OECD’s Gurría launches drive to raise corporate governance standards

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25-Sep-2008

Good corporate governance is one of the keys to healthy financial markets in today’s globalised economy. Amid current market turmoil, OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría has called for a new drive to raise standards and performance in this area.

Peru adheres to the OECD Declaration on International Investment

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31-Jul-2008

Peru has become the 41st adherent to the OECD Declaration on International Investment and Multinational Enterprises, in recognition of its impressive progress in pursuing investment policy reforms to improve the country's business climate and reduce poverty.

The OECD Steering Group on Corporate Governance continues dialogue with alternative investors

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22-May-2008

The regulatory framework should allow the developments of shareholders’ activism and any intervention aimed at addressing specific policy issue should be informed by careful analysis about the nature of ...

Entrepreneurship and innovation are engines of economic growth, OECD workshop concludes

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08-May-2008

A three-day international workshop on innovation and the global impact of high-growth small and medium-sized firms (SMEs), organized by OECD with the Kauffman Foundation in Kansas City, hailed entrepreneurship and the fast growth of innovative small firms as the engines of economic growth.

Receiving Globalist of the Year award, Angel Gurría stresses the importance of multilateral co-operation

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26-Oct-2007

OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría received the first ever "Globalist of the Year" award from the Canadian International Council for his contribution to innovation in global governance and international affairs.

OECD examines the role of hedge funds and private equity firms in corporate governance

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05-Jun-2007

OECD countries have agreed that the corporate governance practices of private equity firms and hedge funds are best addressed within the framework of the existing OECD Principles of Corporate Governance.

Bovespa awards OECD for supporting Corporate Governance improvements in Brazil

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20-Mar-2007

OECD and the Latin American Roundtable on Corporate Governance were recognized as being among the five main institutional supporters of Bovespa's Novo Mercado in a ceremony on March 1, 2007.

ASEAN, OECD countries to discuss “peer review” as mechanism for co-operation

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11-Jan-2007

Policymakers from Southeast Asian and OECD countries will meet in Jakarta on 23-24 January 2007 to discuss the role and utility of the ‘peer review’ mechanism which is at the heart of the OECD’s working ...

OECD provides guidance for assessment of corporate governance rules and practices

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04-Dec-2006

The OECD has taken an important step to reinforce the role of its Principles of Corporate Governance as a global standard by issuing guidance for users in assessing their implementation.

New OECD reports on Turkish economy and corporate governance

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18-Oct-2006

Two major OECD reports on Turkey this week on corporate governance in Turkey on 17 October and an Economic Survey of Turkey on 18 October, coinciding with an official visit to Istanbul and Ankara by the Organisation’s Secretary-General, Angel Gurría.

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Publication

An evalution of the extent to which the OECD Principles of Corporate Governance have been implemented in Turkey.

Corporate Governance in Turkey: A Pilot Study

Key Material

Recommendations for good practice in corporate behaviour with a view to rebuilding and maintaining public trust in companies and stock markets

OECD Principles of Corporate Governance