Publications & Documents

Changer les lois et éliminer les obstacles à l’autonomisation économique des femmes : Égypte, Jordanie, Maroc et Tunisie

OECD work on investment promotion and facilitation

20-22 October 2020: This virtual workshop prepared participants to confront future challenges in light of the COVID-19 crisis, ensure the impact and effectiveness of their actions, and considered how to adapt strategies to best contribute to a sustainable, inclusive and resilient recovery.

OECD-Asian Roundtable on Corporate Governance

Established in 1999, the OECD-Asian Roundtable on Corporate Governance serves as a regional forum for exchanging experiences and advancing the reform agenda on corporate governance while promoting awareness and use of the OECD Principles of Corporate Governance.

Corporate Governance in Costa Rica

Launch of the OECD’s Capital Market Review of Portugal 2020: Mobilising Portuguese Capital Markets for Investment and Growth

We are in the midst of an unprecedented health, economic and social crisis. Before COVID-19, we expected world GDP growth to be 2.9% in 2020, now we project it to fall by 4.5%. The decline would have been much larger without the strong and effective policy support introduced by many economies.

OECD Capital Market Review of Portugal

Building on Portugal’s successful implementation of a wide range of structural and economic reforms over the past decade, the OECD Capital Market Review of Portugal offers policy recommendations to Portuguese authorities on how to improve the conditions for capital markets to finance corporations of all sizes and provide investment opportunities to savers.

Improved capital markets can help Portugal build a dynamic business sector and support its COVID-19 recovery

Despite the strong economic performance and sustained reform momentum over the past few years, Portugal entered the COVID-19 crisis with undersized capital markets. These markets must now be mobilised to support a resilient, dynamic and sustainable recovery, according to a new OECD report.

Mr. Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD, launching the OECD Capital Market Review of Portugal, 2 October 2020

Mr. Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD, launched the OECD Capital Market Review of Portugal, 2 October 2020, alongside Portugal’s Finance Minister João Leão and EU Commissioner Elisa Ferreira.

Sustainable and resilient finance

29/09/2020 - The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted an urgent need to consider resilience in finance, both in the financial system itself and in the role played by capital and investors in making economic and social systems more dynamic and able to withstand external shocks. The 2020 OECD Business and Finance Outlook focuses on the environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors that are rapidly becoming a part of mainstream finance.

ESG Investing: Practices, Progress and Challenges

This report provides an overview of concepts, assessments, and conducts quantitative analysis to shed light on both the progress and challenges with respect to the current state of ESG investing.