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News & Events
News
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08-Feb-2011
This review of corporate governance in Chile describes the corporate governance setting including the structure and ownership concentration of listed companies and the structure and operation of the state-owned sector. It also examines the legal and regulatory framework and company practices.
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07-Feb-2011
Ten years ago, corporate governance was a nascent concept in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). This article charts the evolution of corporate governance across the MENA region over this time and proposes potential avenues for future work in this area.
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02-Feb-2010
One priority in implementing the OECD Guidelines on Corporate Governance of SOEs is to ensure a high quality of transparency and accountability. This guide aims to facilitate practical implementation of the OECD Guidelines in this area by evaluating existing practices and providing viable policy options, giving many specific examples.
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27-Jan-2010
This meeting focused on two areas of governance reform that are priorities for the Middle East North Africa region: Transparency and accountability and the selection and quality of SOE boards.
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16-Dec-2009
This report identifies the concrete guidance provided by the OECD Guidelines on Corporate Governance when SOEs operate in foreign jurisdictions.
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15-Dec-2009
The financial crisis has led to a strong demand for new regulation and for this to be implemented rapidly. To avoid excessive regulation, a new publication calls for increased use of Regulatory Impact Assessment in the area of corporate governance and gives a number of examples of how the technique has been applied to promote more efficient policy. Examples include both ex-ante and ex-post analysis, the approach to defining policy needs and the role of quantification.
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24-Nov-2009
The corporate governance landscape has changed significantly through increased state ownership as governments had to recapitalize financial and other institutions during the crisis. OECD has examined national practices and published its conclusions.
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17-Sep-2009
The financial crisis required governments to make massive interventions in their financial systems. This book sets out priorities for reforming incentives in financial markets as well as for phasing out these emergency measures.
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09-Sep-2009
Where a party in control of a company enters into a transaction to the detriment of non controlling shareholders – is one of the biggest corporate governance challenges facing the Asian business landscape. This Guide provides options for monitoring and curbing such abusive related party transactions.
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Events
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from 01-Dec-2009 to 02-Dec-2009
Taking into account corporate governance lessons from the global financial crisis, the Latin American Roundtable on Corporate Governance concluded its 10th annual meeting by agreeing in principle to a revised set of recommendations aimed at encouraging institutional investors to exercise their ownership rights responsibly and promote better corporate governance of companies in the region.
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on 15-Jun-2009
The conference focused on three key themes: the role of internal audit and audit committees, the role of external auditors, and disclosure and accounting standards.
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from 28-May-2009 to 29-May-2009
The conference focused primarily on corporate governance lessons emerging from the current financial crisis.
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from 26-May-2009 to 27-Jun-2009
The conference took place to advance the level of understanding of the insolvency systems in countries in the region.
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from 09-Sep-2009 to 10-Sep-2009
This meeting evaluated whether corporate governance standards and practices are working. What will the next decade of Corporate Governance in Asia be like?
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from 20-May-2009 to 21-May-2009
Taking place in Bangkok, this year's meeting focussed on implementation of the Policy Brief on priorities and recommendations for improving the corporate governance of State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) in Asia using case studies on good practice from around the Asia region.
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on 18-Mar-2009
This consultation addressed the role of corporate governance in the financial crisis, focusing on monitoring, implementation and enforcement of standards and codes, as well as specific areas for improvement.
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from 27-May-2009 to 28-May-2009
After a successful launch in 2008, the Southern African State Owned Enterprise Network met again on 27-28 May 2009 in Maputo, Mozambique. The substantive issues on the agenda included appropriate legal and regulatory frameworks for SOEs, relations with stakeholders and the equitable treatment of minority shareholders.
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from 05-Feb-2009 to 06-Feb-2009
For the first time, Asian and OECD policy makers met to discuss concrete solutions to detecting and curbing abusive related party transactions – one of the most serious corporate governances failures. Participants focused on policy options, including assessing strengths and weaknesses of various regulatory approaches, tightening enforcement and facilitating a change in culture and practice, particularly in the boardroom.
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