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<title><![CDATA[Perspectives on Global Development 2013 - the 60-second guide]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Perspectives on Global Development 2013 - the 60-second guide]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 16:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Perspectives on Global Development 2013 - Pocket Edition]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Shifting wealth and the new world economy - Channels of shifting wealth - The new productive landscape and the renewed interest of developing countries in industrial policy - Emerging issues in implementing industrial policy in developing economies - Upgrading skills for current and future needs - Mobilising financial resources - Bridging infrastructure gaps - The political economy of industrial policies]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 11:49:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Smart industrial policies for development]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[To sustain future growth, many developing countries are exploring new opportunities through industrial policies to move up value chains, attract foreign direct investment (FDI), increase South-South trade, and tap new markets created by the emerging middle class, said OECD Secretary-General.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 14:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Development Centre Newsletter - May]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Industrial policies for a sustainable and inclusive growth - Empowering adolescent girls by tackling social norms - LAC FORUM 2013: What are the challenges ahead for Latin America and its SMEs? - Foundations: innovation and risk-taking as key features of the post 2015 agenda]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/dev/developmentcentrenewsletter-may.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 15:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[International Economic Forum on Latin America and the Caribbean, 31 May]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The fifth edition of the Forum, on 31 May. How can governments engage reforms in favour of higher productivity by more adequately addressing the needs of SMEs and by better including them in the production structure?]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 16:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[OECD Development Centre Video]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Today, we know growth is not enough to guarantee development. What is so complex about the challenges of today? What does the Development Centre do to help countries face these challenges?]]></description>
<link>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqnE2nS8cGU&amp;list=UUwNCudkcqjm_w8Bd4dxLD9g</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 17:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[DEV Working Paper No. 317: Opening the black box of contract renegotiations: An analysis of road concessions in Chile, Colombia and Peru]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This paper reviews road concession programmes in Chile, Colombia and Peru over the period 1993-2010 and analyses how their shortcomings have resulted in large extra fiscal costs. Weak State institutions, unclear legislation and deficient contract design have allowed for frequent and costly renegotiation of road concessions. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/dev/americas/OECD_DEV_WP317.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 09:51:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[DEV Working Paper No. 316: The politics of transport infrastructure policies in Colombia]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This joint work by the OECD Development Centre and Fedesarrollo focuses on the policy making process of transport infrastructure in Colombia for the period 2002-10. It identifies the main bottlenecks to be improved in the implementation of public policies in the main phases of the transport infrastructure policy cycle, namely planning, budgeting, execution (i.e. new investment and maintenance), and monitoring and evaluation.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/dev/americas/OECD_DEV_WP316.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 09:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Perspectives on Global Development 2013]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Perspectives on Global Development 2013 - Industrial Policies in a changing world. Shifting up a gear]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 11:36:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Maddison Lecture: Presentation by François Bourguignon
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<description><![CDATA[Inclusive global growth: a framework to think about the post-2015 agenda]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/dev/pgd/Maddison-Oecd-April13_v2.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Launch African Economic Outlook 2013, 27 May]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Launch of the African Economic Outlook 2013. Special theme: Structural Transformation and Natural Resources in Africa]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/dev/emea/launchafricaneconomicoutlook2013.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 13:28:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Latin American Economic Outlook 2013_Chinese]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Latin American Outlook 2013 in Chinese]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/dev/americas/Final Chinese LEO 2013.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Making Development Happen ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The OECD Development Centre's series 'Making Development Happen' addresses an increasing demand for policy analysis and targeted support in developing countries. It focuses on structural themes through the analysis of policies and institutions and is based on in-depth peer reviews involving both developed and emerging economies.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 17:27:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Making Development Happen: Fiscal Policy for Development in the Dominican Republic]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Tax reforms must play a central role in a country’s medium- and long-term development strategy. The report analyses some of the possible tax reforms in the Dominican Republic within a regional and international context of good practices. The fiscal recommendations are made within the context of the institutional frameworks, with particular emphasis on matters of economic policy that should be considered in the reform process.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/dev/americas/Fiscal policy for development in the Dominican Republic.E-Book.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:27:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Development Centre - Newsletter April]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[GFD 2013 confirms need to go “beyond poverty” for Post-2015/The Global Network of Foundations Working for Development/Today inequality in the world is back to where it was a century ago/Policy challenges and GVCs: sharing strategies for integration-led development ]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/dev/developmentcentre-newsletterapril.