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Achieving Effective Boards: Corporate governance frameworks and board practices in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Panama and Peru01-Jun-2011 This study surveys the corporate governance landscape and sets out recommendations from across 8 key issues relevant to board effectiveness: board duties; handling of conflicts of interest; selection and ... |
Brazil: joins OECD agreement on mutual acceptance of chemical safety data09-May-2011 Brazil has joined an OECD chemical testing agreement that allows countries to share and accept each other’s results, saving money for governments and industry and reducing the risk of trade disputes. |
Senior budget official country reviews of budgeting systems31-Mar-2011 The objective of senior budget official country reviews is to provide a comprehensive overview of the budget process in the country under examination, to evaluate national experiences in the light of international best practice and to provide specific policy recommendations. Also available: |
PISA: Does investing in after-school classes pay off? (PISA in Focus No. 3)07-Mar-2011 'PISA in Focus' N°3 looks at 15-year-olds' participation in after-school classes and examines its possible impact on their performance. |
Cities and Carbon Market Finance: Taking Stock of Cities’ Experience with Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and Joint Implementation (JI) - Environment Working Paper No. 2916-Dec-2010 Christa Clapp, Alexia Leseur, Olivier Sartor, Gregory Briner, Jan Corfee-Morlot This working paper reviews 10 in–depth case studies of urban projects proposed and operating within the realm of Joint Implementation (JI) and the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol. Environment Working Paper No. 29. Also available:Related documents: |
Does fiscal decentralisation strengthen social capital? Cross-country evidence and the experiences of Brazil and Indonesia14-Dec-2010 Luiz de Mello This paper tests the hypothesis that, by giving people more voice in the government decision-making process, fiscal decentralisation fosters social capital, measured in terms of interpersonal trust. Also available: |
Regulatory Reform in OECD Countries: Reports by Country08-Dec-2010 The unique OECD peer review process has helped improve public policy. It assesses how countries manage the design, adoption and enforcement of regulations according to a conceptual framework. It ensures comparability while taking account of institutional and cultural differences across countries. Also available: |
Middle class in Latin America economically vulnerable03-Dec-2010 Even though the growing middle class in Latin America is becoming an engine of economic progress, it remains economically vulnerable when compared with high income OECD countries, according to the OECD Development Centre’s Latin American Economic Outlook 2010. Also available:Related documents: |
Tackling Inequalities in Brazil, China, India and South Africa - The Role of Labour Market and Social Policies09-Nov-2010 The conference aims to address the links between labour market outcomes and inequality in emerging economies and to consider which labour market and social policies can help governments in alleviating poverty and in promoting more inclusive societies. |
Policy Responses in Emerging Economies to International Agricultural Commodity Price Surges01-Oct-2010 Darryl Jones and Andrzej Kwieciński Commodity prices surged in 2006-08 in Argentina, Brazil, China, Chile, India, Indonesia, Russia, South Africa, Ukraine and Vietnam. Government policy responses to these price surges were not always successful in minimising the impact on consumers and producers, this report finds. Also available: |