Launch of the Central Asian Initiative to boost investment and competitiveness

At a meeting in Berlin on 4-5 November 2008, ministers from Central Asian countries agreed to work together on a regional initiative to boost the business climate.

Is it Official Development Assistance (ODA)?

This note helps donors to decide whether a particular expenditure qualifies as official development assistance (ODA). It supplements the DAC Statistical Reporting Directives.

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• DAC Statistical Reporting Directives

OECD Group demands rapid UK action to enact adequate anti-bribery laws

The OECD’s Working Group on Bribery sharply criticised the United Kingdom’s failure to bring its anti-bribery laws into line with its international obligations under the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention and urged the rapid introduction of new legislation.

Sovereign Wealth Funds and recipient countries - Working together to maintain and expand freedom of investment

This brochure, prepared for the International Monetary and Financial Committee on 11 October 2008, presents OECD guidance for recipient country policies towards SWFs, as well as an overview of OECD work on Freedom of Investment.

Eighth OECD Roundtable on Freedom of Investment, National Security and “Strategic” Industries: Summary of discussions

Organised in Paris on 8 October 2008, this roundtable focused on strengthening peer monitoring of recipient country policies, accountability in applying national security investment safeguards and foreign government-controlled investment.

OECD Guidance on Sovereign Wealth Funds

The OECD guidance for recipient country investment policies relating to national security OECD was adopted by the OECD Investment Committee on 8 October 2008. Taken together, the OECD guidance for recipient countries and the Santiago Principles for SWFs provide the international community with a robust framework for promoting mutual trust and confidence and reaping the full benefits of SWFs for home and host countries

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• OECD work on freedom of investment

Measuring Aid to Health

Statistics presented in this note relate to Official Development Assistance (ODA) for health.

OECD Anti-Bribery Convention and Spain: Report on Progress of the implementation of the Phase 2 Recommendations since March 2006

Follow-up Report on the Implementation by Spain of the Phase 2 Recommendations on the Application of the OECD Convention and the 1997 Revised Recommendation on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions.

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• Spain - Phase 1: Report on Implementation of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention
• Spain - Phase 2: Report on Implementation of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention

Calculation of the grant element of aid loans

The grant element reflects the financial terms of a transaction: interest rate, maturity and grace period. Only loans with a grant element above 25% qualify as ODA/OA. The attached document includes the grant element formula and examples.

Making Reforms Succeed: Moving Forward with the MENA Investment Policy Agenda

This publication highlights key outcomes of the work of the MENA-OECD Investment Programme from 2005-2007, including reforms achieved to date in investment policies and promotion, corporate governance, financial-sector development, and tax policies. It also contains information on the Programme’s activities, highlighting business-climate developments in MENA countries.