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News & Events
News
2009 AEO finds Africa’s growth streak shut down by the crisis
10-May-2009
After half a decade at over 5%, Africa’s growth rate is projected to halve from the 5.7 per cent estimated for 2008 to 2.8 per cent in 2009, according to the 2009 African Economic Outlook (AEO).
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29-Apr-2009
ASEAN Secretariat and OECD Development Centre launched a collaborative project, the Southeast Asian Economic Outlook at the 2nd OECD- Southeast Asia Regional Forum, Bangkok, 27 April 2009.
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Le Centre de développement de l'OCDE réalisera une étude sur la mobilisation des ressources domestiques
28-Apr-2009
Le bureau Afrique et Moyen-Orient du centre de développement de l'OCDE entreprendra une étude qui traitera des stratégies que peuvent adopter les Etats africains pour un usage plus effectif de la mobilisation des ressources domestiques (MRD). La MRD sera cruciale pour compenser les déficits de finances publics engendrés par la chute actuelle de l’activité économique globale et l'effondrement des cours des matières premières. L'étude est financée par le Ministère italien des Affaires Étrangères et servira de référence au gouvernement Italien en vue de la préparation du sommet du G8 de 2009.
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OECD Development Centre to produce domestic resource mobilization study
24-Apr-2009
The Africa and Middle East Desk of the OECD Development Centre is undertaking a study on how African states can more effectively mobilise domestic resources. A key objective is to offset the public financing shortages created by the current fall in global economic activity and the collapse of commodity prices. Contact: dev.africa@oecd.org
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20-Apr-2009
Ireland’s net official development assistance (ODA) was USD 1.3 billion in 2008, a 90% increase over 2003 in real terms. Ireland’s aid grew from 0.39% of gross national income in 2003 to 0.58% in 2008 during a period of exceptional national economic growth.
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17-Apr-2009
In developing countries, 6 out of 10 people die from infectious diseases. This book looks at ways of improving the availability of medicines for infectious diseases through strengthened coherence in health, trade, science and technology, development co-operation and finance.
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17-Apr-2009
Public debt levels are still high in Latin America, although considerable progress has been made during the last decade. Today, both the public and private bond markets face important challenges as a result of foreign exchange volatility, reduced liquidity and forthcoming elections. Development Centre Economist Sebastian Nieto presented these issues in Montevideo, at the Annual Meeting of Debt Management Specialists organised by the IADB and the Uruguayan Ministry of Finance.
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14-Apr-2009
A press conference presenting the Development Centre’s work on fiscal policy in Latin America took place on 15 April at the World Economic Forum regional meeting in Rio de Janeiro. OECD Development Centre Director, Javier Santiso, explained which reforms can help boost growth while combating inequality. He was accompanied by Joaquim Levy, Secretary of Finance of the State of Rio de Janeiro, and by Arminio Fraga, former Governor of Brazil's Central Bank.
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08-Apr-2009
Informal employment is at record levels worldwide with severe consequences for poverty in poor countries, according to Is Informal Normal?, a new report by the OECD Development Centre.
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08-Apr-2009
Informal employment is at record levels worldwide with severe consequences for poverty in poor countries, according to Is Informal Normal?, a new report by the OECD Development Centre.
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Events
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on 21-Feb-2008
What benefits would the Internet bring to the developing world? And what impact would the arrival of several billion new users have on the Internet as we know it today? Click here to read the questions and answers from this online debate with OECD economist Sam Paltridge.
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on 14-Feb-2008
Has development aid improved the lives of people living in developing countries over the past five years? Yes, says OECD's latest Development Co-operation Report, but slowly.
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on 14-Feb-2008
The French edition of this publications was officially launched at the Agence française de développement (AFD) on 14 February 2008.
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from 27-Mar-2008 to 28-Mar-2008
Organised in Paris on 27-28 March 2008, this year's Global Forum focused on best practices in promoting investment for development. The opening session was a ministerial roundtable discussion on the political economy of investment policy reform co-chaired by the Secretaries-General of the OECD and UNCTAD. This event brought together the global network of policy makers, academics, business leaders, labour representatives, and members of civil society dealing with the policy challenges of international investment.
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from 28-Jan-2008 to 29-Jan-2008
This joint biennial workshop of the DAC Network on Gender Equality (GENDERNET) and the United Nations’ Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality (IANWGE) focussed on the role of multilateral agencies in delivering on commitments to gender equality and women’s empowerment; how bilateral agencies can best support the efforts of multilateral agencies; innovative practices in partnerships; opportunities to enhance and scale up work to support partner country efforts, and improved tracking of development assistance focussed on gender equality and women’s empowerment.
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from 30-Nov-2007 to 31-Dec-2007
As part of its efforts to promote coherent policies for development, the OECD is organising a workshop on how issues beyond aid policies impact development. Conference will address issues related to internet, innovation and development outcomes as well as the nexus between migration policies and development.
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on 08-Dec-2007
The EU-Africa Summit in Lisbon featured a presentation of the African Economic Outlook (AEO). The side event “Measuring the Pulse of Africa: the African Economic Outlook” was co-organised by the OECD Development Centre and the African Development Bank at the invitation of the Portuguese Institute for Development Cooperation (IPAD).
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on 10-Dec-2007
This meeting brought together experts, representatives of government and the private sector, both from Africa and OECD countries, to exchange views on the key issues and challenges facing African countries in promoting technical skills development.
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from 27-Nov-2007 to 29-Nov-2007
Ministers from Middle East and North African countries and from OECD countries will meet in Cairo on 28-29 November to discuss progress in reforms to encourage investment and improve public governance in the MENA region.
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from 27-Nov-2007 to 29-Nov-2007
Ministers from Middle East and North African countries and from OECD countries will meet in Cairo on 28-29 November to discuss progress in reforms to encourage investment and improve public governance in the MENA region.
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