Anti-corruption instruments and the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises

The anti-corruption content of the Guidelines is broader than that of the Convention and the Revised Recommendation, as the Guidelines cover private sector bribery, solicitation of bribes and extortion. They also encourage companies to extend ...

2003/2 - Business Approaches to Combating Corrupt Practices

The international business community's anti-corruption efforts are essential parts of broader systems for fighting corrupt business practices. This paper looks at anti-corruption material published on the websites of companies in UNCTAD’s list of top 100 non-financial multinational...

Enterprise Policy Performance Assessment (EPPA) for Bosnia and Herzegovina

This report highlights a number of issues raised by SME owners and managers and builds on recently published OECD-EBRD reports (2001, 2002). It identifies a number of actions needed in order to continue the progress already made in improving the policy environment for SMEs.

Enterprise Policy Performance Assessment (EPPA) for Montenegro

This report highlights a number of issues based on insights from SME owners and managers and builds on recently published OECD and EBRD reports. It identifies a number of actions needed in order to build further on the progress already made in improving the policy environment for SMEs.

Checklist for Foreign Direct Investment Incentive Policies

This booklet comprises two main sections: "Guiding Principles for Policies toward attracting FDI" and "Assessing FDI Incentive Policies: A Checklist". See also, "Incentives for attracting FDI".

International Investment Perspectives: 2003 Edition

The 2003 edition of this publication includes an update of recent trends and prospects in international direct investment and provides analyses of investment policy questions of topical interest.

OECD-Africa Investment Initiative for Growth and Development: First Advisory Board Meeting

8 September 2003, Geneva. The primary purpose of this inaugural meeting was to discuss with key partners issues related to attracting and utilising investment as a vehicle for growth and development in Africa.

Incentives for attracting foreign direct investment: An overview of OECD work

The OECD has produced a considerable amount of analytical work addressing the issue of incentives for attracting foreign direct investment (FDI). This list, compiled in the context of a 2002 project undertaken by the Investment Committee, provides an overview of this work which is indicative, rather than exhaustive, of the large body of work undertaken by several OECD bodies in this area.

Reforms Could Boost China’s Ability to Attract Foreign Investment

China’s scorecard for attracting foreign investment reads like this: Trying hard, doing well, but could do even better.

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OECD Investment Policy Reviews - China: Progress and Reform Challenges

This study records and evaluates the development so far of an enabling environment for FDI and suggests policy options designed to improve it further. Foreign investors were initially attracted to China by cheap land and labour, the promise of a large market and, to some extent, by fiscal incentives. To sustain and increase large-scale FDI inflows, it is now necessary