Fixing finance: Few easy answers

The financial system has still not fully recovered. Major questions remain over how banks operate and are regulated. The solutions must be found, argues William R. White, Chair of the OECD Economic and Development Review Committee.

OECD-Banque du Liban International Conference on Financial Education: Building Financially Empowered Individuals

Discussions at this high-level event focused on the financial empowerment of individuals globally but with a particular focus on the Middle East North Africa region.

Finance: review of causes and management of the crisis

At the heart of the crisis are failures of financial regulation, of supervision, of risk management and of corporate governance.

OECD-Bank of Italy Symposium on Financial Literacy: Improving Financial Education Efficiency

Discussions at this high-level event focused on financial literacy, behavioural economics and financial education and the importance of financial education in defined contribution pension schemes.

Economy: easy credit, welfare threaten new economic crisis, warns OECD Committee chair

Are the policies that governments have put in place to stabilise the global economy and restore growth sowing the seeds for a new economic crisis? While more welfare spending and easier credit can temporarily help to shore up economic activity, they could in the medium term make the problems that caused the current crisis worse, argues William White, chair of the OECD’s Economic Development and Review Committee.

Why sound institutions and smart regulation matter

Speaking at a conference in Berlin, Angel Gurría says that a new architecture of financial reform together with sustainable fiscal consolidation strategies, structural reforms and efforts to explore new sources of growth will be essential to build a stronger, cleaner and fairer world economy.

Finance et investissement : Tableaux-clés de l'OCDE

Les tableaux-clés sur finance et l'investissement comprennent des données sur la dette de l’administration centrale. Les séries comprennent les huit dernières périodes disponibles.

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Building on the OECD's internationally recognised standards in the area of financial education, participants in this event shared best practices and experiences in the fields of financial education and literacy. As a result, they were better equipped to address their national and regional challenges in these policy areas.The workshop was co-hosted by the Reserve Bank of India and the OECD and was sponsored by the Government of Japan.

Colloque sur la refondation du système monétaire et financier international

Lors du colloque sur la refondation du système monétaire international, A. Gurría a appelé à une réforme du système financier pour qu’il joue son rôle de soutien à l’activité économique et qu’il ne provoque pas d’autre crise systémique.

Obama plan for banks can help to avoid a new financial crisis

U.S. President Barack Obama’s plan to separate core commercial banking from some higher-risk activities in financial conglomerates and to place a moratorium on further consolidation could help to avoid a new financial crisis by resolving some major risks inherent to the current financial system.