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23-Nov-2009
“The OECD is pleased to see the commitment being made by the UK government to the fight against foreign bribery,” Mr Gurría said.
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20-Nov-2009
Jointly published by OECD and the IDB, this report assesses the development and application of competition law in Colombia over the last few years and the expected outcomes of its recent reform in the fields of anticompetitive agreements, abuse of dominance, merger and acquisitions, exclusions and exemptions, institutional and procedure aspects, coordination with sectoral regulators, judicial review, international issues and competition advocacy. This report is also available in Spanish .
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20-Nov-2009
To eliminate barriers to competition, governments can use the approach developed in the OECD’s Competition Assessment Toolkit. The Toolkit is a method for identifying unnecessary restraints on market activities and developing alternative, less restrictive measures that still achieve government policy objectives.
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17-Nov-2009
This Recommendation calls for governments to identify existing or proposed public policies that unduly restrict competition and to revise them by adopting more pro-competitive alternatives.
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09-Nov-2009
This list provides an archive of specific instances that have been or are being considered by National Contact Points (NCPs) responsible for implementing the Guidelines as of June 2009. This archive seeks to improve the quality of information disclosed by NCPs while protecting NCPs’ flexibility in determining how they implement the Guidelines.
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26-Oct-2009
Pension funds staged a partial recovery in the first half of 2009, generating investment returns of 3.5% in nominal terms. But, as of 30 June 2009, total pension funds assets still remained 14% below their December 2007 levels, according to the latest edition of OECD Pensions Markets in Focus.
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23-Oct-2009
This survey describes quantitative investment regulations on pension funds in OECD and selected non-OECD countries as of end December 2008. The information collected concerns all forms of quantitative portfolio restrictions (minima and maxima) applied to autonomous pension funds in OECD countries at different legal levels (law, regulation, industry norms, etc).
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19-Oct-2009
The OECD and the World Bank today announced the preliminary results of their project evaluating the financial performance of pension funds around the world.
The project aims to examine how to measure financial performance of pension funds taking into account the link between participants’ benefits to the performance of financial markets.
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Events
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from 07-Dec-2009 to 08-Nov-2009
The global economy is recovering faster than expected but remains fragile. How quickly will global trade and investment bounce back after the sharp falls of the past year? What role can international investment play in building a stronger, cleaner, fairer global economy?
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on 08-Dec-2009
This Consultation will seek the views of stakeholders on the priority areas for an update of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, including needs and options for specific revisions of both the substantive and procedural provisions of this instrument. It will take place back-to-back with the Global Forum on International Investment.
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on 10-Nov-2009
At the 2009 EU Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility, Deputy Secretary-General Aart de Geus talks about how the OECD's approach to corporate responsibility and the UN "Protect, Respect, Remedy" Framework on Business and Human Rights support each other.
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from 18-Feb-2010 to 19-Feb-2010
Taking place in Paris, the 9th OECD Global Forum on Competition will focus on competition, state aids and subsidies, as well as on collusion and corruption in public procurement. Participants will also discuss a peer review of competition law and policy in Brazil.
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on 09-Dec-2009
On International Anti-Corruption Day, the OECD celebrates the 10th anniversary of the entry into force of the Anti-Bribery Convention with a high-level roundtable on 'Foreign Bribery: Who Pays the Price?' and discussion on the fight against foreign bribery.
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on 08-Oct-2009
In a roundtable meeting between private sector representatives, policy makers and experts, signatories of the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA 2006) examined measures to reduce or eliminate non-tariff barriers to trade.
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from 07-Dec-2009 to 08-Dec-2009
Taking place in Paris, the 8th Global Forum on International Investment will focus on two core elements of any strategy aimed at ending the crisis and achieving sustainable, long-term economic growth: keeping markets open for international investment and improving investment environments around the world.
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from 26-Nov-2009 to 27-Nov-2009
The 4th OECD Forum on African Public Debt Management will be held on 26-27 November 2009. Discussion will include the formulation and implementation of debt management strategy in a changing borowing environment and operational risk management.
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from 25-Nov-2009 to 26-Nov-2009
This Global Forum will be held on 25-26 November 2009 at the OECD Conference Centre in Paris. It will provide an overview of the highlights of the impact of the global financial crisis on funding needs and borrowing strategies in different regions; the new policy challenges with a focus on Asian debt managers, and on the urgent policy changes in the new borrowing landscape.
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