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28-Apr-2011
OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) is organising a workshop on "Green Growth and Development" on 28 June. This one-day workshop aims to provide an interactive platform for discussion among representatives from developing countries, environmental specialist from development agencies, and invited guest speakers on the relevance of green growth to developing countries.
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27-Apr-2011
Since the adoption of the Brussels Programme of Action for Least Developed Countries in 2001, the share of the Least Developed Countries in world merchandise trade has increased and some of this improved capacity to trade is attributable to USD 73 billion donors committed to trade-related aid programmes. This new publication, a joint OECD-WTO contribution to the Fourth UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries (Istanbul, Turkey, 9-13 May), shows the results achieved by some of these programmes and the lessons to be learned.
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26-Apr-2011
The focus on integrating environmental factors into development assistance has grown in the past years. The selected reports, from Finland and the Asian Development Bank, highlight positive steps that have been taken, and remaining challenges: from the need for clear definitions of environmental objectives, to the lack of ownership by environmental agencies of capacity development projects.
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20-Apr-2011
International engagement in fragile and transitional contexts presents significant risks for donors and implementing partners but holds the potential for even higher rewards in terms of improved results and outcomes. Importantly, the risks of failing to engage in these contexts outweigh most of the risks of engagement. "Aid risks in fragile and transitional contexts" reviews donor approaches to risk management and recommends actions to improve donor behaviour and approaches to risk.
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12-Apr-2011
Hamlet Gutierrez presented the 2011 Latin American Economic Outlook in the VII Meeting of the Budgeting for Results Network, that took place in Kingston, Jamaica between 4-6 April 2011.
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12-Apr-2011
This new publication explains how aid for trade can foster economic growth and reduce poverty, and why it is an important instrument for a development strategy that actively supports poverty alleviation.
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11-Apr-2011
Mr. Joseph Zveglich, Assistant Chief Economist at the Asian Development Bank presented the key findings of the report. OECD Development Centre, Economics Department, Development Cooperation Directorate and IFRI provided comments. According to the report, Asia is forecast to grow by 7.8% in 2011 and 7.7% in 2012. The region faces two critical challenges-inflation pressures and capital flows. The importance of South-South links was also highlighted. This event brought together a large number of participants within OECD as well as the audience coming from Southeast Asian countries.
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11-Apr-2011
Women’s economic empowerment is a prerequisite for sustainable development and for achieving the Millennium Development Goals. At the same time, it is also a right. Learn more in this issues paper.
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07-Apr-2011
The independent evaluation of the Paris Declaration has now delivered its first results. Twenty country-led evaluations and five donor studies have been completed and are now available on our website. Stay tuned for forthcoming reports!
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06-Apr-2011
In 2010, net official development assistance (ODA) flows from members of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the OECD reached USD 128.7 billion, representing an increase of +6.5 % over 2009.
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Events
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from 02-Nov-2009 to 03-Nov-2009
Co-organised by OECD and ESCAP in Bangkok, this conference focused on OECD and Asian country responses to the main challenges in responsible business conduct, with a special focus on climate change, finance and education.
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from 06-Jul-2009 to 07-Jul-2009
This second monitoring report will examine recent developments, present a comprehensive analysis of donor and partner country engagement, address the regional dimension of Aid for Trade, and present country factsheets assessing the outcomes and impacts of the initiative. OECD Secretary-General A.Gurria and WTO Director-General P.Lamy will launch the report during the Second Global Review of Aid for Trade (Geneva, 06-07 July).
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on 25-Jun-2009
The OECD Development Centre and FLACSO co-hosted a workshop on June 25th, 2009 in San Jose, Costa Rica to discuss migration issues in Central America, focusing on the themes of governance of migration and the links between migration and labour markets.
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on 08-Jun-2009
Dambisa Moyo, author of "Dead Aid" introduced the debate at the meeting on coherent policies for development at the OECD. Over a hundred participants gathered to discuss the need to look beyond aid in the efforts to promote development. The international network of experts on policy coherence also discussed ways to assess progress in the field of policy coherence and shared national experiences.
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on 05-Jun-2009
On Friday 5 June 2009, most of the 600 participants in the IXth International Economic Forum on Africa entered the congress hall willing to challenge the high-level invited panelists. There were very critical questions stating that the majority of the benefits of the economic growth goes to foreign multinationals. The panelists reacted that economic indicators demonstrated gains in employment, economic growth and macroeconomic stability. Couldn't make it? Revisit the event online!
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from 27-Apr-2009 to 28-Apr-2009
The 2nd OECD Southeast Asia Regional Forum considered a range of policy areas, one of which was investment policies. Government officials from ASEAN countries and investment experts gathered to discuss various efforts to create a more attractive investment climate in Southeast Asia. The OECD’s investment instruments and peer review methods were presented and well received by participants as they can help advance their own agenda of investment policy reforms.
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on 05-Mar-2009
Gender inequality has multiple facets, including both overt and more hidden instances of discrimination. In the framework of the 2009 session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), the Development Centre will launch a new composite index shedding light on inequalities that are based on social norms and traditions.
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on 08-Apr-2009
The OECD Development Centre has recently organised a joint seminar with the Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs (ELS) focusing on the evolution of the quantity and quality of employment and its impact on poverty and inequality, with a specific focus on Brazil, China and India.
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on 19-Jan-2009
OECD Development Centre Economist Christian Daude presented the main conclusions of the Latin American Economic Outlook 2009 to a selected audience of academics and policymakers in Berlin, on 19 January 2009, at a seminar hosted by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.
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