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Latin American and Caribbean Competition Forum

The 2017 OECD-IDB Latin American Competition Forum takes place in Managua, Nicaragua, on 4-5 April 2017. Discussions will focus on cartels, merger control and addressing competition challenges in financial markets

Latin America and the Caribbean: Tax revenues continue to rise despite low economic growth

Tax revenues in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) countries continued to increase in 2015, according to new data from the annual Revenue Statistics in Latin America and the Caribbean publication. The average tax-to-GDP ratio for LAC countries reached 22.8% of GDP in 2015, up from 22.2% in 2014.

Conference on business, finance and gender

Paris, 8 March 2017: Taking place on International Women's Day, this OECD-hosted conference considered questions such as gender differences in financial literacy and inclusion; women working in the informal economy and the role of business: gender differences in the changing pensions landscape; empowering women to fight back against corruption and engaging men to support gender equality in the workplace.

International Women's Day 2017 - Achieving women’s economic empowerment by 2030: From Global Commitment to Policy Solutions

Women’s economic empowerment is widely recognised as one of the most effective means of catalysing positive social transformation in favour of gender equality with wide-ranging positive impacts for women and their communities as well as national economies.

PCSD Newsletter, February 2017

This newsletter informs about recent activities and publications that are relevant from a policy coherence for sustainable development (PCSD) perspective.

More strategic focus would improve impact of Poland’s foreign aid

Poland has built up a small but solid presence in international development and should now focus its limited resources on areas where it can make the most impact, allocating more funds to bilateral aid in priority countries and sectors, according to a new OECD Review.

Geographical Distribution of Financial Flows to Developing Countries 2017 - Disbursements, Commitments, Country Indicators

Detailed final 2015 aid figures released by OECD/DAC

The detailed final aid figures for 2015 are available since end December 2016. The data add significant detail to preliminary Official Development Assistance (ODA) statistics that were released in April 2016.

US push to make its development aid more effective is paying off

The United States has maintained foreign aid volumes through the aftermath of the global economic crisis and has visibly improved the focus and effectiveness of its development assistance. These trends should be maintained and reforms to the U.S. Agency for International Development should be consolidated, according to a new OECD Review.

CODE Report No. 8 - Policy coherence at the local level

This CODE Report explores the importance of policy coherence at the local level for aligning employment, skills and economic development policy.