News & Events

List of Low-Income Countries Subject to IMF/World Bank Concessionality Requirements

14-Sep-2009

This is the current list of countries that are currently subject to concessionality requirements from the IMF and/or IDA.

For those IDA-only countries without concessionality requirements to the IMF and to IDA,the provision of official export credits should take into account the results of the most recent IMF/World Bank country-specific debt sustainability analyses (DSAs) conducted within the joint Debt Sustainability Framework.

Monthly Update of Interest Rates

06-Nov-2009

The Export Credits interest rates (CIRR, ASU, Renewable Energy, Nuclear) valid from 15 November to 14 December 2009 have been published (Ctrl-F5 to obtain the latest rates).

2009 Responses to the Survey on Members' environmental procedures and practices

07-Aug-2009

Members' responses, as at 31 July 2009, to the 2007 Survey regarding the environment and officially supported export credits.

2009 Responses to the 2006 Survey on Measures Taken to Combat Bribery in Officially Supported Export Credits

07-Aug-2009

Members' responses, as at 31 July 2009, to the 2006 Survey on Measures Taken to Combat Bribery in Officially Supported Export Credits.

Export Credits and the Financial Crisis

06-Aug-2009

The Participants to the Arrangement on Officially Supported Export Credits have updated their responses  [TAD/PG(2009)17/FINAL], as at 30 June 2009, to questions concerning the measures taken at a national level in response to the global financial crisis.

July 2009 Arrangement on Officially Supported Export Credits

05-Aug-2009

The July 2009 Arrangement on Officially Supported Export Credits  has been issued, taking into account, inter alia, the newly-agreed revised Sector Understandings on Export Credits for Nuclear Power Plants and for Renewable Energies and Water Projects: this came into force on 1 July 2009.

Environment and Regional Trade Agreements: Developments in 2008

03-Aug-2009

A second update on developments in the field of regional trade agreements and environment covering the period late 2007 to December 2008, and a complement to the 2007 publication “Environment and Regional Trade Agreements”.

Facilitating trade in selected climate change mitigation technologies in the energy supply, buildings, and industry sectors

03-Aug-2009

It is in every country's interest that the deployment of carbon-change-mitigation technologies (CCMTs) be accomplished at the lowest possible cost to society and that their diffusion be rapid.

Update on Environment and Regional Trade Agreements:Developments in 2007

03-Aug-2009

This paper provides an update on developments in the field of regional trade agreements and environment in late 2006 and 2007. It is based on publicly available information and includes an overview of provisions on environment in trade agreements signed since end 2006.

Managing Water for All publication launch

on 17-Mar-2009

The OECD has released a new report – Managing Water for All: Pricing and Financing – at an event during the World Water Forum in Istanbul. Emphasising the economic, social and environmental benefits of investing in water and sanitation, the report includes information about the agricultural uses of water, financing water supply and sanitation, water pricing, private sector participation in the water sector and aid flows to water.

Workshop on the Economics of Rebuilding Fisheries

from 21-May-2009 to 22-May-2009

The OECD Fisheries Policies Division has hosted a Workshop on the Economics of Rebuilding Fisheries. It was held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Newport, Rhode Island, United States from 21st to 22 May 2009.

Round Table on Eco-Labelling and Certification in the Fisheries Sector

from 22-Apr-2009 to 23-Apr-2009

The OECD Fisheries Policies Division has hosted jointly with the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality of The Netherlands and the FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department a Round Table on Eco-Labelling and Certification in the Fisheries that took place from 22-23 April 2009 in The Hague, The Netherlands.

Agricultural Policies in OECD Countries to be released 26 June 2008 – news briefing 11.00 a.m.

on 26-Jun-2008

How are rising food prices affecting government support to farmers?  How is agriculture policy changing?  These are among the issues addressed in Agricultural Polices in OECD Countries: Monitoring and Evaluation to be be released on 26 June 2008.

Forum on the future of African agriculture: press conference in Rome, Monday 12 November 2007

from 12-Nov-2007 to 13-Nov-2007

How can African agriculture contribute more effectively to economic development and poverty reduction? Experts and government officials will be addressing such challenges at a meeting in Rome organised by the OECD, the World Bank, and the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on 12-13 November 2007.

Ask the economists: Made in China. Is the game changing?

on 17-Jan-2007

Will China remain open to foreign investment? What sort of investor will China be abroad? Click here to read the questions and answers from this online debate with OECD economist Ken Davies about investment and China.

The Doha Development Round of trade negotiations: understanding the issues

Multilateral trade negotiations have momentarily stalled, but it is important to keep sight of the benefits of further opening up markets in agriculture, industrial and consumer goods, and services. OECD data and analysis shed light on the issues.