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Compendium - Passation des marchés

04-Feb-2009

Ce document présente l’expérience de 22 pays d’Afrique, d’Amérique latine et d’Asie et les enseignements qu’ils ont tirés de l’application de la Méthodologie d’évaluation des régimes nationaux de passation des marchés proposée par l’Activité conjointe du CAD-OCDE sur la passation des marchés. La Méthodologie a été mise au point et jugée apte à être testée sur le terrain en 2006 comme un outil visant à faciliter la réalisation des objectifs de la Déclaration de Paris et à promouvoir le renforcement des systèmes de passation des marchés.

The OECD going for Better Aid

04-Feb-2009

Better Aid is the most significant group of books ever published about Aid Effectiveness. Covering topics from country systems to mutual accountability and managing aid to monitoring its progress, Better Aid goes deeper in its analysis of what is working and what is not. These publications are essentially drawn from material tabled at the Third High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Accra, Ghana, 2-4 September 2008.

 

Poverty Reduction and Social Development - Newsletter Winter 2008/2009

03-Feb-2009

In this edition: launch of Wikigender 2.0; preparing International Women's Day 2009; informal employment and the economic crisis.

Informal Employment and the Economic Crisis

29-Jan-2009

The current economic crisis has deep implications for employment across the planet. It brings to an end a period of relatively strong and sustained growth, which was accompanied by the creation of many new jobs. World employment in 2007 was almost one third higher compared with 1990.

Three new OECD Environment Working Papers on Governance and Capacity Development for Natural Resources and Environmental management

29-Jan-2009

In many low-income countries, natural resources (minerals, forests, fisheries, soil and water, etc.) are identified as the engines of economic growth. However, providing economic and policy-relevant information about the value of these resources and their sustainable management is a challenge. Three new reports have just been released: 1) Greening Development Planning ; 2) Integrating Public Environmental Expenditure within Multi-year Budgetary Frameworks  ; and 3) Assessing Environmental Management Capacity: Towards a Common Reference Framework .

Kick-off for the Global Development Outlook

28-Jan-2009

In the past decade, the combination of high raw material costs and low capital costs has underpinned strong growth performance and rising foreign exchange reserves in most developing countries. But growth was also accompanied by increasing concerns over resource scarcity, increasing inequality and sharply rising food and fuel prices. On both a political and economic level, tensions heightened between Western governments and some of the new emergent powers.

Advisory Notes on addressing key emerging issues (e.g. climate change adaptation) through Strategic Environmental Assessment

22-Jan-2009

Four specific Advisory Notes provide guidance on how to address a range of key emerging issues through the use of Strategic Environmental Assessment. The Notes supplement the OECD DAC Good Practice Guidance on Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA).

Doha Financing for Development Conference

05-Jan-2009

How can the Accra Agenda for Action (AAA) provide coherent reinforcement of domestic policies and international support in ways that generate viable longer term financial scenarios for developing countries? The predictability of aid and domestic revenue mobilisation were explored in this side event.

Key Events in 2009

05-Jan-2009

As the new year unfolds, the Poverty Reduction and Social Development team is preparing several exciting events for 2009, including the release of the updated GID Database and the launch of the flagship report on "Informal is Normal - Towards More and Better Jobs in Developing Countries".

Paris Forum to address Latin America's key economic challenges

22-Dec-2008

As the global financial crisis hits Latin American and Caribbean economies, leading policymakers and business leaders will gather in Paris on 26 January to discuss the region's economic outlook, the impact of fiscal policy on development and the role the private sector can play in fostering progress in the continent. Register now!


Events

NEPAD/OECD Investment Policy Roundtable on Investment for African Development: Making it Happen

from 25-May-2005 to 27-May-2005

Organised in the context of the NEPAD/OECD Africa Investment Initiative, this Roundtable held in Entebbe, Uganda, on 25-27 May 2005, focused on the regulatory environment for foreign direct investment in African countries and private participation in infrastructure and the utilities sectors.

High Level Forum on Joint Progress toward Enhanced Aid Effectiveness (Harmonisation, Alignment, and Results)

from 28-Feb-2005 to 02-Mar-2005

The High Level Forum on Joint Progress toward Enhanced Aid Effectiveness (Harmonisation, Alignment and Results) was held in Paris from 28 February - 2 March 2005.

Conference on Alliances for Integrity – Government and Business Roles in Enhancing African Standards of Living

from 07-Mar-2005 to 08-Mar-2005

Organised in the context of the OECD/NEPAD Investment Initiative, this conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 7-8 March 2005 focused on an emerging integrity framework for Africa and business perspectives on integrity and transparency in the African context.

G-8 Investment Task Force and MENA-OECD Investment Programme

on 19-Nov-2004

This meeting, which took place in Paris, explored the complementary roles of the MENA-OECD Investment Programme and the G-8 Investment Task Force in promoting key reforms to improve the investment climate and fostering private sector development in the MENA region. 

OECD-India Investment Roundtable on "Opportunities and Policy Challenges for Investment in India"

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.

Cheaper Money for Southern Africa - Unlocking Growth, 7 October 2004 at OECD Headquarters, Paris

on 07-Oct-2004

On 7 October 2004, experts and policy makers debated a central aspect of this deficit in the growth of southern Africa: the weakness of domestic and foreign investment. One of the main aims of the discussion was to explain the high cost of capital faced by both government and the private sector on the local capital markets, and to evaluate the economic impact of these costs.

Global Forum on International Investment: Investment for Development - Forging Partnerships

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. 

Conference on Mobilising Investment for Development in the Middle East and North Africa Region

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. 

OECD-Africa Investment Initiative for Growth and Development

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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