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27-Oct-2010
Egypt is seeking to improve its business climate to attract more investment and stimulate growth and job creation. This book identifies policy priorities and proposes specific reforms and actions to enable Egypt to achieve measurable improvements in its business climate.
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25-Oct-2010
The third OECD Sovereign Borrowing Outlook finds that OECD governments are facing ongoing challenges in the markets for government securities as a result of continued strong borrowing activity amid concerns about the pace of recovery and sovereign risk.
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20-Oct-2010
Transnational bribery enforcement under the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) has increased significantly since the last OECD evaluation of the implementation of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention by the United States, according to a new OECD report.
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19-Oct-2010
Finland needs to take urgent steps to raise awareness among Finnish companies that they are criminally liable under Finnish law if they, or their local agents or subsidiaries on their behalf, bribe public officials when doing business abroad.
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05-Oct-2010
This survey by the IBA, OECD and UNODC, measures the awareness and impact of bribery and corruption among legal professionals. Nearly half of all respondents stated corruption was an issue in their own jurisdiction. More than one in five respondents also said they have or may have been approached to act as an agent or middleman in a transaction that could reasonably be suspected to involve international corruption.
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04-Oct-2010
Mining and manufacturing companies have joined forces with governments, regulators and civil society organisations to push for clearer standards to trace the origins of raw materials and to help guarantee their products are untainted by conflict.
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01-Oct-2010
The OECD pilot project in the mining and mineral sector promotes responsible investment in conflict zones and fragile states by fostering the integration of sustainable management of natural resources into core corporate strategies through enhanced due diligence procedures.
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23-Sep-2010
Twenty-eight jurisdictions from the Asia-Pacific region have adopted recommendations on fighting domestic and international bribery on 22 September at the Initiative’s 15th Steering Group Meeting, hosted by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission in Kuala Lumpur.
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23-Sep-2010
Protecting retirement income derived from DC pension plans requires carefully designed default investment strategies. This article assesses the relative performance of different investment strategies for different structures of the payout phase, focusing on life-cycle strategies.
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10-Sep-2010
Withdrawal of policy stimulus and sovereign risk were singled out as the two biggest concerns for investors at the 11th OECD-WBG-IMF Global Bond Market Forum. This article summarises the discussions and addresses the challenges of measuring sovereign risk, the need for more reliable indicators of sovereign risk and how sovereign issuers have been forced to modify their borrowing strategies.
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Events
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from 02-Nov-2010 to 03-Nov-2010
The 2010 Global Forum in Sydney, Australia, focused on innovative governmental policies intended to enhance the security and adequacy of defined contribution (DC) retirement plans and pension reform processes and recent developments in Asia-Pacific.
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on 16-Apr-2010
Peru's Minister of Economy and Finance Mercedes Araoz officially launched Peru's NCP in Lima on 16 April 2010. The NCP is located in the Private Investment Promotion Agency (ProInversíon) responsible for promoting observance of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises.
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from 23-Sep-2010 to 24-Sep-2010
The OECD-Asia Regional Seminar on Insurance Statistics, co-hosted by the Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) and the OECD will discuss how to improve the monitoring of insurance markets through the provision of sound insurance statistics and indicators. It intends to offer participants an opportunity to share their experiences in order to improve the relevance, quality, and timeliness of insurance statistics, regionally and globally.
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from 01-Jun-2010 to 02-Jun-2010
This conference brought together specialists in terrorism insurance and disaster management to re-assess the state of terrorism insurance markets and promote renewed awareness of terrorism risks. Participants reviewed the current status of terrorism risk insurance solutions in different countries and discussed best practices.
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from 24-May-2010 to 25-May-2010
The Asia Network on Corporate Governance of SOEs met in Kuala Lumpur on 24-25 May 2010 to review progress in implementation of the recommendations in the Asian regional policy brief, with a special focus on Malaysia and Korea and to discuss current issues relevant to SOEs in Asia.
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on 29-Mar-2010
The MENA-OECD Women’s Business Network, with the support of the World Association of Women Entrepreneurs, met in Tunis on 29 March 2010 to discuss innovative ways of boosting women’s entrepreneurship and employment in MENA economies. Melanne Verveer, US Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues, addressed a message of support to members of the Network.
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on 09-Jun-2010
Discussions at this high-level event focused on financial literacy, behavioural economics and financial education and the importance of financial education in defined contribution pension schemes.
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on 10-Mar-2010
Speaking at the USCIB Global Investment Conference in Washington, Angel Gurría focused on the role of international investment as a driver of global growth, avoiding protectionism, how responsible business conduct can help to rebuild trust in markets and how international rules for investment protection could be improved.
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on 05-Oct-2010
Trop rares sont ceux qui ont conscience que la corruption peut coûter cher aux coupables. Une initiative mondiale de l'OCDE vise à mettre en évidence l’importance de la lutte contre la corruption transnationale et à aider les gouvernements, les entreprises, la société civile et les individus à lutter ensemble contre ce type de comportement extrêmement préjudiciable.
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from 25-May-2010 to 26-May-2010
How have things progressed in Asia and what are the remaining obstacles to sound corporate governance? The Task Force met in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to agree new challenges and priorities.
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