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News & Events
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28-Jan-2011
This Guide was presented by Angel Gurria, OECD Secretary-General, at a conference in Mexico. It provides concrete recommendations of high-impact reforms to improve the processes to start-up a business, obtain construction permits, register property, procurement, and upgrade regulatory transparency and efficiency in the management of formalities.
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Economy: OECD Economic Survey of Sweden 2011
23-Jan-2011
In the face of the crisis, Sweden’s healthy public finances proved a major asset. Going forward, maintaining a sound fiscal framework, encouraging greater labour force participation and further increasing the efficiency of public spending would help cope with future negative shocks and various fiscal pressures
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31-Dec-2010
What changes are needed to make counter-cyclical economic policy more effective in the aftermath of the recent crisis? An important lesson from the severity of the recent recession is that policy in various areas will have to be more prudent during upswings and to build in greater safety margins to be able to react to large adverse shocks.
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03-Dec-2010
Denmark is a leader in using ICT to improve the delivery of public services and to boost a more efficient and effective public sector. To maintain these excellent results, Denmark should further strengthen the whole-of-government approach towards citizen and business engagement, says OECD report.
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10-Nov-2010
G20 Leaders are convening in Seoul on 11 and 12 November with the primary aim of achieving a G20 Framework for "strong, sustainable and balanced growth". International business supports these efforts and wishes to reaffirm the key role of the private sector in this endeavour.
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19-Jul-2010
The OECD review on the results of Spain’s comprehensive strategy for ICT and Information Society policy highlights the need to continue to invest in Information Society policies as a driver of future growth and competiveness. Despite important achievements, policy gaps remain to improve co-ordination and cost effectiveness.
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28-Jun-2010
The OECD has developed new guidelines to help make lobbying more transparent and even-handed. The principles support fostering integrity, assuring compliance and encouraging policymakers to level the playing field.
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03-Jun-2010
Denmark is at the forefront of efforts made by countries around the world to provide and use online services and to boost a more efficient and effective public sector, more responsive to the changing needs of people and business. To maintain these excellent results, Denmark should further strengthen the whole-of-government approach towards citizen and business engagement.
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28-May-2010
The Brazilian public sector has played a crucial role in promoting stability and fostering economic and social development. However, there is still ample scope for efficiency gains in government operations. This review provides a detailed diagnosis of the management of government employees and suggests improvements.
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11-Mar-2010
Dedicated public-private partnership (PPP) units are organisations set up with full or partial aid of the government to ensure that the skills needed to handle third-party provision of goods and services are made available and clustered together within government. Although a relatively recent phenomenon, in 2009 more than half of all OECD countries reported the existence of a dedicated unit of some kind. This book provides an overview of dedicated PPP units in OECD countries and in South Africa, an OECD enhanced engagement country.
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Events
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on 12-Sep-2006
This page provides information on the APEC-OECD policy round that took place in Hoi An, Vietnam, on 12 September 2006.
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from 14-Dec-2006 to 15-Dec-2006
The OECD-Asian Senior Budget Officials 4th meeting, hosted by the Bureau of the Budget, Office of the Prime Minister, Thailand, took place in Bangkok on 14-15 December, 2006.
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from 02-May-2006 to 03-May-2006
The 3rd meeting of the SBO Network on Performance and Results took place in Paris, on 2-3 May 2006.
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Techniques, resources and strategies for identifying, managing and preventing conflict-of-interest situations in the public service.
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Expert analysis and case studies from experiences of countries in Europe, Asia and Latin America.
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A pioneering roadmap for designing and organising sound assessments in public organisations and sectors. Includes an inventory of approaches, methods, and tools used worldwide for crafting assessments and country studies.
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from 05-Jul-2006 to 07-Jul-2006
The OECD Symposium on Agencies and Public-Private-Partnerships was held in Madrid, Spain.
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from 05-Jun-2006 to 06-Jun-2006
The 27th Annual Meeting of Senior Budget Officials took place in Sydney, Australia, on 5-6 June 2006.
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from 18-Jul-2005 to 19-Jul-2005
The first meeting of Regional Working Group I brought together high-level participants from many Arab countries, as well as from UNDP, World Bank, EU, OECD and ARADO. Participants identified the following four specific focus areas for the policy dialogue of the working group: Integrity and prevention of corruption: tools, measures and instruments; HRM reform and reduction in wage bill costs; Fiscally affordable pay reform which creates incentives for performance; Simplification of administrative procedures and customer responsiveness.
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from 15-Dec-2005 to 16-Dec-2005
OECD member countries and Asian countries met to discuss budgeting issues and reforms.
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