Corporate Governance of Listed Companies in China

This report looks at the institutional framework of corporate governance in China through the prism of the OECD Principles of Corporate Governance and assess a broad range of laws, regulations and codes.

First meeting of the Eurasia Group on Corporate Governance for Capital Market Development

This meeting focused on the links between good corporate governance practices, strengthened capital markets and economic growth.

First meeting of the Latin American Network on Corporate Governance of State-Owned Enterprises

The first meeting of the Network focused on overall frameworks and priorities for SOE governance reforms in the region, challenges for improving SOE boards, and case studies of governance reforms in some of Latin America’s largest SOEs from Brazil, Chile and Colombia.

Latin American Companies Circle

The Latin American Companies Circle brings together a group of Latin American companies who have adopted good corporate governance practices in order to provide private sector input into the work of the Roundtable.

Lignes directrices de l'OCDE sur le gouvernement d’entreprise des entreprises publiques

L’OCDE a approuvé ces Lignes directrices sur le gouvernement d’entreprise des entreprises publiques afin de donner des conseils concrets aux pays sur la façon de mieux assumer leurs responsabilités de propriétaire de ces entreprises.Les Lignes directrices visent à aider à rendre les entreprises publiques plus compétitives, efficaces et transparentes.

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• OECD Guidelines on Corporate Governance of State-Owned Enterprises

Corporate governance and the financial crisis

The financial crisis revealed severe shortcomings in corporate governance. When most needed, existing standards failed to provide the checks and balances that companies need in order to cultivate sound business practices.

The exercise of shareholder rights: Country comparison of turnout and dissent, OECD Corporate Governance Working Papers, No.3

This working paper examines the degree to which investors use their share voting rights to register their concerns with companies on corporate issues in OECD countries and Brazil. The study highlights patterns of dissent that suggest remuneration and issues of capital structure are the resolutions that attract most consistent shareholder dissent. Australia, Chile and Germany are singled out for enhanced analysis.

Board Practices: Incentives and Governing Risks

This publication examines how effectively boards manage to align executive and board remuneration with the longer term interests of their companies.

Privatisation in the 21st century in OECD countries

Privatisation in OECD countries reached an all-time high in the 1990s and remained high in the first years of the 21st century. The OECD analyses trends in privatisation, profiles recent experiences and proposes operational and policy conclusions.

The size and composition of the SOE sector in OECD countries, OECD Corporate Governance Working Papers, No. 5

This working paper summarises the main findings of a data collection exercise documenting the size of the national state-owned enterprise (SOE) sectors in OECD countries (in terms of number, employment and economic value of enterprises), and provides a breakdown by main sectors and types of incorporation.

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