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22-Feb-2006
Private investment is crucial for sustainable economic development. The PFI aims to assist governments in their efforts to create a healthy policy environment for domestic and foreign investments, taking into account the broader interests of the communities in which investors operate. Between 16 January and 22 February 2006, the public’s views were sought through an online consultation on the draft text of the PFI and avenues for future use.
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10-Feb-2006
This working paper provides an overview of investor-state dispute settlement mechanisms. It deals with issues related to the quality of arbitral awards; examines issues related to multiple and parallel proceedings and explores the merits of consolidation of claims; and deals with challenges of jurisdictional nature.
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05-Dec-2005
The 2005 edition of this publication describes the main features of the OECD National Treatment instrument and contains a complete survey of adhering governments' measures relating to National Treatment.
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23-Nov-2005
In October 2005, the OECD launched an invitation for public comment on its draft Risk Management Tool for Investors in Weak Governance Zones. A strong response was received from global and regional organisations, business, labour and other civil society representatives. These comments can be consulted online and will be used to improve the draft risk management tool which is scheduled for finalisation by Spring 2006.
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23-Nov-2005
Les zones à déficit de gouvernance sont des lieux où les pouvoirs publics sont peu désireux ou incapables d’assumer leurs responsabilités. Elles représentent certains des environnements d’investissement les plus ardus de la planète. C’est dans cette optique que l’OCDE est actuellement en train de préparer un outil de gestion du risque destiné à aider les entreprises à y gérer leurs activités de manière responsable. Le projet de texte a été soumis à la sagacité du public par le biais d’une consultation en ligne.
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17-Nov-2005
The Tourism Committee’s work on the benchmarking of national tourism policies is unique in the world. It supports OECD countries in the formulation of tourism policy and in enhancing coherence and linkages with other policies. The reviews of OECD member countries' national tourism policies are available here.
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13-Oct-2005
After their endorsement in April 2005, the OECD has now published Guidelines on Corporate Governance of State-owned enterprises. These new Guidelines provide the first international benchmark to help governments assess the way they exercise their ownership responsibilities vis-à-vis state-owned enterprises (SOEs). They are non binding and complementary to the OECD Principles of Corporate Governance
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22-Sep-2005
A recurrent theme of the OECD's work on the Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises is that corporate responsibility goes hand-in-hand with government responsibility. This report summarises the results of a multi-stakeholder dialogue that has sought to provide inputs to an answer on the following central question: Do companies have different roles and responsibilities when operating in weak governance zones, where governments are not working well, than in healthier investment environments?
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