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News & Events
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24-Mar-2010
South-East Europe economies must find new drivers for growth and private sector investment, says a new OECD report. Access the key findings and recommendations from the 2010 edition of the Investment Reform Index.
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12-Mar-2010
Recently, a few countries have introduced or tightened capital controls. Some others have debated - but so far refrained from imposing - new controls. OECD rules do not prohibit capital controls but neither do they encourage them.
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12-Mar-2010
At a conference organised by the U.S. Council for International Business, OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría urged governments to support innovation and green growth as a basis for a sustainable recovery, cites a possible Model Investment Treaty as a way to encourage cross-border investment.
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17-Feb-2010
This book defines the major trends and challenges facing tourism in the next decade – from globalisation to environmental issues. Tourism data from 42 countries are presented and analysed including all OECD countries, and fast-growing tourism centres such as Brazil, Chile, China and India.
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04-Dec-2009
India needs to strengthen and liberalise its regulatory framework and invest more in infrastructure in order to attract increased foreign direct investment (FDI), according to a new OECD report.
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25-Sep-2009
Welcoming the adoption of the Framework for Strong, Sustainable and Balanced Growth by G20 leaders gathered in Pittsburgh for the G20 summit, OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría said new sources of jobs and growth needed for the global economy to effect a sustained recovery, will only emerge if the right structural policies are adopted by the world’s leading global economies.
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23-Jul-2009
Guidelines for Recipient Country Investment Policies relating to National Security have been adopted by the OECD to help governments maintain fair treatment of international investors while meeting their countries' security needs.
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22-Jul-2009
The 30 OECD country positions under the legally binding OECD Codes of Liberalisation of Capital Movements and of Current Invisible Operations, as well as the companion OECD National Treatment instrument, have been revised in a report issued by the OECD Council.
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Events
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on 23-Jun-2010
Speaking at the Ministerial Session of the UN Global Compact Leaders Summit in New York, OECD Deputy Secretary-General Richard Boucher highlights the complementary roles played by the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and the UN Global Compact in promoting corporate responsibility.
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from 30-Jun-2010 to 01-Jul-2010
The 2010 OECD Corporate Responsibility Roundtable launched an update of the Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises with discussions focusing on supply chains, human rights and environment and climate change.
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from 06-May-2010 to 07-May-2010
The 68th Session of the OECD Steel Committee meeting was held on 6-7 May 2010 at OECD headquarters in Paris. The presentations made at the meeting can be found here.
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on 16-Apr-2010
Peru's Minister of Economy and Finance Mercedes Araoz officially launched Peru's NCP in Lima on 16 April 2010. The NCP is located in the Private Investment Promotion Agency (ProInversíon) responsible for promoting observance of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises.
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on 29-Mar-2010
The MENA-OECD Women’s Business Network, with the support of the World Association of Women Entrepreneurs, met in Tunis on 29 March 2010 to discuss innovative ways of boosting women’s entrepreneurship and employment in MENA economies. Melanne Verveer, US Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues, addressed a message of support to members of the Network.
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10th International Forum on Tourism Statistics, Lisbon
from 22-Nov-2010 to 23-Nov-2010
The International Forum on Tourism Statistics is a unique platform for regular exchanges of views, to share good practices from all over the world and to discuss key topics for developing Tourism Statistics. Download the first announcement and call for papers for the forum (pdf, 541Kb).
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on 10-Mar-2010
Speaking at the USCIB Global Investment Conference in Washington, Angel Gurría focused on the role of international investment as a driver of global growth, avoiding protectionism, how responsible business conduct can help to rebuild trust in markets and how international rules for investment protection could be improved.
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from 03-Dec-2009 to 04-Dec-2009
The Workshop gathered OECD members countries and non-member economies, such as Brazil, Romania, Chinese Taipei and Ukraine, as well as industry representatives. The objective was to undertake a fact-finding exercise to assess factors distorting the shipbuilding sector.
Here are the Programme and presentations of the Workshop.
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from 10-Dec-2009 to 11-Dec-2009
The 67th Session of the OECD Steel Committee meeting was held on 10-11 December 2009 at OECD headquarters in Paris. The OECD Steel Committee brings together government and steel industry representatives from all major steel-producing countries to address common challenges.
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