Publications & Documents

Report on Due diligence in Colombia's Gold Supply Chain: Overview

This report is the first of a series of assessments on Colombian gold supply chains and aims to develop an initial approach and analysis for how risks outlined in Annex II of the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas are relevant in the Colombian context.

SME Policy Index: Western Balkans and Turkey 2016 - Assessing the Implementation of the Small Business Act for Europe

Launch of the Philippines investment policy review

Paris, 26 April 2016: OECD Deputy Secretary-General Douglas Frantz and Adrian Cristobal, Secretary, Department of Trade and Industry, Philippines, OECD Deputy Secretary-General Douglas Frantz and Adrian Cristobal, Secretary, Department of Trade and Industry, Philippines, will present reform successes and remaining challenges as well as strategies for promoting and supporting the recommendations in the report.

12th Annual Meeting: Creativity, jobs and local development (Venice, Italy)

This year the Forum will focus on creativity, jobs and local development. We will examine how localities can support culture and creative industries as a source of knowledge and job creation and how the creative industry can act as a powerful driving force areas such as tourism, urban regeneration, and social inclusion.

Les échanges mondiaux de produits contrefaits s’élèvent à près de 500 milliards USD par an - OCDE & EUIPO

D’après un nouveau rapport de l’OCDE et de l’Office de l’Union européenne pour la propriété intellectuelle, les importations de produits contrefaits et piratés s'élèvent à près de 500 milliards USD par an, soit environ 2,5 % des importations mondiales. Les marques américaines, italiennes et françaises sont les plus touchées, et une grande partie des sommes provenant de ces ventes alimente le crime organisé.

Trade in Counterfeit and Pirated Goods - Mapping the Economic Impact

Outcomes from the High-Level Symposium on Excess Capacity and Structural Adjustment in the Steel Sector

A High-Level Meeting on excess capacity and structural adjustment in the steel sector was convened on 18 April 2016, at the Palais d’Egmont in Brussels, co-organised by the OECD and the Belgian government.

High-Level Meeting: Excess Capacity and Structural Adjustment in the Steel Sector

In view of the significant and growing excess capacity that exists in the global steel industry, a High-Level meeting on excess capacity and structural adjustment in the steel sector was organised by the OECD and the Belgian authorities on 18 April 2016 at the Palais d'Egmont in Brussels.

Illicit Trade - Converging Criminal Networks

The OECD Code of Liberalisation of Capital Movements: OECD report to the G20, April 2016

This OECD report was presented at the G20 meetings in Washington on 13-15 April 2016. The report provides an update on recent developments concerning the OECD Code of Liberalisation of Capital Movements, in particular the launch of the review of the Code.