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The OECD Development Centre helps policy makers in OECD and developing countries find innovative solutions to the global challenges of development, poverty alleviation and the curbing of inequality.
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03-Feb-2012
Organised by the OECD Development Centre, the OECD/Korea Policy Centre and the KDI School of Public Policy and Management, the regional seminar on “Narrowing development gaps in Southeast Asia: A policy dialogue on inclusive growth” will take place on 15 & 16 February 2012 in Seoul, South Korea.
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31-Jan-2012
This paper studies the interaction between different actors in the policy-making process of fiscal transfer reform in Colombia, using the “life cycle of reform” framework to analyse this reform and following critical phases in the process. This paper shows that the economic context and institutional factors, such as the new political structure for interactions between agents after the 1991 Constitution, were fundamental in achieving the reform. Moreover, it confirms previous studies showing that communication and compensation strategies play a key role in the approval of reforms.
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31-Jan-2012
This paper studies sources of technological upgrading in China and India. China and India's export products associated with a productivity level much higher than a country at their income level. China is now the largest exporter of high-technology products in the world, while India has been more successful in exports of business and information technology services. It presents empirical evidence on the important role of FDI inflows and imported capital goods that embody new technology for TFP growth in a large panel of advanced and developing countries.
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25-Jan-2012
Increased domestic resource mobilization is widely accepted as crucial for countries to successfully meet the challenges of development and achieve higher living standards for all their people.
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25-Jan-2012
Revenue Statistics in Latin America, a joint publication by the OECD Centre for Tax Policy and Administration, the OECD Development Centre, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean and the Inter-American Centre of Tax Administrations, was launched in Santiago, Chile on 25 January, 2012.
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25-Jan-2012
The Fiscal Observatory for Latin America and the Caribbean (Observatorio Fiscal de América Latina y el Caribe or OFILAC) launched on 24 January aims to improve the quality of fiscal policy in Latin America by providing access to analysis, data, monitoring and debates on fiscal policy throughout the region.
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25-Jan-2012
New working paper release from Fedesarrollo on Making reform in Colombia: the process of regional transfer reform. This paper was prepared for The Korea Development Institute and the OECD project on Making Reform Happen in Developing Countries to promote debate in Busan at the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness.
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05-Jan-2012
Working Paper N° 307: Labour Market Changes, Labour Disputes and Social Cohesion in China describes basic situations of labour disputes and examines the determinants of labour disputes from macro and micro perspectives and finds that the advent of the Lewis Turning Point enlightens the awareness of workers striving for rights and interest in the labour market. Labour disputes have intensified in China in recent years, alongside the labour shortages and wage inflation, particularly since 2008 when several Chinese labour related laws were issued or updated.
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20-Dec-2011
Working Paper N° 306: Revisiting MDG Cost Estimates from a Domestic Resource Mobilisation Perspective, brings updated global estimates of the additional financial resources needed in developing countries to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It argues that the international community needs to broaden its notion of development co-operation beyond Official Development Assistance to reach the MDGs as the 2015 deadline approaches.
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06-Dec-2011
During the opening speech of the 8th National Congress on Infrastructure in Cartagena, Colombia, President Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia cited Mario Pezzini, Director of the OECD Development Centre, referring to the Colombian assessment prepared by the Development Centre presenting project costs and the final cost estimate on Colombian infrastructure projects (video in Spanish).
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29-Nov-2011
Growth for the six Southeast Asian economies, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam, will be 5.0% in 2011, and is projected to be 5.6% during 2012- 2016, 2% lower than in 2010.
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on 21-Nov-2011
The 2012 edition of the Perspectives on Global Development report focuses on how to build more cohesive societies in the new global context. Co-organised with the Club of Madrid, the launch presented the main findings of the report and contributed to the policy dialogue on issues related to social cohesion featuring high level policy makers from OECD and non-OECD countries.
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The 2011/12 edition of the Southeast Asian Economic Outlook (SAEO) will be launched in Jakarta on 29 November, 2011 at the occasion of the regional seminar on “The Economic Outlook and Policy Challenges of Southeast Asia.”
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28-Oct-2011
The Latin American Economic Outlook 2012: Transforming the State for Development was presented by OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría and ECLAC Executive Secretary Alicia Bárcena during the XXI Iberoamerican Summit in Asunción, Paraguay on 28 October 2011.
