12th Tokyo Roundtable on Capital Market Reform in Asia

Discussions at this meeting focused on the global financial situation and regulatory reforms; capital flows; regional financial markets; financial education and consumer protection in Asia; and, regulation, supervision and risk management of Asian banks.

SEBI-OECD International Conference on Investor Education

Taking place in Goa, India, this event addressed international issues and global trends relating to investor education, with a particular focus on investor education in Asia.

FINANCE: Solving Europe's banking and debt crisis

Europe's sovereign debt crisis has exposed structural weaknesses in economic governance that now threaten the entire euro region. Efforts to reinforce public finances and preserve the currency union must go further than solutions proposed to date.

2nd OECD-Asia Regional Seminar: Enhancing Transparency and Monitoring of Insurance Markets

This seminar focused on how to improve the monitoring of insurance markets through the provision of sound insurance statistics and indicators both in the Asia region and globally.

Solving the Financial and Sovereign Debt Crisis in Europe

This paper examines the policies that have been proposed to solve the financial and sovereign debt crisis in Europe, against the backdrop of what the real underlying problems are: extreme differences in competitiveness; the absence of a growth strategy; sovereign, household and corporate debt at high levels in the very countries that are least competitive; and banks that have become too large, driven by dangerous trends in ‘capital

21st OECD Global Forum on Public Debt Management

Discussions at the 2012 forum focused on the changing global investor base for government securities, primary market operations and new interactions between public debt management and monetary policy under fiscal dominance.

Explaining the interest-rate-growth differential underlying government debt dynamics

The differential between the interest rate paid to service government debt and the growth rate of the economy is a key concept in assessing fiscal sustainability.

Public spending efficiency in the Czech Republic: fiscal policy framework and the main spending areas of pensions and healthcare

The Czech fiscal position is generally sound and policy making is prudent. However, the fiscal framework was not strong enough to contain spending in the upturn and it would benefit from independent budget oversight.

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• Economic Survey of the Czech Republic 2011

Financial Education in Schools

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Measuring Financial Literacy

This financial literacy questionnaire and accompanying guidance notes can be used to survey levels of financial literacy and detailed guidance on how to implement such a survey.