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News & Events
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24-Mar-2009
There is wide economic disparity between regions within OECD countries, with some leading national economies and others falling behind. As governments work to grow their economies, they should examine the role that boosting all regions can play in this effort.
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24-Mar-2009
China should speed up investment in rural services and infrastructure and create jobs in non-agricultural sectors for returning migrants. This will help offset the fast-rising impact of the economic slowdown on the rural economy.
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23-Mar-2009
OECD launches 'Regions at a Glance 2009' the one-stop guide for understanding regional competitiveness and performance. This third edition provides the latest comparable data and trends across regions in OECD countries, including a special focus on the spatial dimension for innovation.
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23-Mar-2009
The OECD will launch this publication in April 2009. The report analyses the key socio-economic forces at work in China's rural areas and discusses the current government strategy for rural development.
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23-Mar-2009
The OECD will hold a Ministerial-level meeting entitled 'Investing for Growth: Building Innovative Regions' on 31 March 2009. The meeting will be held at the OECD Headquarters in Paris and will be chaired by Ms. Mari Kiviniemi, Minister of Public Administration and Local Government, Finland.
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20-Mar-2009
This report covers the overall economic context for regulatory reform in China. It assesses the government’s capacity to manage regulatory reform, competition policy and enforcement, and market openness. Included are specific chapters on the electricity and water sectors.
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06-Mar-2009
Ce guide tire parti de l’expérience des pays membres de l’Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques (OCDE) et des pays du Moyen-Orient et d’Afrique du Nord (MENA), ainsi que de leur concertation sur l’action à mener. Il passe en revue les obstacles communs à la conception et à la mise en oeuvre d’une stratégie de simplification administrative et propose 22 moyens de les surmonter, livrant une synthèse des meilleures méthodes appliquées par les décideurs et les praticiens qui travaillent à la réduction des formalités administratives.
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26-Feb-2009
Ce rapport étudie les multiples défis pour la politique de développement régional en Pologne, et formule des recommandations, en s’attachant en particulier aux problèmes de gouvernance.
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26-Feb-2009
L’OCDE a élaboré une liste de vérification pour renforcer l’intégrité dans les marchés publics. Elle a pour but de guider les responsables de l’élaboration des politiques, au niveau des administrations nationales, en leur inculquant une culture de l’intégrité à toutes les étapes de la passation des marchés publics, depuis l’évaluation des besoins jusqu’à la gestion des marchés et à leur paiement.
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04-Feb-2009
This guide draws on the experience of, and policy dialogue between, OECD member countries and Middle East and North African countries (MENA). It reviews common barriers to designing and implementing a strategy for administrative simplification and offers 22 approaches to overcome them.
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Events
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from 30-Oct-2007 to 31-Oct-2007
This seminar discussed evaluation for budgeting of public policies that are performed under public-private collaboration. The seminar was jointly organised by the OECD and the Spanish Secretariat of State for Finance and Budgeting, the General Control of State Administration, the Secretariat General of Budget and Expenditure, and the Direction General of Budgets.
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on 10-Nov-2007
At an international roundtable meeting in Beijing, senior officials of the Chinese Central Leading Group for Financial and Economic Affairs and of Chongqing Municipality, as well as experts from the German GTZ exchanged views with the OECD Territorial Development Policy Committee. This third roundtable in China, which took place on 10 November 2007, dealt with the development strategy of Chongqing, one of China’s four provincial-level municipalities and an economic centre for the development of the country’s west. Participants also discussed an OECD paper on Chongqing's development strategy.
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on 05-Sep-2007
Jordan’s Legislative Strengthening Program (SUNY) and the Parliamentary Budget Office jointly organised a study visit to the OECD of Members of the Jordanian Parliament. At this occasion, Mr. Barry Anderson, Head of the Budgeting and Public Expenditures Division, OECD made a presentation on the experiences with legislative budget offices.
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from 07-Jun-2007 to 08-Jun-2007
This event brought together for the first time at the international level senior experts from executive and legislative branches in charge of legislation and policy on lobbying. Participants reviewed approaches and options for regulating lobbying in different socio-political and administrative contexts and provided directions on developing principles on transparency and accountability in lobbying. By providing concrete options for regulating lobbying when it reaches the political agenda, these principles will become a critical instrument for policy-makers.
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from 29-Mar-2007 to 30-Mar-2007
Globalisation is increasing competition between major urban centres eager to take advantage of international economic opportunities. While some are thriving, attracting foreign investment or profiting from the ‘off-shoring’ of manufacturing and services sectors, others are falling behind and all are struggling with social and environmental problems.
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from 29-Mar-2007 to 30-Mar-2007
The international conference on "What Policies for Globalising Cities? Rethinking the Urban Policy Agenda", co-organised by the OECD and the Spanish authorities, will be held 29-30 March 2007 at the Municipal Congress Hall, in Campo de las Naciones, Madrid. It will bring together government leaders, policy makers and practitioners to examine urban policy in the context of globalisation and the growing challenges for cities.
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from 05-Mar-2007 to 06-Mar-2007
The 7th annual OECD public sector accruals symposium was held in Paris on 5-6 March 2007.
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On 14 December 2005 a first roundtable meeting on sustainable regional policy took place in Beijing, China.
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on 09-Sep-2005
Eight Workshop of the APEC-OECD Co-operative Initiative on Regulatory Reform, Gyeongju, Korea.
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on 12-Sep-2006
This page provides information on the APEC-OECD policy round that took place in Hoi An, Vietnam, on 12 September 2006.
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