OECD-Africa Investment Initiative for Growth and Development: First Advisory Board Meeting

8 September 2003, Geneva

Hosted by the government of Switzerland, the primary objectives of this inaugural meeting of the OECD-Africa Investment Advisory Board were to:

• discuss with key partners issues related to attracting and utilising investment as a vehicle for growth and development in Africa,
• help guide the design and implementation of the OECD-Africa Investment Initiative,
• achieve synergies with bilateral and multilateral organisations already working in Africa.

Documentation

• Draft summary report
• Draft agenda
• African Economic Outlook - An OECD Perspective, Andrea-Enrico Goldstein
• A ten-year strategy for increasing capital flows to Africa, Commission on Capital Flows to Africa

Further reading

• Foreign Direct Investment for Development: Maximising Benefits, Minimising Costs, OECD 2002
• Policies Toward Attracting Foreign Direct Investment, OECD 2003.
• OECD Reviews of Foreign Direct Investment
• Trust in Government: Ethics Measures in OECD Countries, OECD 2000
• Public Sector Transparency and International Investment Policy, OECD 2003
• African Economic Outlook 2001/2002, OECD Development Centre

Organisers

For more information, please contact:

Mr. Mehmet ÖGÜTÇÜ
Head, Non-Members Liaison Group and
OECD Global Forum on International Investment, DAF CMIS
E-mail: Mehmet.Ogutcu@oecd.org