DAC Guidelines and Reference Series: Poverty and Health

22-May-2003

Achieving better health for poor people requires going well beyond the health sector to take action in related areas such as education, water and sanitation. It also entails looking beyond national programmes to global policies with implications for health, such as trade..

OECD publishes Business Environment Reports for Costa Rica, Dominican Republic and Jamaica

21-May-2003

Within the framework of the Caribbean Rim Investment Initiative, these studies provide an overall factual assessment of investment conditions existing in each of these countries.

Development Assistance Committee High Level Meeting, 22-23 April 2003. Press Statement by the Chairman, Mr. Jean-Claude Faure

24-Apr-2003

Development Co-operation Ministers and Heads of Aid Agencies met in Paris on 22-23 April 2003 for the Annual High Level Meeting (HLM) of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC).

OECD DAC Countries Begin Recovery in Development Aid: 5% Increase in 2002

22-Apr-2003

Member countries of the OECD's Development Assistance Committee increased their official development assistance to developing countries by 4.8% in real terms, accounting for inflation, from 2001 to 2002.

Carribean Rim Investment Initiative: 2003 Plenary Meeting

11-Mar-2003

The Third Plenary Meeting of the CRII took place on 11 March 2003 in Kingston, Jamaica. This report comprises the summary of proceedings, minutes of the meeting and list of participants.

The New 2003 Sahel and West Africa Club Program has just been Published

25-Feb-2003

For any information or collaboration please contact sunhilt.schumacher@oecd.org

Development Centre Studies: Trading Competitively - Trade Capacity Building in Sub-Saharan Africa

11-Feb-2003

The trade analysis and firm surveys conducted in several African countries in this study highlight an apparent mismatch between government policies and exporters' needs in the provision and use of trade support services.

DAC Peer Review of Canada

06-Dec-2002

The Canadian government has made a series of major funding and policy decisions that strengthen significantly its commitment to support sustainable development in developing countries. This follows a decade during which Canada's need for a balanced budget resulted in drastic cuts in its aid.

Technical Papers No.201: Prospects for Emerging-Market Flows Amid Investor Concerns About Corporate Governance

03-Dec-2002

This paper assesses the impact of higher risk on developed-country corporate assets on the prospects for private capital flows and their composition to emerging-market economies.

Technical Papers No. 199: Will Basel II Affect International Capital Flows to Emerging Markets?

25-Nov-2002

This paper investigates the consequences of Basel II for international capital flows to emerging markets.

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