Actualités & Evénements

Corruption and the legal profession

05-oct.-2010

This survey by the IBA, OECD and UNODC, measures the awareness and impact of bribery and corruption among legal professionals. Nearly half of all respondents stated corruption was an issue in their own jurisdiction. More than one in five respondents also said they have or may have been approached to act as an agent or middleman in a transaction that could reasonably be suspected to involve international corruption.

La coopération internationale renforce la lutte contre les minéraux des conflits

04-oct.-2010

Les entreprises d’extraction et de transformation, en collaboration étroite avec les gouvernements, les régulateurs et les organisations de la société civile, réclament une clarification des standards pour tracer l’origine des matériaux bruts et pour garantir que leurs produits ne sont pas entachés par le conflit.

Mining sector - Promoting responsible investment through enhanced due diligence

01-oct.-2010

The OECD pilot project in the mining and mineral sector promotes responsible investment in conflict zones and fragile states by fostering the integration of sustainable management of natural resources into core corporate strategies through enhanced due diligence procedures.

Lutte contre la corruption : 28 juridictions de la région Asie-Pacifique adoptent les recommandations anticorruption

23-sept.-2010

28 juridictions de la région Asie Pacifique ont adopté les recommandations en matière de lutte contre la corruption nationale et transnationale le 22 septembre lors de la 15e réunion de son Groupe de direction, organisée à Kuala Lumpur par la Commission malaise de lutte contre la corruption.

Private pensions: Default investment strategies in defined contribution (DC) pension plans

23-sept.-2010

Protecting retirement income derived from DC pension plans requires carefully designed default investment strategies. This article assesses the relative performance of different investment strategies for different structures of the payout phase, focusing on life-cycle strategies.

Debt markets: Policy challenges in the post-crisis landscape

10-sept.-2010

Withdrawal of policy stimulus and sovereign risk were singled out as the two biggest concerns for investors at the 11th OECD-WBG-IMF Global Bond Market Forum. This article summarises the discussions and addresses the challenges of measuring sovereign risk, the need for more reliable indicators of sovereign risk and how sovereign issuers have been forced to modify their borrowing strategies.

Improving the measuring and reporting of gross short-term borrowing operations by governments

10-sept.-2010

The various existing methods for calculating short-term borrowing requirements can result in distorted estimates. This article proposes a new method that yields economically meaningful results that can also be used to make cross-country comparisons.

African central government debt statistics

05-août-2011

This statistical yearbook provides comprehensive and consistent information on African central government debt instruments. It includes individual country data but also comparative statistics to facilitate pan-African (cross-country) analysis.

Defined benefit pension plans and international accounting

06-sept.-2010

International Accounting Standard No. 19 (IAS 19) is the current standard for the financial reporting of company pension obligations that stem from defined benefit (DB) pension plans. Following publication of proposed changes to IAS 19, the OECD has made comments on the IASB's exposure draft.

Banking : The EU stress test and sovereign debt exposures

13-août-2010

This working paper summarises the recently completed EU stress test for banks and, using new data on bank exposures to sovereign debt, appraises the way the tests have treated the sovereign debt crisis. It comments on market concerns about banking sector exposure to sovereign debt during and beyond the period of the stress test.

Anti-corruption in Eastern Europe and Central Asia - March meetings

du 29-mars-2010 au 31-mars-2010

Organised in Paris, these meetings included the 8th Istanbul Anti-Corruption Action Plan meeting, the 9th Steering Group meeting and an expert seminar on asset declarations for public officials.

African Debt Management and Bond Markets - 4th OECD Regional Workshop

du 05-mai-2010 au 07-mai-2010

This workshop, which took place on 5-7 May 2010 in Johannesburg, South Africa, provided an opportunity for African countries to discuss practical market-infrastructure issues which are of major concern for debt managers in the African debt markets.

2nd meeting of the Global Network on Privatisation and Corporate Governance of SOEs, Paris, 2-3 March 2010

du 02-mars-2010 au 03-mars-2010

This second Global Network meeting brought together participants from more than 45 countries, and focused on Governance Reforms, namely SOE board nomination, functioning and evaluation; and establishing, organising and reforming SOE ownership entities.

Bribery: Impact and Prevention, Chatham House conference, 19 January 2010

le 19-janv.-2010

OECD Deputy Secretary-General Richard Boucher and the United Kingdom’s Secretary of Justice the Rt Hon Jack Straw MP and UK Permanent Representative to the OECD Dominic Martin talked about the challenges of tackling bribery at a Chatham House conference  in London, United Kingdom.

OECD adopts 2009 Anti-Bribery Recommendation

le 09-déc.-2009

Thirty-eight countries agree to new measures to reinforce their efforts to prevent, detect and investigate foreign bribery with the adoption of the OECD Recommendation for Further Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions.

Delivering Financial Literacy - Reserve Bank of India-OECD Workshop

du 22-mars-2010 au 23-mars-2010

This workshop, which took place in Bangalore, India, aimed to advance and elevate the policy dialogue on financial education and literacy in the international arena and particularly in India and Southeast Asian Nations.

Raising global awareness of foreign bribery

Too few realise that the bribery of foreign public officials carries a price. The OECD's Initiative to Raise Global Awareness of Foreign Bribery focuses on the impact of foreign bribery and how governments, businesses, civil society, and individuals can fight back.

Revised recommendations for the 10th Latin American Roundtable on Corporate Governance

du 01-déc.-2009 au 02-déc.-2009

Taking into account corporate governance lessons from the global financial crisis, the Latin American Roundtable on Corporate Governance concluded its 10th annual meeting by agreeing in principle to a revised set of recommendations aimed at encouraging institutional investors to exercise their ownership rights responsibly and promote better corporate governance of companies in the region.

Creating a better pensions system for Chile

le 07-déc.-2009

Solange Berstein, Superintendent of Pensions in Chile, talks about what other countries can learn from Chile's pensions reforms of the past 12 months.

Financial sector reform in transition economies, and policies for SME growth

le 17-nov.-2009

Following the April launch of the South Caucasus and Ukraine initiative, the first meeting of the Working Group on Financial Markets Development and Impact of Central Banks was held on 17 November 2009 in Warsaw, Poland.