? Ongoing work by OECD Development Centre economists Christian Daude and Angel Melguizo, jointly with Manuel Balmaseda and Luciana Taft from Cemex Economic Analysis, presented at the October meeting of the Development Finance Network, answer these questions with new and more precise yardsticks -- as well as showing what the price tag will be to fill the gaps.