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06-Nov-2006
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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11-Sep-2006
Conflict of interest has become a key issue in public debate worldwide in recent years, not just in the private sector but also increasingly in the public sector.
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14-Mar-2006
The Central American economic integration process, which dates back to the 1950s, entered a new era in 2001 with the launching of the Puebla Panama Plan. This plan helped shift the focus to the greater “Mesoamerican region” (MAR), which includes the seven Central American countries plus the nine southeastern states of Mexico. In this context, the OECD Territorial Review of the Mesoamerican Region marks two major firsts: a comprehensive regional development study of the entire Mesoamerican region and the OECD’s first ever multi-national territorial review.
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18-Oct-2005
This report shows how governance impacts on public action by looking at different policy sectors, such as agriculture, higher education, labour market and social protection, foreign investment, environment protection, collection of statistics, protection of intellectual property rights, banking and tax collection. The study also takes stock of the progress made in public management and public finance and explores policy options for the future.
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31-Aug-2005
The OECD will shortly publish two new reports on aspects of China’s economy and on public and private governance in China, as part of a series of studies conducted by the OECD in co-operation with the Chinese government under a programme launched in 1995.
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14-Jun-2005
Based on a comprehensive, cross-disciplinary stocktaking of lessons learned from 20 country reviews between 1998 and 2004, the OECD brought the 1997 principles for regulatory reform into the 21st century. The 2005 Principles for regulatory quality and performance promote a dynamic, ongoing, whole-of-government approach. Issues receiving attention include: policy coherence and multi-level coordination; ex ante assessment of proposals for policy; competition policy for network utilities that meet public needs; market openness; and risk awareness.
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01-Jun-2005
The OECD report on Performance-related Pay Policies for Government Employees has just been published. The book provides a comprehensive overview of the trends in performance-related pay (PRP) policies for government employees (at the central level) in selected OECD countries over the past two decades and draws some lessons from these experiences.
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18-Jan-2005
This conference will take place in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain on 3-4 March 2005, and will provide a unique forum for government leaders, policy makers and practitioners to explore the key issues related to city competitiveness.
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