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News & Events
News
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04-Nov-2009
The 2009 DevCom Annual Meeting will take place 8-10 November, and will be hosted by IrishAid in Dublin. 60 communicators and experts from donor institutions will share best practices on issues such as communicating results and aid effectiveness, implications for communication specialists arising from the economic crisis, use of new technologies and social media in development communication, polling for public opinion. Among invited speakers are Dambisa Moyo, Simon Maxwell and Jamie Drummond.
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29-Oct-2009
The Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland and OECD Development Centre are holding a Workshop on 'Equality, Poverty Reduction and Sustainable Development' in Helsinki, Finland on 1-2 December 2009. The workshop will provide a forum to discuss equality issues and to promote social and gender equality in development work.
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22-Oct-2009
Over time, traditional donors of aid to developing countries have set standards and best practices for development cooperation through the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC). How should these established donors respond to the arrival of new non-DAC donors such as India and China, who may not play by the same rules? The OECD Development Centre’s Sebastian Paulo and Helmut Reisen argue we need to prepare a new set of shared rules that work for emerging economies and traditional donors alike.
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29-Sep-2009
The African Economic Outlook 2009 found Africa strengthening trade and development relations with emerging market economies including Brazil, China and India. A new Development Centre study, "Policy Ownership and Aid Conditionality in the Light of the Financial Crisis", discusses how all aid recipient countries should exploit the arrival of these and other new donors to demand fewer conditions on aid and adopt a more proactive approach to donors relations. For donors, the case is made that a more ‘arms-length’ relationship with recipient countries would be beneficial.
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29-Sep-2009
Alors que les liens entre l’Afrique et les pays émergents se renforcent, une nouvelle étude du Centre de Développement intitulé “L’appropriation des politiques économiques et la conditionnalité de l’aide face à la crise financière”, suggère que les bénéficiaires de l'aide publique au développement devraient profiter de l’émergence de nouveaux donneurs pour demander une réduction des conditions posées par les pays donateurs.
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Events
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from 30-Sep-2009 to 01-Oct-2009
Leading experts from Latin American and OECD countries met in Buenos Aires on 30 September and 1 October to discuss new ways of benchmarking innovation in the region, with a focus on how innovation policies can help boost development.
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on 25-Jun-2009
The OECD Development Centre and FLACSO co-hosted a workshop on June 25th, 2009 in San Jose, Costa Rica to discuss migration issues in Central America, focusing on the themes of governance of migration and the links between migration and labour markets.
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on 05-Jun-2009
On Friday 5 June 2009, most of the 600 participants in the IXth International Economic Forum on Africa entered the congress hall willing to challenge the high-level invited panelists. There were very critical questions stating that the majority of the benefits of the economic growth goes to foreign multinationals. The panelists reacted that economic indicators demonstrated gains in employment, economic growth and macroeconomic stability. Couldn't make it? Revisit the event online!
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on 23-Jun-2008
The Black Sea and Central Asia Economic Outlook, launched on 23 June 2008 in Bucharest, is an assessment of economic performance and underlying policies in the Black Sea and Central Asian (BSEC-CA) regions. The theme of the Outlook is “Promoting Work and Well Being: Policy Challenges in the Global Environment”. Find out more .
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on 05-Mar-2009
Gender inequality has multiple facets, including both overt and more hidden instances of discrimination. In the framework of the 2009 session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), the Development Centre will launch a new composite index shedding light on inequalities that are based on social norms and traditions.
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on 08-Apr-2009
The OECD Development Centre has recently organised a joint seminar with the Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs (ELS) focusing on the evolution of the quantity and quality of employment and its impact on poverty and inequality, with a specific focus on Brazil, China and India.
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on 19-Jan-2009
OECD Development Centre Economist Christian Daude presented the main conclusions of the Latin American Economic Outlook 2009 to a selected audience of academics and policymakers in Berlin, on 19 January 2009, at a seminar hosted by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.
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on 26-Jan-2009
La crise financière globale, qui n’a pas épargné les économies Latino-américaines et Carïbéennes, a conduit les décideurs politiques et des hommes d'affaires à se rassembler à Paris le 26 janvier pour discuter des perspectives économiques de la région, l'impact des politiques fiscales sur le développement et le rôle que le secteur privé peut jouer pour encourager le progrès sur le continent.
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on 26-Jan-2009
As the global financial crisis hits Latin American and Caribbean economies, leading policymakers and business leaders gathered in Paris on 26 January to discuss the region's economic outlook, the impact of fiscal policy on development and the role the private sector can play in fostering progress in the continent.
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on 15-Dec-2008
Le Centre de développement et la Banque Africaine de Développement ont convié des spécialistes des TIC à contribuer à la préparation de la thématique des PEA 2009 lors d'une réunion durant laquelle ils débateront des progrès accomplis dans le déploiement des TIC au service du développement, de l'étendu et de la pérennité de la contribution du secteur à la croissance en Afrique, et des bonnes pratiques en matière de politiques publiques, avant de proposer des recommendations pour surmonter les obstacles futurs.
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