High-level Meeting of the MENA-OECD Investment Programme

27 March 2008, OECD Conference Centre, Paris, France

A high-level meeting of the MENA-OECD Investment Programme took place in parallel with the VII OECD Global Forum on International Investment on 27 March 2008 at the OECD Conference Centre in Paris.

The meeting considered strategic directions for the Programme after the second MENA-OECD Investment Programme Ministerial Meeting on 28 November last year. The next major project of the Programme entitled Business Climate Development Strategy (BCDS) was presented and discussed by high-level participants from MENA and OECD countries. For further information, please download the meeting agenda, conclusions and list of participants. See also the website of the Global Forum on International Investment www.oecd.org/investment/gfi-7.

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Presentations

• Increasing Investment and Competitiveness in the MENA Region through a Business Climate Development Strategy (BCDS), Dr. Alexander Böhmer, Head of Unit, OECD Private Sector Development Division

• FDI Indicators Project, Mr. Peter Kusek, FIAS, World Bank Group

• OECD’s Going for Growth : Indicator-based monitoring, Mr. Sean M. Dougherty, OECD Economics Department

• OECD FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index, Ms. Blanka Kalinova, Senior Economist, OECD Investment Division