Arab World Competitiveness Report 2011-2012

This report finds that foreign investment in North Africa and the Middle East needs to diversify away from the oil and gas industries and be encouraged to focus on areas which have a greater impact on boosting jobs.

Inventory of investment measures taken between 16 February and 31 October 2011

This report covers investment measures taken between 16 February and 31 October 2011. Information presented in this report has also been used for two joint reports by WTO, OECD and UNCTAD, released on 24 May and 25 October 2011, respectively, in response to the G20 Leaders' request of 2 April 2009 for quarterly public reporting on their adherence to their trade and investment policy commitments.

Infrastructures en eau et secteur privé: Guide de l'OCDE pour l'action publique

Afin d'aider les gouvernements et leurs partenaires à évaluer et gérer les implications de la participation d'acteurs privés au financement, au développement et à la gestion des infrastructures en eau et en assainissement, l'OCDE à développé une série de recommandations pratiques. Ce Guide de l'OCDE pour l'action publique constitue un catalogue cohérent d'orientations à l'intention des pouvoirs publics.

OECD Global Forum on International Investment

The OECD Global Forum on International Investment (GFII) promotes investment for growth and sustainable development by engaging governments worldwide and interested stakeholders in peer learning and dialogue on emerging issues facing the investment policy community.

Intellectual Assets and Innovation: The SME Dimension

This report examines the relationship between SMEs' management of intellectual assets, innovation and competitiveness.

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G20 Study: Whistleblower Protection Frameworks, Compendium of Best Practices and Guiding Principles for Legislation

At the Seoul Summit in November 2010, G20 Leaders identified the protection of whistleblowers as one of the high priority areas in their global anticorruption agenda. For that purpose, the Members asked the OECD: To prepare a blue print of the study on best practices for discussion and adoption at the Bali meeting; leading to the preparation of a compendium of best practices and guidelines for legislation on the protection of

2011 Annual Meeting of the National Contact Points: Report by the Chair

This document reproduces the Report by the Chair of the Annual Meeting of the National Contact Points (NCP) which was held in June 2011. This report reviews NCP activities as well as other implementation activities undertaken by adhering governments over the June 2010 - June 2011 period.

International capital flows: Structural reforms and experience with the OECD Code of Liberalisation of Capital Movements

The dramatic increase in international capital flows, despite a temporary contraction during the global crisis, has motivated policy discussions on the associated benefits and costs of capital mobility. While international capital movements can support long-term growth, they also pose short-term policy challenges, including those associated with undesirable consequences of exchange-rate appreciation, financial and asset-price cycles

Business Innovation Policies: Selected Country Comparisons

This study examines trends in and key features of policies and programmes used by governments to support innovation in the business sector.

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Climate change report factsheet

The report provides an in-depth analysis of what is being done, and what can be done, to mitigate tourism’s impact within the context of an expanding industry, as well as to adapt tourism to the changes that cli