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OECD publishes an Investment Policy Review of Romania

09-Feb-2005

This comprehensive review of investment policy in Romania assesses the untapped growth potential for foreign investment in Romania, measures the significant progress recently made by Romania to improve its business environment, and identifies the most significant remaining policy challenges.  This review was conducted by the OECD prior to inviting Romania to adhere to the OECD Declaration on International Investment and Multinational Enterprises.

Innovation and Growth in Tourism: Conference Papers

14-Jan-2005

Papers and presentations from the Conference on Innovation and Growth in Tourism, held in Lugano, Switzerland in September 2003, are now available on line.

Corporate Governance of State-Owned Assets in OECD countries

13-Dec-2004

This presentation was made at a seminar on the relationship between the state and SOEs  in Brasila, on 10 - 11 November 2004.
It aimed at presenting the practices and main challenges in OECD countries regarding the corporate governance of state-owned assets. It also presented the current work of drafting Guidelines on Corporate Governance of State-owned assets by the OECD Working Group on Privatisation and Corporate Governance of State-Owned Assets .

Corporate Governance in Eurasia: A Comparative Overview

26-Nov-2004

Corporate Governance in Eurasia: A Comparative Overview has just been published. This work surveys the corporate governance framework and practices in Eurasia and identifies important corporate governance reform prorities for the region. Its conclusions are the culmination of four years of on-going deliberations by the Eurasian Roundtable on Corporate Governance.

Maximising Value of Non-Performing Assets

25-Nov-2004

The proceedings of the Third Forum for Asian Insolvency Reform - November 2003, has just been published.  This edition brings together a regional and country perspective on recent trends and developments in insolvency in the Asia region.

"Indirect Expropriation" and the "Right to Regulate" in International Investment Law

11-Oct-2004

This OECD study provides factual elements of information on jurisprudence, state practice and literature related to "Indirect Expropriation" and the "Right to Regulate".  It presents the issues at stake and describes the basic concepts of the obligation to compensate for indirect expropriation, reviews whether and how legal instruments and other texts articulate the difference between indirect expropriation and the right of the governments to regulate without compensation and attempts to identify a number of criteria which emerge from jurisprudence and state practice for determining whether an indirect expropriation has occurred.

Fair and Equitable Treatment Standard in International Investment Law

11-Oct-2004

This study provides factual elements of information on jurisprudence, literature and state practice related to the fair and equitable treatment standard.  It examines the origins of the standard and its use in international agreements and state practice, its relationship with the minimum standard of international customary law and the elements of its normative content as identified by arbitral tribunals.

Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment in International Investment Law

05-Oct-2004

This study aims to enhance understanding of investment protection provisions in international investment agreements.  It provides a factual survey of jurisprudence and related literature on MFN treaty clauses in investment agreements.

The Global Corporate Governance Guide 2004

11-Aug-2004

The Global Corporate Governance Guide 2004 has been published. Included in the Guide is an article provided by the Corporate Affairs Team on "Improving  Corporate Governance Standards: The Work of the OECD and the Principles of Corporate Governance".

Informal Workouts, Restructuring and the Future of Asian Insolvency Reform

01-Jul-2004

The proceedings from the Second Forum for Asian Insolvency Reform that took place in December 2002 in Bangkok, Thailand, has been published. The publication examines both the theory and the practice of Asian insolvency reform.  It also provides an extensive regional overview and assessment, along with detailed examinations of developments in individual Asian countries.




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