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18-Dec-2007
Brazil should rapidly amend its legislation to make companies directly liable for the payment of bribes to foreign public officials, and to ensure that effective, proportionate and dissuasive sanctions are applicable, according to a new report by the OECD Working Group on Bribery.
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10-Dec-2007
The 2007 edition provides an account of the actions the adhering governments have taken over the 12 months to June 2007 to enhance the contribution of the Guidelines to the improved functioning of the global economy. It also contains the results of the 2007 OECD Roundtable on Corporate Responsibility which focused on the OECD Guidelines and the financial sector.
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10-Dec-2007
This users' guide aims to provide an easily accessible summary of the principles of the OECD Codes of Liberalisation of Capital Movements and of Current Invisible Operations, as well as technical commentary to the understandings and interpretations developed in their implementation.
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07-Dec-2007
Since 2001, OECD corporate net lending has risen sharply. This paper examines the main forces at play behind this run-up and provides some insight into whether and how they might possibly unwind in the future, a process that may already be underway. It shows in particular that, the increase is partly temporary with some of it likely to fade with the cycle and the ongoing adjustments in the financial and housing sectors.
Economics Department Working Paper No. 583.
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29-Nov-2007
OECD and Arab countries are to enter a new phase of co-operation on investment and governance policies, following a three-day meeting in Cairo of ministers and senior officials responsible for the MENA-OECD Initiative on Governance and Investment for Development.
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27-Nov-2007
Arab and OECD countries are launching new initiatives to promote investment in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, including a women business leaders' forum and a landmark "MENA 500 Companies" publication presenting the region's leading commercial groups, as part of an ongoing drive to boost economic growth through their MENA-OECD Investment Programme.
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21-Nov-2007
"Much more needs to be done" to fight international corruption, said OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría today at a conference in Rome to mark the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention.
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12-Nov-2007
In his acceptance speech, Patrick Moulette, Head of the OECD Anti-Corruption Division, highlights the benefits that South Africa’s membership of the Convention will bring to the fight against corruption in Africa.
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25-Oct-2007
Chile should promptly adopt the necessary national legislation to improve its compliance with its international obligations under the Anti-Bribery Convention, according to a new report by the OECD Working Group on Bribery.
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