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Johannesburg, South Africa, 19 November 2003

In partnership with NEPAD and the African Development Bank, OECD organised a Roundtable on Investment Initiatives which addressed the critical issues of African priorities and ways that OECD countries can contribute to the improvement of the business environment for domestic and international investors, and to building the necessary capacities.  This roundtable was held in conjunction with the Global Forum on International Investment  which took place on 17-18 November 2003.

Conference documentation

• OECD-NEPAD Statement
• Draft Agenda
• Opening Remarks , Wiseman Nkuhlu, Chairman, NEPAD Steering Committee
• Opening Remarks , Richard Hecklinger, Deputy Secretary-General, OECD
• Governance, Transparency and Private Investment in Africa , James J. Emery
• A Stocktaking of investment-related barriers in Africa , Michael Gestrin
• Improving Transparency of the Investment Process through Stakeholder Participation: The Tanzania Experience , Samuel Sitta
• Regional Integration, FDI, and Competitiveness: The Case of SADC , OECD Development Centre
• Success Stories in Africa: What Went Well? - The Case of Uganda , Maggie Kigozi
• Summary Report from the First Advisory Board Meeting of the OECD-Africa Investment Initiative
• BIAC presentations:
  - Making Africa Competitive for Foreign Investors
  - Enhancing Regionalism for Trade and FDI
  - Strengthening Private Sector Representation in Africa

• African Economic Outlook - An OECD Perspective , Andrea-Enrico Goldstein
• A ten-year strategy for increasing capital flows to Africa , Commission on Capital Flows to Africa
• African Economic Outlook 2001/2002, OECD Development Centre
• Inaugural meeting of the OECD-Africa Investment Initiative for Growth and Development
• Foreign Direct Investment for Development: Maximising Benefits, Minimising Costs, OECD 2002
• Policies Toward Attracting Foreign Direct Investment, OECD 2003
• OECD Reviews of Foreign Direct Investment
• Trust in Government: Ethics Measures in OECD Countries, OECD 2000