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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).

Understanding the world trade collapse

29-Oct-2009

The collapse in world trade volumes at the end of 2008 and beginning of 2009 was exceptional by historical standards. This paper shows that world demand (to which trade has become more responsive in recent decades) can explain most of the collapse in world trade, but that tight credit conditions have likely amplified the short-term trade response.

Country Risk Classification

23-Oct-2009

The Country Risk Classification and the Multilateral/Regional Financial Institutions Risk Classification as of 23 October 2009 are available.

The role of intermediaries in the bribery of foreign public officials

15-Oct-2009

Intermediaries fulfil a key role in international business transactions. While many of them perform lawful tasks, many also engage in bribery of foreign public officials. This study, initiated in 2007, focuses on the use of intermediaries in cases of bribery of foreign public officials. 

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.

2009 Country Classification (as of 29 July 2009)

28-Jul-2009

Classification of countries according to per capita gross national income (GNI) to determine maximum repayment term and tied aid eligibility under the Arrangement applicable as of 29 July 2009.


Events

Eliminating non-tariff barriers at core of CEFTA 2006 Aid for Trade roundtable

on 08-Oct-2009

In a roundtable meeting between private sector representatives, policy makers and experts, signatories of the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA 2006) examined measures to reduce or eliminate non-tariff barriers to trade.

Improving skills for the ICT sector in the Western Balkans

on 17-Sep-2009

The OECD Investment Compact organised the 3rd Human Capital Working Group for the Western Balkans in Zagreb on 17 September 2009 with a focus on improving skills for the ICT sector.

2009 Business Forum and Women Business Leaders Summit of the MENA-OECD Investment Programme

on 22-Nov-2009

The 2009 Business Forum and Women Business Leaders Summit of the MENA-OECD Investment Programme continues the commitment of members of both the private and public sector to work together to strengthen public-private dialogue, generate new business opportunities, and foster exchange and learning for entrepreneurship.

 

2009 MENA-OECD Ministerial Conference

from 22-Nov-2009 to 23-Nov-2009

Hosted by Morocco and opened by Moroccan Prime Minister Abbas El Fassi, the 2009 Ministerial Conference of the MENA Initiative on Governance and Investment for Development is scheduled to take place on 23 November 2009, in Marrakech, Morocco. The conference will be preceded by a Business and Governance Day on 22 November 2009.

South Caucasus and Ukraine address investment strategies in times of economic crisis and beyond

on 03-Jul-2009

The OECD Eurasia Competitiveness Programme and governments from the South Caucasus and Ukraine met in Bodrum, Turkey, on 3 July 2009 to initiate dialogue on investment climate policy and promotion.

Developing and promoting the automotive industry in the Western Balkans

on 19-Jun-2009

The Investment Compact for South East Europe working group on investment promotion met in Brussels on 19 June 2009 to focuse on development of the automotive components sector in the framework of the project Defining and Strengthening Sector Specific Sources of Competitiveness.

Progress in tax policy analysis and the Investment Reform Index

from 16-Jun-2009 to 19-Jun-2009

The South East Europe (SEE) Working Group on Tax Policy Analysis held its second meeting on 29 June 2009 in Dubrovnik, Croatia, bringing together high-level officials and policy experts from South East Europe and the OECD to build on the process of addressing tax reform priorities along the lines of the Investment Reform index (IRI).

 



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