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OECD steps up co-operation with the OAS to fight corruption in the Americas

13-Apr-2007

The Organization of American States (OAS) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) signed an agreement today to strengthen the fight against corruption in the Americas. 

The Visible Hand of China in Latin America

04-Apr-2007

OECD Development Centre

This book describes the opportunities and challenges that Latin American economies will face as Chinese importance in the world economy—and in Latin America's traditional markets—continues to grow.

Seminar on labour market issues in Brazil, China and India

28-Mar-2007

Brazil, China and India represent a growing share of world GDP. They have also become more open to international trade and investment, thus creating new growth opportunities for OECD countries.

Podcast : Politiques agricoles des pays non membres de l'OCDE

20-Mar-2007

Morvarid Bagherzadeh, analyste des politiques agricoles auprès de l'OCDE, présente les faits marquants du rapport portant sur l'Afrique du Sud, le Brésil, la Bulgarie, la Chine, l'Inde, la Roumanie, la Russie et l'Ukraine.

Agricultural Policies in Non-OECD Countries: Monitoring and Evaluation 2007

20-Mar-2007

These highlights contain extracts from the 2007 edition of the report, Agricultural Policies in Non OECD Countries: Monitoring and Evaluation 2007.

Monetary policymaking and inflation expectations: the experiences of Latin America

19-Mar-2007

Luiz de Mello and Diego Moccero

Background document for the seminar on monetary policy in emerging markets organised by the Economics Department jointly with the Bank of England’s Centre for Central Bank Studies on 28 February 2007.

Seminar: Monetary Policy in Emerging Markets

19-Mar-2007

The Economics Department organized jointly with the Bank of England’s Centre for Central Bank Studies on 28 February 2007 a seminar on challenges for monetary policymaking in emerging-market economies.

Farm support low in major emerging markets but protectionist pressure rising - OECD report

15-Mar-2007

Government support to agriculture is far lower in the major emerging economies than on average in the developed countries of the OECD. But it is nevertheless rising as pressure mounts to protect farmers in an increasingly competitive global marketplace, says a new OECD report.

Monetary policy and macroeconomic stability in Latin America: the cases of Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Mexico

22-Feb-2007

Luiz de Mello and Diego Moccero

This paper tests whether inflation targeting and floating exchange rates have reduced macroeconomic volatility in Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Mexico.  Economics Department Working Paper 545.

The Brazilian "tax war": The case of value-added tax competition among the states

22-Feb-2007

Luiz de Mello

This paper tests for horizontal tax competition in the VAT (ICMS) for a sample of Brazilian states in the period 1985-2001, based on the estimation of a tax reaction function.  Economics Department Working Paper 544.