Actualités & Evénements

Competition Assessment Toolkit

01-août-2011

This Toolkit helps governments too eliminate barriers to competition by identifying unnecessary restraints on market activities and developing alternative, less restrictive measures that still achieve government policy objectives.

Expanded Guarantees for Banks: Benefits, Costs and Exit Issues

19-nov.-2009

This article provides an overview of the guarantees that have been expanded and/or introduced as part of the policy packages implemented in response to the recent financial crisis and discusses the costs and benefits of this expansion, as well as issues related to the exit from “unusual” types or levels of guarantees.

OECD Council adopts Recommendation on Competition Assessment

17-nov.-2009

This Recommendation calls for governments to identify existing or proposed public policies that unduly restrict competition and to revise them by adopting more pro-competitive alternatives.

Insurance companies and the financial crisis

27-oct.-2009

This article discusses vulnerabilities in selected segments of the insurance sector and identifies specific issues related to the role of the insurance sector in the current financial crisis.

D’après l’OCDE, les fonds de pension se redressent en 2009

26-oct.-2009

Les fonds de pension ont entamé un redressement partiel pendant la première moitié de 2009, générant des retours sur investissement de 3.5 % en termes nominaux. Toutefois, au 30 juin 2009, le total des actifs des fonds de pension reste en retrait de 14% par rapport au niveau de décembre 2007, selon la dernière édition du Point sur le Marché des Pensions de l’OCDE.

Private pensions need long-term, appropriate performance benchmarks

19-oct.-2009

The OECD and the World Bank today announced the preliminary results of their project evaluating the financial performance of pension funds around the world.

The project aims to examine how to measure financial performance of pension funds taking into account the link between participants’ benefits to the performance of financial markets.

Private pensions in Latin America have emerged stronger after the financial and economic crisis

16-oct.-2009

Participants at the annual IOPS/OECD Global Forum on Private Pensions discussed the impact and policy responses to the financial and economic crisis on the pension industry, with a particular focus on the major policy developments in the Brazilian pension industry.

Typologie du rôle des intermédiaires dans les transactions commerciales internationales: Rapport Final

15-oct.-2009

Intermediaries fulfil a key role in international business transactions. While many of them perform lawful tasks, many also engage in bribery of foreign public officials. This study, initiated in 2007, focuses on the use of intermediaries in cases of bribery of foreign public officials. [La version française]

Resale Price Maintenance

06-oct.-2009

The term "resale price maintenance" refers to a practice in which suppliers and resellers come to an understanding that places restrictions on the prices resellers may charge. There are several types of such agreements, the most common involves a supplier agreeing with retailers not to charge less than a certain price for the supplier's product.  RPM may harm consumers by restricting intrabrand price competition, but RPM may benefit consumers by promoting interbrand competition. Despite these mixed effects, most OECD countries treat RPM as a per se violation of their competition laws.

G20 : Des normes internationales de politique structurelle sont fondamentales pour sortir de la crise

25-sept.-2009

Saluant l’adoption du Cadre pour une croissance forte, durable et équilibrée par les chefs d’État et de gouvernement réunis  auhourd’hui à Pittsburgh pour le sommet du G20, le Secrétaire général de l’OCDE, M. Angel Gurría, a déclaré que les nouvelles sources d’emploi et de croissance indispensables à une reprise soutenue de l’économie mondiale ne se concrétiseront que si les grandes économies de la planète mettent en place les politiques structurelles adéquates.

Asian Roundtable Task Force on Related Party Transactions

du 05-févr.-2009 au 06-févr.-2009

For the first time, Asian and OECD policy makers met to discuss concrete solutions to detecting and curbing abusive related party transactions – one of the most serious corporate governances failures. Participants focused on policy options, including assessing strengths and weaknesses of various regulatory approaches, tightening enforcement and facilitating a change in culture and practice, particularly in the boardroom.

Groupe de travail de l'OIT sur la dimension sociale de la mondialisation

le 17-nov.-2008

Dans son discours, M. Gurría a souligné les conclusions de la réunion du G 20 où les responsables politiques ont appelé à une meilleure collaboration des organisations internationales pour qu’elles appuient leurs efforts concernant les politiques destinées à permettre de surmonter la crise et de remettre l’économie mondiale sur la voie d’une croissance durable.

OECD seminar on the payout phase of pensions, annuities and financial Markets

le 12-nov.-2008

Representatives from OECD governments, academia and private sector discussed proposals to support private pension systems, and in particular, improve the management of risks in the retirement stage of individual account (defined contribution, DC) pension systems. Participants also discussed the impact of the financial crisis, and longer term issues affecting the sector such as increasing life expectancy.

2008 meeting of the Latin American Roundtable on Corporate Governance

du 02-déc.-2008 au 03-déc.-2008

Organised in Mexico City, 2-3 December 2008, this meeting provided an important opportunity to take stock of recent corporate governance-related developments in Latin America, particularly in the wake of the current global financial turmoil. 

Defining and strengthening sector specific sources of competitiveness in the Western Balkans

le 10-juin-2009

With the 10 June 2009 publication of its study on defining and strengthening sector specific sources of competitiveness in the Western Balkans, the Investment Compact for South East Europe completed the first of two phases of one of its implementation support projects.

3rd OECD Forum on African Public Debt Management

du 04-déc.-2008 au 05-sept.-2008

This year the forum discussions focused on an exchange of information on ongoing activities regarding African Public Debt Management and Bond Markets,  it took place in Paris, and was organised  back-to-back with the 18th OECD Global Forum on Public Debt Management.

18th OECD Global Forum on Public Debt Management and Emerging Government Securities Markets

du 03-déc.-2008 au 04-déc.-2008

Held in Paris back-to-back with the forum on African Public Debt Management, discussions focused on sovereign asset liability management, the use of short-term government paper and regional roundtables on challenges and opportunities for issuers in view of the credit/liquidity crisis.

Conférence régionale d’Amérique latine : Engagement et coopération pour la lutte contre la corruption

du 29-sept.-2008 au 30-sept.-2008

Cette conférence avait pour but de réaffirmer l’engagement régional visant à lutter contre la corruption, participer au maintien des normes internationales, encourager l’échange d’information et améliorer la coopération, et contribuer à l’élaboration des stratégies nationales contre la corruption.

High-level meeting on economic and governance policy reforms in Iraq

du 08-juil.-2008 au 10-juil.-2008

High-level representatives from the Government of Iraq and OECD-member countries met in Paris on 08-10 July 2008 to discuss Iraq's investment climate, anti-corruption policies and aid management -- three issues identified as priorities by Iraqi officials during prior meetings held under the framework of the International Compact with Iraq. The meeting was organised by the MENA-OECD Initiative on Governance and Investment for Development and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Iraq.

OECD/IOPS Global Forum on Private Pensions: Mombasa, Kenya, 30-31 October 2008

du 30-oct.-2008 au 31-oct.-2008

The OECD/IOPS Global Forum addressed a wide range of issues of high relevance to national policy debate on retirement savings in both developed and emerging economies. Special attention was devoted to developments in the pension industry on the African continent.