Conference on Improving Governance and Fighting Corruption: New Frontiers in Public-Private Partnerships

14-15 March 2007 - Brussels, Belgium

"Improving Governance and Fighting Corruption: New Frontiers in Public-Private Partnerships" was a two-day event organised by the World Bank Institute, OECD, and the Belgian government. It centered on the challenges of creating good governance with the co-operation of the private sector.  Further information about this event can be found on the conference website at www.improvinggovernance.be.

The OECD Investment Committee Secretariat organised the panel on "Building Policy Capacities for a Positive Trade and Investment Climate. The speakers included Mr Anwar Ibrahim, former Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia and Dr Bernard Kouassi, Executive Director of the APRM Secretariat, and was Chaired by Dr Firmino Mucavele, Executive Head, NEPAD Secretariat. One of the outcomes of the conference recognised the need for more work on identifying the obstacles to mobilising investment and building the capacity to establish a sound investment climate, by strengthening peer learning methods like the APRM and using capacity building tools like the Policy Framework for Investment [see www.improvinggovernance.be/en/programme/building-policy-capacities/].

Further reading

• NEPAD-OECD Africa Investment Initiative 
• Policy Framework for Investment
• OECD Risk Awareness Tool for Multinational Enterprises in Weak Governance Zones  [ English / français ]
• Investment for Development - 2006 Annual Report
• International Investor Participation in Infrastructure: Challenges for Policy Makers
• Encouraging Public-Private Partnerships in the Utilities Sector: The Role of Development Assistance [ English / français ]
• Promoting Pro-poor Growth: Infrastructure
• NEPAD www.nepad.org
• World Bank www.worldbank.org
• World Bank Doing Business Database www.doingbusiness.org
• World Bank Public Private Dialogue www.publicprivatedialogue.org