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24-Mar-2010
South-East Europe economies must find new drivers for growth and private sector investment, says a new OECD report. Access the key findings and recommendations from the 2010 edition of the Investment Reform Index.
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12-Mar-2010
Recently, a few countries have introduced or tightened capital controls. Some others have debated - but so far refrained from imposing - new controls. OECD rules do not prohibit capital controls but neither do they encourage them.
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12-Mar-2010
At a conference organised by the U.S. Council for International Business, OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría urged governments to support innovation and green growth as a basis for a sustainable recovery, cites a possible Model Investment Treaty as a way to encourage cross-border investment.
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03-Mar-2010
Companies should put in place strict internal controls and establish ethics and compliance programmes as part of a strategy to combat bribery in international business deals, according to a new guidance agreed by the 38 countries that are party to the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention.
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25-Feb-2010
This survey describes quantitative investment regulations on pension funds in OECD and selected non-OECD countries as of end December 2009. 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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02-Feb-2010
One priority in implementing the OECD Guidelines on Corporate Governance of SOEs is to ensure a high quality of transparency and accountability. This guide aims to facilitate practical implementation of the OECD Guidelines in this area by evaluating existing practices and providing viable policy options, giving many specific examples.
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02-Feb-2010
The Spanish government announced on Friday 29th of January, its intention of postponing the retirement age from 65 to 67 and to increase the number of contribution years used to calculate pension benefits. The OECD believes that these measures are important steps in the right direction. (Leer en espanol)
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02-Feb-2010
El gobierno español anunció el viernes pasado su intención de elevar la edad oficial de jubilación de 65 a 67 años, y de aumentar el numero de años necesario para calcular la pensión. La OCDE considera muy positivas dichas medidas.
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27-Jan-2010
This meeting focused on two areas of governance reform that are priorities for the Middle East North Africa region: Transparency and accountability and the selection and quality of SOE boards.
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Events
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from 07-Dec-2009 to 08-Dec-2009
The 8th Global Forum on International Investment focused 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 was held on 26-27 November 2009. Discussions included 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 was held on 25-26 November 2009 at the OECD Conference Centre in Paris. It provided 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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from 14-Oct-2009 to 15-Oct-2009
The Global Forum examined reform progress and recent pension fund industry developments in Brazil and the Latin American region, focusing on the main challenges facing defined contribution, privately-managed individual pension schemes.
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on 17-Sep-2009
The OECD Investment Compact organised the 3rd Human Capital Working Group for the Western Balkans in Zagreb on 17 September 2009 with a focus on improving skills for the ICT sector.
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on 22-Nov-2009
The 2009 Business Forum and Women Business Leaders Summit of the MENA-OECD Investment Programme continued the commitment of members of both the private and public sector to work together to strengthen public-private dialogue, generate new business opportunities, and foster exchange and learning for entrepreneurship.
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from 22-Nov-2009 to 23-Nov-2009
Hosted by Morocco and opened by Moroccan Prime Minister Abbas El Fassi, the 2009 Ministerial Conference of the MENA Initiative on Governance and Investment for Development took place on 23 November 2009, in Marrakech, Morocco. The conference was preceded by a Business and Governance Day on 22 November 2009.
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from 11-Nov-2009 to 12-Nov-2009
African ministers and business leaders met in Johannesburg, South Africa on 11-12 November to discuss how African countries can exit the financial crisis and build stronger and more sustainable economies at the NEPAD-OECD ministerial and roundtable.
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from 02-Nov-2009 to 03-Nov-2009
Co-organised by OECD and ESCAP in Bangkok, this conference focused on OECD and Asian country responses to the main challenges in responsible business conduct, with a special focus on climate change, finance and education.
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on 03-Jul-2009
The OECD Eurasia Competitiveness Programme and governments from the South Caucasus and Ukraine met in Bodrum, Turkey, on 3 July 2009 to initiate dialogue on investment climate policy and promotion.
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