News & Events

Foreign Direct Investment Statistics: How Countries Measure FDI

29-Jan-2004

This joint IMF/OECD report on the outcome of the 2001 SIMSDI update highlights the progress made since the 1997 SIMSDI survey and identifies areas where more than 75 percent of countries surveyed now implement the recommended methodology for compiling FDI statistics, as well as those aspects where the majority of countries do not yet follow the international standards.

Implementation of the OECD Financial Education Project

28-Jan-2004

The importance of financial education has been recognised by the governments of a number of OECD member countries.  This report outlines the background and implementation procedures for the recently-launched Financial Education Project. 

Paper on Experiences from the Regional Corporate Governance Roundtables released, January 2004

09-Jan-2004

This report draws upon the experiences of the 25 meetings of the Corporate Governance Roundtables for Asia, Eurasia, Latin America, Russia and South East Europe to identify the major corporate governance issues faced by developing and emerging economies as well as potential solutions.

Insurance Regulation and Supervision in Latin America: A Comparative Assessment

This OECD publication provides a comparative study of insurance regulation and supervision in 19 Latin American countries. It includes materials prepared for two policy dialogue meetings between OECD member countries and partner countries in Latin America to facilitate the co-operation and co-ordination among insurance regulators and supervisors.

Strengthening Private Pensions: International standards, data and analysis

The Working Party on Private Pensions was established in 1999 to provide a forum for policy-makers from OECD countries to discuss public policy towards private pensions, with a focus on regulation. This booklet provides an overview of activities within the Working Party.

Latin American White Paper on Corporate Governance

13-Nov-2003

Corporate governance experts from Latin America, the OECD and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) unveiled an action plan for corporate governance reform in Latin America.

Forty Years' Experience with the OECD Code of Liberalisation of Capital Movements

22-Oct-2002

The OECD has actively promoted progressive liberalisation of current and capital account operations among its members for over 40 years. This report describes the challenges and benefits to OECD members as they liberalised capital movements.

OECD Public Debt Markets: Trends and Recent Structural Changes

24-Jun-2002

This OECD publication provides an authoritative source of the most up-to-date information on North American, Asian-Pacific and European bond markets. As it is drafted by the OECD debt managers themselves, it provides a unique overview of the best practices on debt management policies and techniques.