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The Latin American Economic Outlook 2012: Transforming the State for Development will be launched at the Ibero-American Summit in Asunción, Paraguay, on Friday 28 October at 12:00 GMT-4. For the first time, this long-standing flagship of the OECD Development Centre is co-published with the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). The report will be presented by OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría and ECLAC Executive Secretary Alicia Bárcena in Asunción in the presence of high representatives Ibero-American states.
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on 21-Nov-2011
The 2012 edition of the Perspectives on Global Development report focuses on how to build more cohesive societies in the new global context. Co-organised with the Club of Madrid, the launch presented the main findings of the report and contributed to the policy dialogue on issues related to social cohesion featuring high level policy makers from OECD and non-OECD countries.
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The conference will gather experts and policy makers sharing research and experience, ranging from local to global initiatives, and marks the launch of a new book by the OECD Development Centre: "Tackling the Policy Challenges of Migration: Regulation, Integration, Development." The book is the result of a three-year project on Effective Partnerships for Better Migration Management and Development, funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. It provides a contribution to the current debate on international migration, focusing on three elements in standard policy dialogue.
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24-Aug-2011
The International Economic Forum on Africa, organised by the OECD Development Centre with the African Development Bank, the UN Commission for Africa and the UNDP has grown to become the largest annual public event on Africa in Europe. This year, the Forum celebrated its 11th anniversary with hundreds of journalists, business people, development co-operation professionals, researchers, civil society representatives and students coming together to hear and engage with a panel of experts discussing the findings of the African Economic Outlook (AEO).
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20-Jun-2011
Jointly organised with the KDI Center for International Development, the workshop on "Knowledge Sharing for Development: Taking Stock of Best Practices" took place on 11 & 12 July 2011 at the OECD Conference Centre in Paris.
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The OECD Development Centre, the Ibero-American Secretariat, the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean and the Government of Mexico co-organise a policy dialogue event to discuss fiscal policy in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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06-Jun-2011
African countries should develop closer cross-border ties in dealing with traditional and emerging partners so they can boost sustainable and inclusive growth, according to the African Economic Outlook 2011, launched today.
Africa´s economies have weathered the global crisis relatively well and have rebounded in 2010. Recent political events in North Africa and high food and fuel prices are likely to slow the continent’s growth down to 3.7 percent in 2011. During this year, sub-Saharan Africa will grow faster than North Africa. The new report predicts a rebound to 5.8 percent in 2012.
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04-May-2011
InnovaLatino.org is the result of a joint study between INSEAD and the OECD Development Centre with the support of Fundación Telefónica. The report is based on a survey of 1500 manufacturers highlighting innovative business models and marketing methods in Latin America.
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from 26-Apr-2011 to 27-Apr-2011
African Ministers called on the G20 to accelerate development of infrastructure and boost agricultural investment for food security during the NEPAD-OECD Africa Investment Initiative ministerial conference in Dakar, Senegal.
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Social cohesion will be the topic of the next edition of the Perspectives on Global Development report which every year, identifies analyses and provides workable policy solutions for a pressing global development challenge. Having focused on major macroeconomic changes occurring in the world economy – what we call “Shifting Wealth” - in 2010, the PGD report now turns to the challenge of how we can build more cohesive societies in the new global context.
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on 15-Mar-2011
This seminar will look at the complex relationship between inequality and financial crises and the implications for social cohesion. Sir Tony Atkinson, Senior Research Fellow at Nuffield College in Oxford will first examine the impact of the recent financial upheaval on inequality and social cohesion. In the second part of his presentation he will focus on the role of inequality in the origins of the crisis.
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10-Mar-2011
Overall, ASEAN economies are likely to maintain the growth momentum in the first quarter of 2011 according to the latest Asian Business Cycle Indicators (ABCIs). In particular, relatively positive developments in Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand are associated not only with strong export demand but also sound domestic demand and improved business sentiment. The recovery of China’s economy is driven by robust investment. Activity is showing some signs of slowing in India.
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23-Feb-2011
South-South trade is growing fast, but barriers among developing countries are still up to seven times higher than those imposed by the developed world, a representative from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said on Wednesday.
Speaking at a Frontier Advisory seminar at the JSE, OECD Development Centre director Mario Pezzini said that South-South trade had experienced tremendous growth in recent years, with exports from developing countries now constituting 37% of global trade, of which about 50% related to South-South trade.
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23-Feb-2011
Mario Pezzini, director of the development centre of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), visited SA this week for an African seminar series hosted by Frontier Advisory and the JSE and stated that inequality and a lack of social cohesion will have an increasingly important impact on economic and political matters.
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