Reports

OECD countries adopt a strengthened framework for ensuring orderly capital flows

For almost 60 years, the OECD Code of Liberalisation of Capital Movements has provided a balanced framework for allowing countries to progressively remove barriers to the movement of capital, while providing flexibility to cope with situations of economic and financial instability. A review of the Code was adopted in 2019 to strengthen the instrument and respond to new financial stability challenges.

Mapping of investment promotion agencies: The Mediterranean Middle East and North Africa

This report provides an inventory of existing practices among IPAs in eight southern Mediterranean (MED) economies: Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, the Palestinian Authority, and Tunisia. Each MED country has one national IPA with the exception of Tunisia, where three agencies have investment promotion functions. The survey was therefore conducted with ten different agencies.

New Progress Report on National Contact Points for Responsible Business Conduct

New Progress Report on National Contact Points for Responsible Business Conduct released at the 2019 OECD’s Ministerial Council Meeting in Paris addresses the need for more government support and resources to ensure that National Contact Points for Responsible Business Conduct (NCPs) reach their full potential.

OECD Code of Liberalisation of Capital Movements, 2019 (FR)

Cette publication présente le texte intégral du Code de l’OCDE de la Libération des Mouvements de Capitaux en vertu duquel les pays adhérents ont accepté des obligations juridiquement contraignantes. Elle permet une comparaison du degré de libéralisation atteint par chaque pays adhérent en relation aux mouvements de capitaux à la date de Mai 2019.

Code of Liberalisation of Current Invisible Operations 2019 (FR)

Cette publication présente le texte intégral du Code de la libération des opérations invisibles courantes, dont les dispositions, acceptées par les pays Membres de l'OCDE, ont force obligatoire.

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.

OECD SME and Entrepreneurship Outlook 2019

Structural adjustment, mass lay-offs and employment reallocation

This report provides an analysis of the incidence and determinants of mass lay-offs, controlling for the dynamics of overall employment. This in turn allows for the identification of specific policy factors that are linked to the phenomenon. The paper also investigates the re-employability prospects of workers in sectors at high risk.

Innovation, Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability in Japan

Counterfeiting and Piracy and the Swedish Economy - Making Sure "Made in Sweden" Always Is