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Managing Chile’s macroeconomy during and after the copper price boom

21-Apr-2008

Compliance with the structural budget surplus rule, which has been in place since 2001, has allowed the government to maintain a counter cyclical fiscal stance in an environment of rising copper prices, while delivering a gradual reduction in public indebtedness. Monetary policy is conducted within a framework that combines inflation targeting with exchange rate flexibility. This paper relates to the 2007 Economic Survey of Chile (www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/chile).

DevCom: To help scale-up aid, achieve results… and communicate them

10-Apr-2008

The ODA figures for 2007 show that donors face a real challenge in meeting their aid commitments. Political will and high public support are indispensible if donors want to live up to their promises. Discussions in the DevCom Network show that publics care most about the concrete results of development aid. In order to better integrate how agencies manage for and communicate about results, the DevCom Network and the Joint Venture on Managing for Development Results are teaming up for a meeting in Berlin on 19-20 May to address this issue.

Public consultation on an Implementation Guide to Ensure Accountability and Transparency in State Ownership

06-Mar-2008

Adopted in 2005, the OECD Guidelines on Corporate Governance of State-Owned Enterprises have become a global benchmark. To assist countries in implementing the Guidelines, the OECD is developing an implementation guide in the area of accountability and transparency. The draft text was made available for public comment through an online consultation between 15 February and 3 March 2008.


Events

First meeting of the OECD Network on Corporate Governance of State-Owned Enterprises for Southern Africa

from 06-May-2008 to 07-May-2008

Organised in Cape Town, South Africa, this meeting addressed a number of high priority issues for the region, including the establishment and composition of effective boards, and the role and structure of state ownership entities.  This meeting also provided an opportunity to discuss the OECD’s recent Global Network meeting on transparency and accountability, which was instrumental in the finalisation of the OECD’s Implementation Guide to Ensure Accountability and Transparency in State Ownership.

Meeting of the OECD Asian Roundtable on Corporate Governance

from 13-May-2008 to 14-May-2008

Senior decision makers from OECD and Asian economies met on 13-14 May 2008 in Hong Kong, China, to discuss improving monitoring and disclosure of related party transactions as a key corporate governance enforcement challenge.

Banking on Development: Mobilising Private Development Finance

from 28-Feb-2008 to 29-Feb-2008

At this Roundtable, co-organised in Geneva with the World Economic Forum, senior executives identified which private financial flows are most effective in stimulating economic growth and poverty reduction. They also discussed how donors can help catalyse these flows.

First meeting of the OECD Global Network on Privatisation and Corporate Governance of State-Owned Assets

on 05-Mar-2008

Policy makers, officials from ownership entities, SOE representatives and experts from around 25 non-member countries took part in the first meeting of the OECD Global Network on Privatisation and Corporate Governance of State-Owned Assets which was held in Paris on 5 March 2008. This meeting focused on a review of the draft Implementation Guide for Accountability and Transparency in State Ownership.

OECD/US Treasury International Conference on Financial Education, 7-8 May 2008, Washington DC, USA

from 07-May-2008 to 08-May-2008

Co-hosted by the OECD and the US Treasury, this conference aimed to advance and elevate the dialogue on financial education in the international arena, share experiences on best practices and look at applied research. 

Ninth roundtable on Capital Market Reform in Asia

from 26-Feb-2008 to 27-Feb-2008

This year’s Roundtable focuses on: Ten years after: Implications of the Current Financial Market turmoil; Enhancing Regulatory Framework; Bond Markets Development; Equity Markets Development; Roles of Capital Market in Infrastructure Financing; Corporate Governance and Capital Market Developments.

First Meeting of the Task Force on Corporate Governance of Banks in Eurasia

on 17-May-2007

The Eurasian Corporate Governance Roundtable established a task force to develop a policy options paper (“policy brief”) addressing corporate governance challenges shared by commercial banks in Eurasia. Based on some existing norms developed by the OECD or the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, the policy brief is to be developed through active discussion within the Task Force that includes experts from Eurasian countries, OECD member countries and international organisations.  The Task Force has its meeting to discuss the draft policy brief in Tbilisi, Georgia, on 17 May 2007.

2nd OECD Forum on African Public Debt Management

from 12-Dec-2007 to 13-Dec-2007

The development of robust government bond markets, as well as sound debt management policies and practices, is increasingly important in avoiding unsustainable public debt.

The policy dialogue of this forum affords African debt managers, policymakers and government bond market officials an opportunity to enhance their understanding of these activities, providing access to the worldwide OECD-led global knowledge network of debt managers.

17th OECD Global Forum on Public Debt Management

from 11-Dec-2007 to 12-Dec-2007

Took place in Amsterdam on 11-12 December 2007, the 17th Annual Forum on Public Debt Management focused on price discovery in government bond markets, government debt in Asia 10 years after the crisis and credit risk management.

2007 International Experts Meeting on Corporate Governance of Non-Listed Companies

on 22-Jun-2007

This Experts Meeting on Private Equity, Corporate Governance and Non-Listed Companies discussed the challenges and opportunities for corporate governance in private equity-backed companies both in OECD and non-OECD countries, particularly what specific implications they have on public policy.



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