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Launch of the OECD DAC – World Water Council Report on Aid Activities in Support of Water Supply and Sanitation at the 5th World Water Forum

13-Mar-2009

At the 5th World Water Forum in Istanbul, the OECD and the World Water Council will formally launch their new report on aid activities in support of water supply and sanitation 2001-2006.

Chinese translations of Development Centre's reports presented in Beijing

12-Mar-2009

OECD Deputy Secretary General Thelma Askey participated on March 2 at the Beijing International Forum on Latin America and the Caribbean 2008-2009, organised by the Institute for Latin American Studies and attended by high-level officials from the Chinese Government. The Chinese version of the Latin American Economic Outlook 2009  was presented at this important policymaking seminar, together with other publications on Latin America by the Development Centre.

Save the Date: 9th International Economic Forum on Africa scheduled for June 5th

11-Mar-2009

Registration is now open for the annual Africa forum co-organized by the OECD Development Centre, the African Development Bank and the UN Economic Commission. The largest public debate on Africa held in France, the meeting will take place at the French Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Employment in Paris. This year, government officials and private sector representatives will examine the continent’s economic performance and its relationship to information and communication technologies (ICTs).

Save the Date: 9th International Economic Forum on Africa scheduled for June 5th

11-Mar-2009

Registration is now open for the annual Africa forum co-organized by the OECD Development Centre, the African Development Bank and the UN Economic Commission. The largest public debate on Africa held in France, the meeting will take place at the French Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Employment in Paris. This year, government officials and private sector representatives will examine the continent’s economic performance and its relationship to information and communication technologies (ICTs).

DAC Guiding Principles for Aid Effectiveness, Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment

09-Mar-2009

These Guiding Principles suggest approaches and entry points for policy advisors and programme managers in both donor and partner countries to increase the prospects for achieving development results and impacts through work on gender equality and women’s empowerment. Also available in French and Spanish.

Armed Violence Reduction - Enabling Development

09-Mar-2009

Each year, 740 000 people die as a result of armed violence. Armed violence increasingly exploits a link between conflict and crime and undermines the chances of reaching the Millennium Development Goals. This publication will help aid donors - both policy advisors and programme staff - to transform good words into good programmes that can ultimately help reduce armed violence globally.

Is fiscal policy back?

09-Mar-2009

The economic crisis has hit the entire world economy, with governments stepping in to rescue financial systems and kick-start economic growth. This adds up to a triumph for government fiscal policy, though fiscal policy must be used audaciously, not least in Latin America.

What evaluation tells us about Gender Equality and Women in development?

06-Mar-2009

Evaluation tells us  that more attention needs to be given to gender equality issues in evaluations of development activities. While more thematic evaluations of gender equality and women’s empowerment are now taking place, progress in incorporating gender perspectives into general evaluations of development assistance has been slow and uneven.

Le Ministre colombien des Affaires étrangères félicite le Centre de Développement pour son travail sur l’Amérique Latine

05-Mar-2009

Lors de la présentation à Bogota des Perspectives Économiques de l’Amérique Latine 2009, le Ministre colombien des Affaires étrangères Jaime Bermúdez a estimé que cette publication constituait une « valeur inestimable pour le développement de la région ». À l’occasion de cet événement qui a rassemblé plus de 300 participants, le Ministre Bermúdez a également souligné l’importance de la récente adhésion de la Colombie au Centre de Développement en juin 2008.

 

Colombian Foreign Minister praises Development Centre's work on Latin America

05-Mar-2009

At the presentation of the Latin American Economic Outlook 2009 in Bogota, Colombian Minister of Foreign Affairs Jaime Bermúdez praised the report for having a "priceless value for development in the region". With more than 300 people in attendance, Minister Bermúdez also highlighted the importance of Colombia's recent accession to the OECD Development Centre, in July 2008.


Events

Meeting of the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) and the Environment Policy Committee (EPOC) at Ministerial Level

on 04-Apr-2006

Economic growth and development are intricately linked to the sound management of environmental resources. It is the poorest countries and the poorest people who rely most heavily on environmental resources, and are therefore most affected by their degradation. This Ministerial meeting provided a timely opportunity to discuss the two-way relationship between poverty and environmental degradation and the scope for win-win approaches to address them.

Workshop on Development Effectiveness in Practice – Applying the Paris Declaration to Advancing Gender Equality, Environmental Sustainability and Human Rights

This workshop was held in Dublin on 26-27 April 2007 and organised by the DAC Networks on Environment and Development, Governance, and Gender Equality and the Working Party on Aid Effectiveness, with the support of the Irish and Danish Governments. The purpose  was to increase mutual knowledge and understanding of how practitioners are applying the Paris Declaration’s overarching principles to advance gender equality, environmental sustainability and human rights. The long-term goal is to demonstrate how attention to these issues enhances development effectiveness.

The High Level Forum on Medicines for Neglected and Emerging Infectious Diseases: Policy Coherence to Enhance their Availability, Noordwijk-aan-Zee, the Netherlands

from 20-Jun-2007 to 21-Jun-2007

This Forum sought to build support for an agenda to radically improve the availability of medicines for neglected and emerging infectious diseases that primarily affect the developing world.  Participants included OECD Secretary General Angel Gurría, high level policymakers from the aid, health and scientific communities from OECD Member countries and developing countries, as well as private sector representatives.

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.

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 .

NEPAD-OECD high-level meeting on advancing investment policy reform in Africa

from 10-Dec-2008 to 11-Dec-2008

Organised in Kampala, this meeting explored measures for implementing concrete plans for sustainably improving the investment climates in African countries. An expert roundtable on investment in transport infrastructure and regional integration identified the factors that are holding investment back in African countries’ transport sector, drawing on experience sharing and best practices.

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.



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