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20-Apr-2010
In response to growing concern, GOVNET and the DAC Fragile States Group (now the International Network on Conflict and Fragility) initiated a discussion on the key issues and challenges related to fighting corruption in fragile states. GOVNET followed-up by initiating an exploration of the complementarities between current approaches towards both statebuilding and fighting corruption in fragile states. The report identifies remaining gaps in research but concludes by outlining what an anti-corruption approach determined by a vision of statebuilding might consist of. See full report.
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14-Apr-2010
New OECD figures show continuing growth in development aid in 2009, despite the financial crisis. Total net official development assistance (ODA) from the donors in the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC) rose 0.7% in real terms, but the rise was 6.8% once debt relief, a volatile item, is excluded.
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12-Apr-2010
A set of practice notes brings together practical information from GENDERNET member agencies on how to address gender equality and women’s empowerment in development co-operation, and how to integrate a gender equality perspective into a wide range of activities.
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30-Mar-2010
South East Europe (SEE) needs to attract more and better inward investment to pull out of the economic downturn and build the basis for long-term sustainable growth. Achieving this will require further major policy reforms, according to a new OECD analysis.
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26-Mar-2010
It's third time lucky in Africa for Bharti Airtel. After twice trying and failing to agree a merger with South Africa's MTN, the Indian telecoms giant has secured the South-South tie-up it was ogling after, and is on the cusp of buying the African assets of Kuwaiti firm Zain. Laura Recuero Virto, an economist at the OECD Development Centre, says the Bharti Airtel - MTN deal should bring down prices for African consumers.
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24-Mar-2010
South-East Europe economies must find new drivers for growth and private sector investment, says a new OECD report. Access the key findings and recommendations from the 2010 edition of the Investment Reform Index.
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22-Mar-2010
The economic effects of immigration are often controversial. This column by the Centre's Bárbara Castelletti, Jeff Dayton-Johnson and Ángel Melguizo introduces the preliminary findings from a new database on immigration in Latin America and the Caribbean. While immigrants do not seem to displace domestic workers, they are often working in sectors unsuitable for their skills. Better policy could help the destination countries as well as the immigrants themselves.
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18-Mar-2010
What works and what doesn't in situations of fragility? The first Monitoring Survey of the Fragile States Principles provides evidence of the quality of international engagement based on national consultations with Afghanistan, CAR, DRC, Haiti, Sierra Leone and Timor-Leste across diplomacy, development and security. Published in a Global Report and six Country Reports, the survey was launched at a joint OECD-Center for Strategic and International Studies event in Washington, D.C. on 26 February 2010.
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17-Mar-2010
The 2010 edition of “Ensuring Fragile States Are Not Left Behind” presents salient facts on aid flows to fragile states with specific consideration to the impact of the triple food, fuel and financial crises. It also calls for a whole-of-government response.
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16-Mar-2010
The "Atlas of Gender and Development: How Social Norms Affect Gender Equality in Non-OECD Countries" was recently launched during the International Workshop "Gender Equality and Progress of Societies" on 12 March 2010. This new resource combines country and regional analysis with rankings based on the Development Centre’s social institutions and gender index (SIGI). For more information please visit www.wikigender.org and add your comments!
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