Consumer protection: G20 - World Bank - OECD conference on empowering consumers of financial products and services

This two-day event (13-14 June, 2013), organised by the World Bank and the OECD under the auspices of Russia G20 Presidency, explored strategies for developing financial literacy and capability supported by the Russia/World Bank/OECD Trust Fund on Financial Literacy and Education and building effective consumer protection systems.

Discussions focused on:

• Financial education and consumer protection strategies
• Measuring financial literacy/capability and evaluating financial education programmes
• Promoting young people’s financial competencies and developing innovative communication channels to improve financial behaviour
• Global initiatives and trends in financial consumer protection policy and regulation

Trade: G20 - OECD Stocktaking Seminar on Global Value Chains

Ministers, G20 Sherpas, international organisations and policy makers joined a host of other stakeholders to examine the progress made to date on measuring trade in value-added terms and to distil the policy implications that have emerged from this work.

Speakers emphasised that success in international markets depends as much on the capacity to import high-quality inputs as on the capacity to export. As goods and services cross borders many times, tariffs on intermediate inputs are thus cumulative, and can impose punitive costs on downstream users and eventually final consumers, stifling growth.  These new trade realities make an even stronger case for open markets and a renewed commitment of G20 Governments to resist protectionism. 

Tax: Report to G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors

OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría presented a report that highlights measures to ensure that all taxpayers pay their fair share. The report covers three strategic initiatives:

• Progress reported by the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes including the upcoming ratings of jurisdictions’ compliance with the Global Forum’s standards on exchange of information on request;
• Efforts by OECD to strengthen automatic exchange of information;
• Latest developments to address tax base erosion and profit shifting, a practice that can give multinational corporations an unfair tax advantage over domestic companies and citizens.

Anti-Corruption: Conference for G20 Governments and Business

Co-organised by the G20 Russian Presidency and the OECD, with UNODC support, this conference on 25-26 April will focus on promoting transparency and integrity in organising sport and other major events and cutting-edge measures for governments and business to combat corruption.

Economic Policy Reforms: Going for Growth 2013

Mr. Gurría  presented the report in Moscow with the Russian Federation’s finance minister Anton Siluanov, ahead of the 15-16 February meeting of G20 finance ministers. He said its key country-specific structural reform recommendations are applicable to OECD and G20 countries alike.

Tax: Addressing Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS)

An OECD study commissioned by the G20 - Addressing Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) - finds that some multinationals use strategies that allow them to pay as little as 5% in corporate taxes when smaller businesses are paying up to 30%. OECD research also shows that some small jurisdictions act as conduits, receiving disproportionately large amounts of Foreign Direct Investment compared to large industrialised countries and investing disproportionately large amounts in major developed and emerging economies.

Russia and the World: Challenges of Integration - G20's Answers to the Global Challenges

Remarks (in progress) by Gabriela Ramos, G20 Sherpa & Chief of Staff at OECD, Gaidar Forum 2013, Moscow, 16 – 19 January 2013

OECD reports delivered to Los Cabos

• G20/OECD methodological framework on disaster risk assessment and risk financing
• Pursuing Strong, Sustainable and Balanced Growth: A Note on Implementation of G20 Structural Reform Commitments
• Boosting Jobs and Living Standards in G20 countries
• International Network on Financial Education High-level Principles on National Strategies for Financial Education
• Pension Fund Financing for Green Infrastructure and Initiatives
• Tax Transparency: Report on Progress on the Global Forum Activities
• Sustainable Agricultural Productivity Growth and Bridging the Gap for Small Family Farms
• A Toolkit of Policy Options to Support Inclusive Green Growth
• Incorporating Green Growth and Sustainable Development Policies into Structural Reform Agendas
• G20 Trade and Investment Measures
• Discussion Note on Strengthening the Multilateral Trading System
• Discussion Note on Trade, Growth, and Job

Selected G20 speeches and articles

• The Emergence of Global Value Chains: What Do They Mean for Business?
• Launch of OECD Methodological Framework on Disaster Risk Management
• Financial Regulation and Innovation in Emerging Markets and Developing Economies
• Mexico's priorities for Los Cabos Summit, views from Ambassador Patricia Espinosa, Minister of Foreign Relations of Mexico
• Improving the Assessment of Disaster Risks to Strengthen Financial Resilience
• World Economic Outlook and the situation in the Euro area
• Dialogue with Labour Organisations
• Improving Transparency and Anti-corruption