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 10:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Innovative Approaches to Poverty Reduction, Social Cohesion and Progress in a Post-2015 World]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Economic growth has played a major role in lifting people out of poverty. However, there is increasing evidence that many of these people did not move up to the middle classes but into an intermediate state of “vulnerability”. Poverty continues to affect millions of people around the world, said OECD Secretary-General.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/dev/pgd/innovativeapproachestopovertyreductionsocialcohesionandprogressinapost-2015world.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Tackling Inequalities: At the Heart of the Post-2015 Agenda?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In a large majority of OECD countries, wage gaps widened and household income inequality increased during the three decades prior to the crisis. Inequalities have also been growing in many emerging economies and developing countries, despite their fast growth over the last years, said OECD Secretary-General.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/dev/tackling-inequalities-at-the-heart-of-the-post-2015-agenda.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 17:17:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[2013 Global Forum on Development]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[2013 Global Forum on Development: Innovative approaches to poverty reduction, social cohesion and progress in the post 2015 world]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[OECD and China: Tackling Global Challenges. The 2013 Party School-OECD Development Forum
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<description><![CDATA[Opening Remarks by Angel Gurría, Secretary-General OECD at The 2013 Party School-OECD Development Forum, in Beijing, China 23 March 2013 

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<link>http://www.oecd.org/about/secretary-general/oecdandchinatacklingglobalchallenges.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 10:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Multi-Dimensional Country Review: Philippines]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[NEDA-OECD-ADB MDCR Kick-off Seminar: How could multi-dimensional reviews contribute to the development plan? Key policy challenges in the Philippines: Job creation, institution and urban - rural disparity
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<link>http://www.oecd.org/dev/asia-pacific/mdcr-philippines.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Second Maddison Lecture: François Bourguignon ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Second Development Lecture in Honour of Angus Maddison by François Bourguignon “Tackling inequalities: at the heart of the post-2015 agenda?”]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/dev/pgd/maddisonlecture.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 18:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Women in work: The Norwegian experience]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[High female participation in the workforce has a decisive effect on a country’s performance, as Norway shows. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecdobserver.org/news/fullstory.php/aid/3898/Women_in_work:_The_Norwegian_experience.html</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Development Centre Newsletter March 2013]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[What's the relationship between social norms and violence against women? / Supporting Myanmar’s rapid transformation / 2013 Global Forum on Development / Capital Markets in the Dominican Republic]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/dev/developmentcentrenewslettermarch.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 14:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[OECD Development Centre Policy Brief on Social Norms and Violence Against Women]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The main messages of this Policy Brief "Transforming social institutions to prevent violence against women and girls and improve development outcomes" are that reducing violence against women matters for development; laws alone will not reduce violence against women; public awareness and community mobilisation programmes as well as economic support for women and incentives are necessary.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/dev/poverty/OECD_DEV_Policy Brief_March 2013.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 13:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Development Centre - Newsletter February]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Development Centre - Newsletter February]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/dev/developmentcentre-newsletterfebruary.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 15:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[OECD Development Centre side event organised at the 57th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This event on the topic of social institutions and the prevention of violence against women and girls is co-hosted by the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, the South African Ministry of Women, Children and People with Disabilities (DWCPD) and the OECD Development Centre.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/dev/poverty/sideeventorganisedatthe57thsessionoftheuncommissiononthestatusofwomencsw.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 11:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Making Development Happen: Fiscal policy for development in the Dominican Republic]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Making Development Happen: Fiscal policy for development in the Dominican Republic]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/dev/americas/Final_Politica_fiscal_desarrolloRepDopm.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 13:16:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Development Centre Newsletter - January]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Development Centre Newsletter - January]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/dev/developmentcentrenewsletter-january.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2013 10:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Experts’ meeting on e-learning in tertiary education ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Experts’ meeting on e-learning in tertiary education ]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/dev/poverty/expertsmeetingone-learningintertiaryeducation.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 15:19:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Development Centre Newsletter - December 2012]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[newsletter dev centre]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/dev/developmentcentrenewsletter-december.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2012 11:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Dev Centre Working Paper No. 315 - What drives tax morale?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The paper contributes to a better understanding of the determinants of tax morale in developing countries. The paper provides an overview of the literature and a summary of the empirical evidence of the socio-economic and institutional drivers of tax morale, based on perception surveys such as the World Values Survey, as well as regional surveys like Afrobarometer, Asiabarometer and Latinobarometro.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/dev/americas/WP315 AE.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2012 15:53:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Lanzamiento del Informe Perspectivas Económicas de América Latina 2013: Transformación de la Estructura Productiva y Papel de las PYMES en el Desarrollo Regional

