The contribution of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises to managing globalisation

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Fourth Roundtable on Freedom of Investment, National Security and "Strategic" Industries

Organised in Paris on 30 March 2007, this Roundtable examined the challenge of identifying ultimate beneficiary ownership and control in the case of cross-border investment and procedural considerations for authorities when choosing their model of investment regulation.

Policy advances at China's 2007 National People's Congress Session

This OECD report finds that new laws on enterprise income tax and property rights passed by China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) on 16 March 2007 are a positive step towards attracting more and better investment in China. It updates the analysis of the country's regulatory framework for investment in the 2006 OECD Investment Policy Review of China.

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Identification of ultimate beneficiary ownership and control of a cross-border investor

This report presents a review of arrangements which have been found to make the identification of ultimate beneficial ownership and control difficult. It reviews potential implications for investment authorities when they have responsibility for assessing possible threats to essential security interests. It was prepared in support of discussions at the OECD Roundtable on Freedom of Investment in March 2007.

Human rights, alternative dispute resolution and the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises

This briefing note gives an OECD perspective on alternative dispute resolution based on experiences with the specific instances procedure of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises. It was prepared for a workshop on "Accountability and Dispute Resolution" organised by Harvard's Kennedy School in support of work in this area by the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General on Business & Human Rights.

Conference on Improving Governance and Fighting Corruption: New Frontiers in Public-Private Partnerships

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Investment Newsletter, February 2007, Issue 3

Investment Newsletter, No.3 provides the latest FDI statistics for OECD countries, covers implementing the Policy Framework for Investment in Africa and South East Europe, reviews recent changes in China’s policies towards cross-border M&As and reports on measuring FDI regulatory restrictiveness.

NEPAD-OECD Roundtable on Mobilising Private Investment in Africa in Support of Development: Laying the Foundations for Sustained Progress

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Recent developments in China's policies towards cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&A)

This supplement to the 2006 Investment Policy Review of China provides an assessment of the latest developments in China's policies towards cross-border M&As.

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OECD's FDI regulatory restrictiveness index: Revision and extension to more economies - Working Paper 2006/4

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