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News

Two Job Openings at Latin America Desk of the OECD Development Centre

15-May-2008

The Latin America & Caribbean desk of the OECD Development Centre is looking for two Macroeconomists for a 2-year fixed-term position (with the possibility of renewal). Candidates with a proven knowledge of Latin American economies and other emerging markets, and a keen interest in how development policies can be made more effective, should apply via the OECD general job vacancies system (www.oecd.org/hrm/vacancies - Reference 2695) by 30 May 2008.

Africa’s economic growth in 2007 well above the long-term trend for the fifth consecutive year

13-May-2008

Africa’s average real GDP grew by 5.7 per cent in 2007. The 2008 African Economic Outlook report , jointly published by the African Development Bank, the OECD Development Centre and the UNECA expects the rate of GDP growth to strengthen to about 6 per cent in 2008 and in 2009. 

OECD in the field - Launching Security System Reform consultations

05-May-2008

Security System Reform in-country consultations have been launched by the OECD to close the gap between policy and practice and influence results on the ground.

Fostering think tanks in developing countries

30-Apr-2008

The OECD Development Centre held a high-level meeting with think tanks, official donors and private foundations on how endowments and long-term core-funding support can foster independent, policy-oriented research in developing countries. The main conclusions of the session will be presented at the 2nd Plenary of the Global Forum on Development, on 20 May 2008.

Arabic Glossary of Key Terms in Evaluation and Results Based Management

23-Apr-2008

The DAC Glossary of Key Terms in Evaluation and Results Based Management has been published in Arabic, in collaboration with the evaluation departments of the African Development Bank, the Islamic Development Bank, and the DAC Evaluation Network. The glossary is now available in thirteen languages. It is expected that the glossary will facilitate and improve dialogue and understanding among those involved in development evaluation. It should serve as a valuable reference guide in practical development work as well as in evaluation training.

Malawi Procurement Capacity Assessment

21-Apr-2008

In 2007, the Government of Malawi undertook a capacity assessment of the country's public procurement system using the OECD-DAC Methodology for Assessment of National Procurement Systems in combination with the UNDP Approach to Procurement Capacity Assessment.

Mutual Accountability at the International Level

16-Apr-2008

This study is designed to identify ways of strengthening arrangements for the governance of aid at international level to reinforce country level arrangements for mutual accountability as set out in the Paris commitments.

Strengthening the Development Results and Impacts of the Paris Declaration through Work on Gender Equality, Social Exclusion and Human Rights

11-Apr-2008

This workshop shared the emerging analysis and experiences at field-level and identified and “show-cased” case studies  of direct relevance to the themes of the September 2008 High Level Forum (HLF-3) in Accra,which will review progress in implementing the Paris Declaration.

Managing for and Communicating about Development Results

10-Apr-2008

This DevCom Network meeting was organised in collaboration with the Joint Venture on Managing for Development Results and attended by representatives of more than twenty bilateral and multilateral aid agencies. Policy makers and development communicators were able to share their respective views on development results. Discussions constituted a first step in the development of guiding principles on the role of communications in managing results.

Policy Coherence Newsletter - Spring 2008

10-Apr-2008

In this edition: Launch of Wikigender; Presentation of "Migration and Developing Countries" in Mexico; Working Paper on "Household Structures and Saving"; Upcoming Events and Conferences.


Events

Improving Governance and Fighting Corruption: New Frontiers in Public-Private Partnerships

from 14-Mar-2007 to 15-Mar-2007

Organised by the World Bank Institute, OECD, and the Belgian government, this two-day event centered on the challenges of creating good governance with the cooperation of the private sector. With more than 400 participants from countries around the world, this event integrated innovative use of technology with an interactive, results-oriented conference format with the hope of creating concrete recommendations for future work.

Quelle politique de réendettement pour les pays africains après une decennie de remise de dette ? (Repère n° 36)

La mise en œuvre successive des plans d'allègement de la dette PPTE et IADM ont permis de réduire considérablement la charge du service de la dette pour les pays africains qui en ont bénéficié. Dotés d'une solvabilité restaurée et par ailleurs confrontés à des besoins de financement importants, ces pays souhaitent désormais se ré-endetter. Ce Repère dont la publication fait suite à un séminaire d'experts consacré aux économies africaines et organisé conjointement le 8 juin 2006 par l'AFD et le Centre de Développement, évalue les conditions d'un tel processus de ré-endettement.

ASEAN, OECD countries to discuss “peer review” as mechanism for co-operation

from 23-Jan-2007 to 24-Jan-2007

Policymakers from Southeast Asian and OECD countries will meet in Jakarta on 23-24 January 2007 to discuss the role and utility of the ‘peer review’ mechanism which is at the heart of the OECD’s working methods, with a view to providing direction for policy reform and enhanced international co-operation.

Ask the economists: Made in China. Is the game changing?

on 17-Jan-2007

Will China remain open to foreign investment? What sort of investor will China be abroad? Click here to read the questions and answers from this online debate with OECD economist Ken Davies about investment and China.

Africa Regional Meeting: Procurement Capacity Development

from 12-Dec-2006 to 14-Dec-2006

The Government of Uganda hosted the Africa regional meeting on procurement capacity development in Kampala. This event was sponsored by the African Development Bank and the Africa Region of the World Bank in collaboration with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the OECD-DAC Joint Venture for Procurement.

OECD-World Bank Global Forum on Sustainable Development

from 29-Nov-2006 to 30-Nov-2006

The OECD Global Forum on Sustainable Development, in cooperation with the World Bank and Agence Française de Développement, will discuss how governments in developing countries can work with local private water companies to provide affordable safe water and basic sanitation, and the role donors, the financial sector and international private water companies should play .

International Seminar on Informal Institutions and Development

from 11-Dec-2006 to 12-Dec-2006

The aim of this seminar, jointly organised by the OECD Development Centre & the DAC Network on Governance,  was to take stock of the role of informal institutions in the development process; to assess their impact on development outcomes; to analyze the linkages and possible conflicts between informal and formal institutions; to derive policy lessons on how best to put informal institutions to the service of development; and, to identify areas for future work and collaboration.

NEPAD-OECD Roundtable on Strengthening Investment Climate Assessment and Reform in NEPAD Countries

from 27-Nov-2007 to 28-Nov-2007

Organised in Lusaka, Zambia, this roundtable looked at developing policy capacity building tools that will help NEPAD countries improve the investment related content of Africa’s peer review process (APRM) and support implementation of investment climate reform policies, with a specific focus on the investment environment conditions conducive to attracting investment for development in the water and sanitation sector.

OECD Global Forum on International Investment “Enhancing the investment climate: the case of infrastructure”

from 06-Nov-2006 to 07-Nov-2006

Organised in Istanbul, Turkey, the 2006 Global Forum on International Investment focused on international investor participation in infrastructure and investment policy using the Policy Framework for Investment.

OECD Work on G8 Priorities for 2006 Summit

from 15-Jul-2006 to 17-Jul-2006

This year's G8 Summit took place in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The top priorities laid down by President Vladimir Putin were global energy security, education and fighting infectious diseases. Go here for OECD work on these and other issues discussed at the 2006 Summit.



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