Reports

Investment policies related to national security and public order

While foreign investment supports growth and development, creates jobs and enhances welfare, it carries a potential risk for the host country’s national security or public order. This is why international instruments and agreements recognise countries’ rights to manage such risks.

Intellectual property (IP) statistics and analysis

The context in which intellectual property currently operates is very different from the one in which IP rights were conceived. IP systems are undergoing continuous changes as they seek to optimise the balance between private and social benefits to contribute to economic growth and the welfare of societies.

World Corporate Top R&D Investors: Shaping the future of technologies and AI

This report brings together data on patents, trademarks and scientific publications of the world’s top corporate R&D investors to shed light on the role of these key players in shaping the future of technologies, artificial intelligence in particular.

OECD Code of Liberalisation of Capital Movements, 2019

This publication presents the full text of the OECD Code of Liberalisation of Capital Movements under which adhering countries have accepted legally binding obligations. It allows a comparison of the degree of liberalisation achieved by each adhering country in regard to international capital movements, as of May 2019.

Waste Management and the Circular Economy in Selected OECD Countries - Evidence from Environmental Performance Reviews

Is there a role for blockchain in responsible supply chains?

This paper takes a critical look at how blockchain technology is currently being developed and used to advance due diligence in supply chains. It includes considerations for how responsible business conduct objectives can be integrated into emerging blockchain initiatives in a consistent and effective way.

Multi-dimensional Review of Peru - Volume 3. From Analysis to Action

Exploring changes in world production and trade

Drawing on the 2018 update of the OECD’s Inter-Country Input-Output (ICIO) database, this paper explores the evolution of trade in value added between 2005 and 2015. Changes in international production systems are examined with particular attention given to four key sectors heavily integrated into global value chains: textiles and apparel, chemicals, ICT and electronics, and motor vehicles.

Ship finance practices in major shipbuilding economies

Ship finance is a broad term that involves corporate financial management of shipping companies and shipyards as well as new building finance. As the maritime industry is highly capital-intensive, and with the effects of the 2008 financial crisis, financing has become critical for the shipbuilding sector and shipping companies around the world. This paper provides an overview of ship finance practices in major shipbuilding economies.

How to Solve the Investment Promotion Puzzle: A Mapping of Investment Promotion Agencies in Latin America and the Caribbean and OECD Countries

This joint OECD and IDB report presents rich new information on the organization, activities, and operative practices of IPAs in 51 countries, comprising 32 OECD countries and 19 Latin American and the Caribbean (LAC) countries (outside of the OECD area), providing a thorough understanding of who agencies are, what they do, and how they do it.