OECD Global Forum on International Investment “Enhancing the investment climate: the case of infrastructure”

Organised in Istanbul, Turkey, on 6-7 November 2006, the main topics of the 2006 Global Forum on International Investment were international investor participation in infrastructure and investment policy using the Policy Framework for Investment.

OECD/Turkey Investment Roundtable: Concrete Steps to Enhance the Turkish Investment Climate

This Roundtable discussed Turkey’s recent experience with strategies for enhancing the enabling environment for investment, focusing on the relevant aspects of regulatory reform and their impact on the investment climate.

Evaluation Systems and Use: a Working Tool for Peer Reviews and Assessments

This booklet is a practical guide for managers of joint evaluations of developmentassistance programmes. It reflects the evolution of development co-operationtowards broader partnerships and, specifi cally, joint evaluations undertaken withthe participation of developing country partners.

Guidance for Managing Joint Evaluations

This booklet is a practical guide for managers of joint evaluations of developmentassistance programmes. It reflects the evolution of development co-operationtowards broader partnerships and, specifi cally, joint evaluations undertaken withthe participation of developing country partners.

Also Available

• Manual de gestión de evaluaciones conjuntas

Interpretation of the Umbrella Clause in Investment Agreements - Working Paper 2006/3

Given the very frequent occurrence of the umbrella clause in modern investment treaties, and the different language used in these treaties, this paper aims to improve an understanding of the interpretations of this clause.

Global challenges for the XXIst century - climate change, energy and democratic institutions

In a speech at the Annual Conference of the Club de Madrid, Angel Gurría focussed on the political economy of climate policies. He spoke about a range of policies that could be used to help address climate change, and the considerable challenges of implementing them.

Manual de gestión de evaluaciones conjuntas

El presente folleto pretende ser una guía práctica dirigida a los responsables de la gestión de evaluaciones conjuntas de programas de ayuda al desarrollo.

Also Available

• Guidance for Managing Joint Evaluations

Investment Newsletter, October 2006, Issue 2

The second issue of the Investment Newsletter focuses on OECD work on preventing investment protectionism, as well as reporting on recent FDI developments and their measurement. It also reviews the results of the investment policy review of the Russian Federation and offers asummary of recent work on implementing the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises.

DACNews October 2006 - Fighting corruption

OECD's Secretary General writes exclusively for DACNews on the growing consensus for governments and international institutions to work together to fight corruption; Danish Minister for Development Cooperation, Ulla Tornaes warns that without good governance ''other political and economic reforms will have only limited effect…'' plus OECD DAC anti-corruption principles, World Bank indicators on governance and Transparency

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• DACNews from the OECD Development Assistance Committee

Global governance as part of crisis prevention

Angel Gurría focussed on the role of global governance in crisis prevention in this speech, which was delivered at the "Conference of Foreign Affairs Committee and Development Committee Chairpersons of the European Union Member Countries" in Finland, on 28 September 2006.

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• Secretary-General's official visit to Finland (27 September - 1 October 2006)