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<description><![CDATA[Palabras de Angel Gurría,Secretario General OCDE, Lanzamiento del Informe Perspectivas Económicas de América Latina 2013: Transformación de la Estructura Productiva y Papel de las PYMES en el Desarrollo Regional
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<link>http://www.oecd.org/dev/americas/lanzamientodelinformeperspectivaseconomicasdeamericalatina2013transformaciondelaestructuraproductivaypapeldelaspymeseneldesarrolloregional.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 11:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[New SME policies needed to boost Latin America's growth, say OECD and ECLAC]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Latin American governments must act now to strengthen growth and development and counter these risks, according to the 2013 Latin American Economic Outlook, jointly produced by the OECD Development Centre and ECLAC.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/dev/americas/newsmepoliciesneededtoboostlatinamericasgrowthsayoecdandeclac.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Development Centre Newsletter - November]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Development Centre Newsletter - November]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/dev/developmentcentrenewsletter-november.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 17:16:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Latin America: Tax revenues are rising, but still low and varied among countries]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Tax revenues in Latin American countries are lower as a proportion of their national incomes than in most OECD countries, but are rising slowly. Revenue Statistics in Latin America shows that the average tax revenue to GDP ratio in the 15 Latin American countries covered by the report increased from 19% in 2009 to 19.4% in 2010, after falling from a high point of 19.7% in 2008. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/dev/americas/latinamericataxrevenuesarerisingbutstilllowandvariedamongcountries.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 15:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Seminar on "Measuring progress towards gender equality: where do we stand?"]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The OECD Development Centre is co-organising, with the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, a seminar on "Measuring progress towards gender equality: where do we stand?" in Stockholm, Sweden.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/dev/poverty/measuringprogresstowardsgenderequality.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Southeast Asian Economic Outlook 2013: with Perspectives on China and India]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Southeast Asian Economic Outlook: with Perspectives on China and India (SAEO) is an annual publication on Asia’s economic growth, development and regional integration process.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/dev/asia-pacific/saeo2013.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2012 16:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Latin American Economic Outlook 2013]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Latin American Economic Outlook 2013: SME Policies for Productive Development will be launched at the Ibero-American Summit in Cadiz, Spain, on Friday 16 November. This long-standing flagship of the OECD Development Centre is co-published with the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/dev/americas/leo2013.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2012 16:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Internet in Africa]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Best practices to promote Internet in Africa]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/dev/internetinafrica.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 11:27:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Newsletter Development Centre - October]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Newsletter Development Centre - October]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/dev/newsletterdevelopmentcentre.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 15:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Attracting knowledge-intensive FDI to Costa Rica]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Attracting knowledge-intensive FDI to Costa Rica]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/dev/americas/mdhcostarica.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2012 17:18:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The International Economic Forum on Africa 2012]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The International Economic Forum on Africa - organised by the OECD Development Centre, in collaboration with the African Development Bank, the UN Economic Commission for Africa, the UN Development Programme, and the French Ministry of Economy and Finance. This year, the Forum will focus on African youth: training, employment and prospects for the future.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/site/devfap12/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2012 10:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Press Release Global Network of Foundations Working for Development ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Press Release Global Network of Foundations Working for Development]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/dev/Press release OECD - FOUNDATIONS ADD THEIR VOICE TO THE GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT DEBATE.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2012 15:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[netFWD - Global Network of Foundations Working for Development]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[netFWD is a small group of self-selected foundations committed to optimising and accelerating the impact of philanthropy for development through the sharing of experiences, lesson learning, policy influencing and the development of innovative partnerships. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/dev/partnerships-networks/networkoffoundationsworkingfordevelopment.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2012 15:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[This Quarter in Asia_vol 9. september 2012]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This Quarter in Asia_vol 9. september 2012]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/dev/asia-pacific/This Quarter in Asia_vol 9  final.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2012 11:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Attracting Knowledge-Intensive FDI to Costa Rica: Challenges and Policy Options]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Development Centre just released the report “Attracting Knowledge-Intensive FDI to Costa Rica: challenges and policy options” under the new series Making Development Happen. Costa Rica is an interesting case of a deep economic transformation from primary products to manufacturing and services.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/dev/americas/E-book FDI to Costa Rica.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2012 18:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Obituary for economist Ian Little]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Mario Pezzini, Director of the OECD Development Centre, regrets the recent death of the distinguished British economist Ian Little, who was vice-president of the OECD Development Centre between 1965 and 1967.
