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14-Dec-2010
The international community lacks a concerted and agreed upon way to manage and mitigate risks. The conference “Risk and Results Management in Development Co-operation: Towards a Common Approach” took stock on where we are now and what could be the path forward.
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13-Dec-2010
Overall, the strong recovery experienced in ASEAN economies in the first half of 2010 is gradually losing momentum. Nonetheless, the picture varies across Southeast Asian countries. A solid recovery is ongoing in the Philippines driven by strong exports and improving business sentiment, while activity appears to be slowing down in Malaysia and Singapore on the basis of both leading and coincident indicators. Activity growth is also showing slight signs of slowing in Indonesia. The outlook for the Thai economy is relatively stable supported by solid production activities.
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03-Dec-2010
Work is underway on an update of the Guidelines to ensure their continued role as a leading international instrument for the promotion of responsible business conduct. The 2010 annual report focuses on 3 core issues for consideration during the update - supply chains, human rights, and climate change.
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05-Oct-2010
This paper (Issues Brief 6) suggests ways of using gender-responsive budgeting to integrate a gender equality perspective into public financial management in partner countries. It makes the case that gender-responsive budgeting is a form of financial management that seeks to ensure an efficient allocation of resources based on the needs identified, and can offer a win-win situation by both strengthening gender equality and enhancing economic growth - but has so far been more about advocacy than action.
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26-Nov-2010
This OECD report - Transition to a low carbon economy: Public goals and corporate practices - highlights action companies are taking to fight climate change and recommends government actions to encourage them.
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29-Oct-2010
A one-day workshop, aimed at sharing knowledge on Low-Carbon Growth (LCG) amongst countries in the Asia-Pacific region and international donors, was held in Bangkok. It stressed the need for each countries to identify policy measures and pursue their activities to attain low-carbon growth, and for international co-operation to be conducted at the regional scale.
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29-Oct-2010
OECD held an experts meeting to review the use of indicators for aid-for-trade monitoring and evaluation. The meeting addressed whether there was a need for indicators, for what purpose and how to go forward. Experts provided insights into the demand for and the supply of aid-for-trade indicators. Participants also had a chance to hear what some donors were doing to improve their results management through using common indicators.
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28-Oct-2010
The Experts' Meeting on "Emerging Economic Partners in Africa" brought together a number of experts to discuss how best to focus the thematic chapter of the African Economic Outlook (AEO) 2011, which will explore the new opportunities and challenges faced by Africa following the emergence of new economic partners on the continent.
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27-Oct-2010
The Bangkok Call for Action was agreed as a set of recommendations to developing countries and development agencies that fund the response to climate change.
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Events
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on 27-Jun-2008
"Migration and Development: Policy Coherence and Effective Partnerships", organised at the 12th General Conference of EADI, took stock of what we know about the effects of migration on development. Participants shared their specific country or regional experiences to illustrate the mechanisms that link migration and development, in particular related to labour-market effects, the brain drain, remittances, diaspora networks and return migration.
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from 19-Jun-2008 to 20-Jun-2008
Javier Santiso, Director of the OECD Development Centre, was invited to participate in the G20 roundtable on Fiscal Space for Stability, Growth and Social Inclusion taking place in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 19 and 20 June 2008. Mr Santiso presented the findings of the Latin American Economic Outlook report.
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on 17-Jun-2008
OECD Development Centre Director Javier Santiso will present the Centre's research on China's and India's economic impact in Latin America at this seminar organised by Casa America and Casa Asia in Madrid.
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on 27-Jun-2008
The OECD Development Centre and the African Development Bank hosted the most successful International Forum on African Perspectives to date on Friday June 27, 2008 at the French Ministry of Economy, Finance and Employment. People working on and passionate about Africa’s future came out in record numbers (over 500) to listen to rich discussions and exchange with panelists.
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on 20-May-2008
This year’s Plenary of the Global Forum brought together senior policy makers and experts to discuss “ownership”, the first principle of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness. Participants grappled with controversial issues like conditionality, called for more transparent and predictable aid, and agreed on the need to support Southern research institutions and think tanks.
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on 07-May-2008
OECD-World Bank Policy Forum on "Creating more and better Jobs: What do we know? What can be done?" in Rabat, Morocco.
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on 07-Mar-2008
On the occasion of International Women's Day, the OECD Development Centre launched a new interactive website,Wikigender (www.wikigender.org), to share and exchange information on gender equality issues.
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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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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 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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