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10-Jun-2008
The Working Group on Bribery held an informal consultation with representatives of the Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD, the Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD, the International Chamber of Commerce, Transparency International and other civil society organisations to discuss implementation of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention.
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05-Jun-2008
On the occasion of the OECD Ministerial Council Meeting in Paris on 4-5 June 2008, Ministers adopted the OECD Declaration on Sovereign Wealth Funds and Recipient Country Policies.
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30-May-2008
A fourth edition of the OECD Benchmark Definition of Foreign Direct Investment has just been completed. This manual provides operational guidelines on how foreign direct investment (FDI) activity should be measured and sets the world standard for direct investment statistics.
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13-May-2008
The Arrangement on Officially Supported Export Credits, has moved from a relatively simple to a more sophisticated market-reflective instrument, worth commemorating, especially in the light of its continuing relevance and dynamism
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16-Apr-2008
The OECD and the World Bank have agreed to step up their co-operation in a number of key areas, including the design of comprehensive country frameworks for investment. The organisations have long had extensive co-operation in the field of investment climate and co-operation has intensified in recent years.
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16-Apr-2008
The OECD has launched a second evaluation of the implementation in the Western Balkans of the European Charter for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises. This evaluation will focus on innovation and the support provided to high-growth and innovative SMEs. The results will be presented in 2009 with the publication of the SME Policy Index 2009 report.
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09-Apr-2008
OECD countries are committed to keeping their investment frontiers open to sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) as long as these funds invest for commercial, not political ends. That is the message in a letter from OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría to G7 Finance Ministers detailing a common OECD position on policies towards sovereign wealth funds.
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08-Apr-2008
Labour productivity has grown strongly in the Slovak Republic, Hungary and Korea in recent years while growth rates in some other OECD countries such as Italy, Mexico, Portugal and New Zealand have slowed markedly.
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04-Apr-2008
Development aid in 2007 indicates that the 22 member countries of the OECD Development Assistance Committee, the world’s major donors, provided USD 103.7 billion in aid in 2007.
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04-Apr-2008
International investment agreements set ground rules for how host governments treat foreign investors. This publication provides an unparalleled source of information on four key issues: the definition of investor and investment; the interpretation of umbrella clauses in investment agreements; coverage of environmental, labour and anti-corruption issues; and the interaction between investment and services chapters in selected regional trade agreements.
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