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Save the Date: 9th International Economic Forum on Africa scheduled for June 5th
11-Mar-2009
Registration is now open for the annual Africa forum co-organized by the OECD Development Centre, the African Development Bank and the UN Economic Commission. The largest public debate on Africa held in France, the meeting will take place at the French Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Employment in Paris. This year, government officials and private sector representatives will examine the continent’s economic performance and its relationship to information and communication technologies (ICTs).
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11-Mar-2009
Registration is now open for the annual Africa forum co-organized by the OECD Development Centre, the African Development Bank and the UN Economic Commission. The largest public debate on Africa held in France, the meeting will take place at the French Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Employment in Paris. This year, government officials and private sector representatives will examine the continent’s economic performance and its relationship to information and communication technologies (ICTs).
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09-Mar-2009
The economic crisis has hit the entire world economy, with governments stepping in to rescue financial systems and kick-start economic growth. This adds up to a triumph for government fiscal policy, though fiscal policy must be used audaciously, not least in Latin America.
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05-Mar-2009
At the presentation of the Latin American Economic Outlook 2009 in Bogota, Colombian Minister of Foreign Affairs Jaime Bermúdez praised the report for having a "priceless value for development in the region". With more than 300 people in attendance, Minister Bermúdez also highlighted the importance of Colombia's recent accession to the OECD Development Centre, in July 2008.
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05-Mar-2009
Lors de la présentation à Bogota des Perspectives Économiques de l’Amérique Latine 2009, le Ministre colombien des Affaires étrangères Jaime Bermúdez a estimé que cette publication constituait une « valeur inestimable pour le développement de la région ». À l’occasion de cet événement qui a rassemblé plus de 300 participants, le Ministre Bermúdez a également souligné l’importance de la récente adhésion de la Colombie au Centre de Développement en juin 2008.
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03-Mar-2009
The OECD's Development Centre measures discrimintation that restricts women's ability to access resources in 102 developing countries. The centre will present this new measure on 5 March 2009 at the Commission on the Status of Women at the United Nations.
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26-Feb-2009
Indonesia has become the 34th member of the OECD’s Development Centre. A member of the G20 with an estimated population of around 237 million people and a GDP of over 400 billion dollars, Indonesia is a key country in Southeast Asia and an important international player. The OECD considers Indonesia to be one of the countries with which it has the most interest in increased co-operation.
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17-Feb-2009
The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative has directed attention to a sector that has traditionally been veiled in secrecy. However, it has not been effective in producing change. This article—by GDO researchers Dilan Ölcer and Helmut Reisen—analyses why so many resource-rich countries have failed to lower perceived corruption.
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Events
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on 20-Jun-2007
The OECD Development Centre co-organised with the World Bank and the office of the Secretary-General a presentation and discussion of the World Bank's report on Governance in Mexico. The meeting took place at OECD Headquarters on 20 June, from 9.30 to 11.30 a.m, in Room G.
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on 21-Jun-2007
We regret we have to inform you that the seminar "Which Partnership Agreements after Cotonou Agreements?", which was to take place at the Salle du Parlement européen (Paris), Thursday 21 June, has been canceled for reasons beyond our control.
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on 05-Jun-2007
The Forum on African Perspectives, jointly organised by the OECD Development Centre and the African Development Bank, featured a presentation and discussion of the brand new edition of the African Economic Outlook and focused on "Access to Drinking Water and Sanitation", an issue of major significance to the African continent.
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La mise en œuvre successive des plans d'allègement de la dette PPTE et IADM ont permis de réduire considérablement la charge du service de la dette pour les pays africains qui en ont bénéficié. Dotés d'une solvabilité restaurée et par ailleurs confrontés à des besoins de financement importants, ces pays souhaitent désormais se ré-endetter. Ce Repère dont la publication fait suite à un séminaire d'experts consacré aux économies africaines et organisé conjointement le 8 juin 2006 par l'AFD et le Centre de Développement, évalue les conditions d'un tel processus de ré-endettement.
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from 03-Jul-2006 to 04-Jul-2006
This experts' workshop organised by the Development Centre in collaboration with DAC/DCD kick-started the Global Forum on Development. Experts were invited to brainstorm on a range of issues and identify those which could be taken forward in the Global Forum process.
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on 21-Feb-2006
The 14-member CFA Franc Zone in West and Central Africa predate the European Monetary Union by decades. With monetary unions planned for other parts of Africa in the near future, a new WIDER study focuses on some of the challenges facing the Franc Zone today.
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Informal Experts' Workshop: Development Finance: Flows, Channels and Pools (by invitation), Paris
from 03-Jul-2006 to 04-Jul-2005
Contact: Henri-Bernard Solignac Lecomte: hbsl@oecd.org .
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Meeting: Policy Coherence and African Development, Nairobi (date tbc)
from 13-Mar-2006 to 14-Mar-2006
Ministerial-level meeting co-organised with the German Marshall Fund. Contact: Jeff.Dayton-Johnson@oecd.org .
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Experts' Meeting on Policy Coherence, Paris, France ( by invitation only)
from 03-Nov-2005 to 04-Nov-2005
Jointly organised with the German Marshall Fund. Contact: Jeff.Dayton-Johnson@oecd.org .
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