Publications & Documents

Private Enforcement of Shareholder Rights: A Comparison of Selected Jurisdictions and Policy Alternatives for Brazil

This new report recommends a range of actions to address weaknesses in the frameworks for derivative suits and arbitration in Brazil.

OECD Global Blockchain Policy Forum 2020

16-20 November 2020 - The 3rd OECD Global Blockchain Policy Forum brought together 181 speakers across 43 sessions to address the benefits and risks of blockchain for our economies and societies, identify good policy and regulatory approaches, and investigate uses in specific policy areas.

Changing Laws and Breaking Barriers for Women’s Economic Empowerment in Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia

Annual reports on the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises

The annual reports on the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises provide an account of the actions the adhering governments have taken over the previous 12 months to enhance the contribution of the guidelines to the improved functioning of the global economy.

Digitalisation and responsible business conduct: Stocktaking of policies and initiatives

This paper is part of an ongoing consideration of the links between the digitalisation of the global economy and responsible business conduct(RBC). RBC encompasses a range of issues, including human rights abuses, consumer protection, environmental degradation, taxation, and corruption among others, as described in the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises.

OECD-Asian Roundtable on Corporate Governance

Established in 1999, the OECD-Asian Roundtable on Corporate Governance serves as a regional forum for exchanging experiences and advancing the reform agenda on corporate governance while promoting awareness and use of the OECD Principles of Corporate Governance.

Corporate Governance in Costa Rica

Launch of the OECD’s Capital Market Review of Portugal 2020: Mobilising Portuguese Capital Markets for Investment and Growth

We are in the midst of an unprecedented health, economic and social crisis. Before COVID-19, we expected world GDP growth to be 2.9% in 2020, now we project it to fall by 4.5%. The decline would have been much larger without the strong and effective policy support introduced by many economies.

OECD Capital Market Review of Portugal

Building on Portugal’s successful implementation of a wide range of structural and economic reforms over the past decade, the OECD Capital Market Review of Portugal offers policy recommendations to Portuguese authorities on how to improve the conditions for capital markets to finance corporations of all sizes and provide investment opportunities to savers.

Improved capital markets can help Portugal build a dynamic business sector and support its COVID-19 recovery

Despite the strong economic performance and sustained reform momentum over the past few years, Portugal entered the COVID-19 crisis with undersized capital markets. These markets must now be mobilised to support a resilient, dynamic and sustainable recovery, according to a new OECD report.