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<link>http://www.oecd.org/dev/obituaryforeconomistianlittle.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2012 16:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[DEV Centre Newsletter - July / August 2012]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[SIGI travels to UN Women/The Development Centre participates in the EU-Latin America Policy Summit/Launch of the latest Development Centre Study on Industrial Policy and Territorial Development/Social Cohesion Policies in Vietnam/African Economic Outlook 2012 discussed by policy makers in Africa and beyond/Joining the 5th multinational CEO Roundtable in Beijing/Sharing knowledge with Chinese partners]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/dev/devcentrenewsletter-julyaugust2012.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2012 10:23:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Regional Conference on "Promoting Youth Employment in North Africa", 16 July 2012 - Tunis, Tunisia]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[OECD Secretary General, Angel Gurría will participate in the conference on Promoting Youth Employment in North Africa on 16 July 2012 in Tunis. It is held under the high patronage of the Prime Minister of Tunisia and jointly organised by the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the OECD Development Centre.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/dev/emea/regionalconferenceonpromotingyouthemploymentinnorthafrica16july2012-tunistunisia.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2012 12:26:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Live Webinar: Jobs for the Young & Restless]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Follow the discussion of leading thinkers on the topic of global youth unemployment and job creation. LIVE WEBINAR - McKinsey, OECD, IFC: JOBS FOR THE YOUNG & RESTLESS, 26th June at 8:00am EDT / 2:00pm CEST]]></description>
<link>http://mckinseyonsociety.com/jobs-for-young-and-restless-webinar/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2012 14:23:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[DEV Centre Newsletter - June 2012]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[DEV Centre Newsletter - June 2012]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/dev/devcentrenewsletter-june2012.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[New Issue Paper: Achieving the Millennium Development Goals. More money or better policies (or both)?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The looming 2015 deadline to reach the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)  has brought back the question of what it will cost and who will fund meeting the MDGs. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/dev/The OECD and the Millennium Development Goals.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2012 14:17:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Discrimination against women persists around the globe hampering development]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Social and legal discrimination against women remains a major obstacle to economic development in emerging and developing countries, according to the latest edition of OECD’s Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI).]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/dev/discriminationagainstwomenpersistsaroundtheglobehamperingdevelopment.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[3rd ADB-OECD Joint Seminar on the Regional Outlook for Asia “Asian Development Outlook 2012” - 19 April 2012]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Developing Asia is forecast to grow by 7.2% in 2011, 6.9% in 2012 and 7.3% in 2013. The greatest risk to Asia’s outlook is the continued uncertainty in Europe’s sovereign debt problems. Raising living standards and reducing poverty should be a priority in the years to come.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/dev/3rdadb-oecdjointseminarontheregionaloutlookforasiaasiandevelopmentoutlook2012-19april2012.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Dev Working Paper 308: Technological Upgrading in China and India ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This paper studies sources of technological upgrading in China and India. What is striking about the impressive growth of China and (to a lesser degree) India is that they export products associated with a high productivity level that is much higher than a country at their
income level. China’s export bundle has changed dramatically, diversifying into technology intensive products.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/dev/asia-pacific/Working Paper 308.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
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