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News & Events
News
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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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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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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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22-Feb-2008
OECD countries have agreed on further liberalisation commitments in the areas of insurance and private pensions. The OECD Code of Liberalisation of Current Invisible Operations has been amended to broaden the insurance obligations of the Code and introduce new obligations on private pensions, thereby establishing a new, high standard for cross-border trade in insurance and private pensions services.
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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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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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18-Sep-2007
Adhering governments are committed to promoting the Guidelines and to making them influential among companies operating in or from their territories. This report describes what governments have done improve the effectiveness, transparency and timeliness of their implementation over the June 2006-June 2007 period and addresses considerations for future action.
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29-Aug-2007
The Investment Committee has adopted the key findings of the OECD report on "The interaction between investment and services chapters in selected Regional Trade Agreements" which addresses the implications of this interaction for levels of investment protection and liberalisation.
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27-Jul-2007
The OECD and the International Organisation of Pension Supervisors (IOPS) are inviting public comment on draft guidelines to help pensions regulators and supervisory authorities improve the way occupational, private pension entities, such as pension fund management companies or pension trustees, are managed in order to boost their financial security and performance.
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Events
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from 19-Oct-2004 to 19-Nov-2004
Hosted by the Government of India and supported by the Confederation of Indian Industry, this Roundtable launched co-operation between the OECD and India on investment policy transparency and openness, corporate responsibility and experience with internation agreements.
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from 19-Oct-2004 to 21-Oct-2004
New Delhi, India. Hosted by the Government of India and supported by the Confederation of Indian Industry, the conference advanced the role of international co-operation in enhancing the investment environment in developing countries.
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from 11-Feb-2004 to 12-Feb-2004
Istanbul, 11-12 February 2004. The primary purpose of this meeting was to better assess the needs of MENA countries, identify priorities in the field of investment, both domestic and foreign, and to develop an outline of what the OECD could offer in these areas in close co-operation with other international and regional partners.
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on 08-Sep-2003
8 September 2003, Geneva. Hosted by the government of Switzerland, the first inaugural meeting of the OECD-Africa Investment Advisory Board will discuss issues related to attracting and utilising investment as a vehicle for growth and development in Africa and guiding the design and implementation of the OECD-Africa Investment Initiative, as well as to achieving synergies with bilateral and multilateral organisations already working in Africa.
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