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First Regional Experts’ Meeting of the Joint OECD/AfDB Initiative to Support Business Integrity and Anti-Bribery Efforts in Africa

25-Jan-2011

The First Regional Experts’ Meeting of the Joint OECD/AfDB Initiative to Support Business Integrity and Anti-Bribery Efforts in Africa took place on 13 – 14 January 2011 in Lilongwe, Malawi, and officially launched the Joint Initiative.

Cities and Carbon Market Finance: Taking Stock of Cities’ Experience with Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and Joint Implementation (JI) - Environment Working Paper No. 29

16-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.

Budget deficits: What governments are doing

10-Dec-2010

Public finances are under pressure around the world. We asked finance ministers from a range of countries: “What actions is your government taking to bolster public finances, while upholding growth and services?”

Dispute Resolution: Country Mutual Agreement Procedure Statistics for 2008 and 2009

25-Nov-2010

As part of its ongoing work on the mutual agreement procedure (MAP) under tax treaties, the OECD makes available to the public annual statistics on the MAP caseloads of member countries and of certain non-OECD economies. MAP statistics have now been released for 2008 and 2009.

Developing countries exchange views on green growth policies

09-Nov-2010

Workshop on Green Growth Strategy: OECD Green Growth Strategy from the Perspective of Developing Countries, organised in Seoul, 28 October 2010.

Tackling Inequalities in Brazil, China, India and South Africa - The Role of Labour Market and Social Policies

09-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 Surges

01-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.

Growth and Sustainability in Brazil, China, India, Indonesia and South Africa

06-Aug-2010

Growth and Sustainability in Brazil, China, India, Indonesia and South Africa is based on the proceedings of a conference, organised by the OECD, on the growth performance of these large emerging-market economies.

Foreign bribery: South Africa should take a more proactive stance, says OECD

19-Jul-2010

South Africa should step up its efforts to detect, investigate and prosecute cases of bribery in international business deals, according to a new report by the OECD’s Working Group on Bribery.


 

Reducing Barriers to International Trade in Non-hazardous Recyclable Materials, Part 2: Case Studies

23-Mar-2010

Country case studies of China, Japan, Netherlands, South Africa and the United States in measures that may hamper trade in steel scrap, recovered paper and plastic scrap, and if and how they could be removed without compromising environmental protection.