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24-Jul-2008
The principle of “ownership” will be at the heart of intergovernmental talks on aid effectiveness in Accra this September. Ahead of the Forum, the governments of Colombia and Switzerland, together with the OECD Development Centre, would welcome your views on how to put the principle into practice. With just one month to go before the Forum, this may be your last chance to contribute to its preparations.
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15-Jul-2008
Informal employment is a widespread phenomenon in Romania and a key challenge for the country’s development. A new OECD Development Centre report analyses this problem and highlights several policy options.
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from 07-Jul-2008 to 09-Jul-2008
The environment and climate change, development and Africa and the global economy were the key themes set out by Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukada for this year's G8 Summit, which OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría attended.
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from 04-Jul-2008 to 06-Jul-2008
"The Nationality of companies" was one of the main topics of discussion at this year's Aix-en-Provence Economic Forum. Javier Santiso, Director of the Development Centre, discussed the emergence of latin multinationals.
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on 27-Jun-2008
The OECD Development Centre and the African Development Bank hosted the most successful International Forum on African Perspectives to date on Friday June 27, 2008 at the French Ministry of Economy, Finance and Employment. People working on and passionate about Africa’s future came out in record numbers (over 500) to listen to rich discussions and exchange with panelists.
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on 23-Jun-2008
The Black Sea and Central Asia Economic Outlook, launched on 23 June 2008 in Bucharest, is an assessment of economic performance and underlying policies in the Black Sea and Central Asian (BSEC-CA) regions. The theme of the Outlook is “Promoting Work and Well Being: Policy Challenges in the Global Environment”. Find out more .
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from 19-Jun-2008 to 20-Jun-2008
Javier Santiso, Director of the OECD Development Centre, was invited to participate in the G20 roundtable on Fiscal Space for Stability, Growth and Social Inclusion taking place in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 19 and 20 June 2008. Mr Santiso presented the findings of the Latin American Economic Outlook report.
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on 17-Jun-2008
OECD Development Centre Director Javier Santiso will present the Centre's research on China's and India's economic impact in Latin America at this seminar organised by Casa America and Casa Asia in Madrid.
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27-May-2008
The Institut Cedimes Prize for research work by skilled researchers (under 40 years old) was awarded to the OECD Development Centre staff member Robert Zimmerman. The Prizegiving was held at the Sorbonne University, in Paris, May 23rd 2008.
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on 20-May-2008
This year’s Plenary of the Global Forum brought together senior policy makers and experts to discuss “ownership”, the first principle of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness. Participants grappled with controversial issues like conditionality, called for more transparent and predictable aid, and agreed on the need to support Southern research institutions and think tanks.
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13-May-2008
Africa’s average real GDP grew by 5.7 per cent in 2007. The 2008 African Economic Outlook report , jointly published by the African Development Bank, the OECD Development Centre and the UNECA expects the rate of GDP growth to strengthen to about 6 per cent in 2008 and in 2009.
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on 07-May-2008
OECD-World Bank Policy Forum on "Creating more and better Jobs: What do we know? What can be done?" in Rabat, Morocco.
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25-Mar-2008
The second edition of the Development Centre’s best-selling volume was launched in Beijing on 25 March at a ceremony presided over by OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría. In this book, also available in Chinese, Professor Angus Maddison is projecting sustained growth for China that should produce higher per capita income and the largest economy on the planet by 2015.
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on 07-Mar-2008
On the occasion of International Women's Day, the OECD Development Centre launched a new interactive website,Wikigender (www.wikigender.org), to share and exchange information on gender equality issues.
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21-Nov-2007
Better and more coherent migration policies can contribute to the fight against global poverty. This is the main conclusion of "Migration and Developing Countries", a new report by the OECD Development Centre that was presented today at the German Ministry for Economic Co-operation and Development.
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26-Oct-2007
Co-operation between the private sector and government in designing policy is worth both the effort and the risks involved, says Public-Private Dialogue in Developing Countries, a new Development Centre Study by Nicolas Pinaud. Indeed, while more efficient and effective policies can result from dialogue between business and government, the danger of clientelism, corruption and rent seeking are ever-present; particularly in the poorest countries, which are those that stand to benefit the most from such dialogue.
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10-Oct-2007
Informal institutions, such as family and kinship structures, traditions, and social norms, have largely been overlooked in the international development debate. This remarkable book reflects the views and experiences of policy makers and experts in their search to make informal institutions an instrument for achieving development objectives.
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