Global Policy Research Symposium to Advance Financial Literacy

Discussions at this OECD-GFLEC event in Paris on 31 October 2013 addressed the status of financial literacy around the world, the impact of the institutional framework, innovative ideas and how to translate research into policy and practice.

Institutional investors and green infrastructure investments

This paper examines how institutional investors can access green infrastructure, the extent to which this is currently happening, and the barriers to scaling up these investment flows. Based on four case studies, broader lessons are drawn for governments on the policy settings which may support investment in green infrastructure by institutional investors.

Annual Survey of Large Pension Funds

This survey monitors and compares the investment behaviour, operating costs, and performances of the largest institutional investors in each region or country covered and analyses in greater depth the general trends observed at a national level.

Women and Financial Education: Evidence, Policy Responses and Guidance

This book addresses gender differences in financial literacy and reviews policy responses and initiatives across the world to tackle women’s and girls’ needs, drawing lessons from existing experiences.

Developing Local Currency Bond Markets: A New Diagnostic Framework

Jointly developed by the IMF, World Bank, EBRD, and the OECD, this report analyses the main elements necessary to deepen domestic bond markets in emerging and developing economies.

Equity markets, corporate governance and value creation

This article provides both an analytical framework for the role of public policy in corporate governance and a description of the empirical context that influences the conditions for that policy.

APEC Finance Ministers welcome OECD report on disaster risk financing in the Asia Pacific region

At their meetings on 19-20 September 2013, APEC Finance Ministers welcomed a survey report prepared by the OECD on disaster risk financing practices in the Asia Pacific region.

Financial education and women

Both women and men need to be sufficiently financially literate to effectively participate in economic activities and to take appropriate financial decisions for themselves and their families, but women often have less financial knowledge and lower access to formal financial products than men. Women therefore have specific and additional financial literacy needs.

Les pays du G20 agissent pour aider les consommateurs à prendre des décisions financières éclairées

La crise financière a montré que de nombreuses personnes ont besoin de mieux comprendre les questions financières afin de prendre des décisions éclairées en matière d’épargne, de placements financiers, de retraite et de crédit, selon un rapport qui sera présenté aux chefs d’États et de gouvernements du G20 réunis cette semaine à Saint-Pétersbourg.

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APEC/OECD Seminar on Infrastructure Financing

This seminar took place in Palembang, Indonesia, with discussions focusing on institutional investors and long-term financing and policy measures and initiatives to address constraints to infrastructure investment identified by APEC under the Indonesian presidency.