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Financial Sector Development in the Central Asian countries, Azerbaijan and Mongolia

15-Apr-2004

The sixth conference in this series took place on 29-30 April in Istanbul, Turkey.  Bringing together both policy makers and experts from both the Central Asian region and OECD countries, the main focus of this conference was on securities market development.

Innovative Approaches to Funding the Millennium Development Goals

06-Apr-2004

While the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are broadly supported, their financing remains problematic. The most straightforward way to avoid underfunding is to raise ODA further. This Policy Brief evaluates some new ways of financing development.

OECD Statistics on Institutional Investors

21-Feb-2004

Download latest data from the OECD database "Institutional Investors " including: financial assests (USD & %GDP); portfolio composition and outstanding claims of households.

Review of the OECD Principles of Corporate Governance - Comments Received

11-Feb-2004

Comments were received on the draft revised text of the OECD Principles of Corporate Governance from more than 70 individuals, national and international organisations, including the International Corporate Governance Network, Standard and Poors, the International Federation of Accountants, Institutes of Internal Auditors, and others. The comment period is now over.

Implementation of the OECD Financial Education Project

28-Jan-2004

The importance of financial education has been recognised by the governments of a number of OECD member countries.  This report outlines the background and implementation procedures for the recently-launched Financial Education Project. 

Financing Global and Regional Public Goods Through Oda: Analysis and Evidence From the OECD Creditor Reporting System

23-Jan-2004

Should aid be partly earmarked towards international public goods? What is the impact on aid to the poorest countries and on traditional aid projects if ODA is allocated towards deleting the underprovision of international public goods?

OECD Invited Comment on Draft Revision of its Corporate Governance Principles

12-Jan-2004

The OECD invited public comment on a draft of the revision of its Principles of Corporate Governance that were adopted by OECD governments in 1999. This follows a request from OECD governments for reinforcement of the Principles in response to recent corporate scandals. 

Paper on Experiences from the Regional Corporate Governance Roundtables released, January 2004

09-Jan-2004

This report draws upon the experiences of the 25 meetings of the Corporate Governance Roundtables for Asia, Eurasia, Latin America, Russia and South East Europe to identify the major corporate governance issues faced by developing and emerging economies as well as potential solutions.




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