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Employment and Skills Strategies in Southeast Asia (ESSSA)

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01-Dec-2009

The rapidly developing Southeast Asia region is confronted with significant labour market challenges. This initiative aims to address the issues of employment and skills, especially through an interaction platform for members.

Seminar: Growth performance and sustainability in the enhanced engagement countries

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05-Oct-2009

The Economics Department organised a seminar on 24 September 2009 to bridge this gap in the policy debate by identifying potential sources of growth in Brazil, China, India, Indonesia and South Africa, ...

Seminar on Employment outcomes and inequality: Brazil, China and India

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08-Apr-2009

OECD Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs (ELS)
and OECD Development Centre (DEV) Joint Seminar
Employment and Inequality Outcomes:
New Evidence, Links and Policy Responses in Brazil, China and India
OECD Conference Centre, Paris, France
Wednesday, 8 April 2009

International Seminar: Employment and Inequality Outcomes

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08-Apr-2009

The creation of more and better jobs remains a key challenge all over the world, not least due to the increasing demand for jobs in many developing countries. This joint ELS/DEV seminar presents recent experiences from China, India and Brazil.

Official visit of the Secretary-General to the People's Republic of China (Beijing, 20 - 25 March 2009)

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10-Feb-2009

 On the occasion of his second official visit to the People's Republic of China, Angel Gurría attended the 10th annual meeting of the China Development Forum and met several government officials.

Is Informal Normal? Towards More and Better Jobs in Developing Countries

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21-Jan-2009

Shoe shine workers in Cairo, street vendors in Calcutta, badly-paid public officials driving their taxis at night in Moscow–this is informal employment. A new Development Centre study, "Is Informal Normal?", examines policy options to respond to the challenge of creating more and better job

OECD-China Seminar on Promoting Responsible Environmental Conduct

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27-Jun-2008

Organised in Paris on 27 June 2008, this seminar aimed to initiate a continuing dialogue and the establishment of a network for sharing information on best practices of environmentally responsible business ...

OECD-China Symposium on Government Approaches to Encouraging Responsible Business Conduct

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26-Jun-2008

Organised in Paris on 26-27 June 2008, this symposium discussed a report outlining China’s recent progress in encouraging responsible business conduct, examined remaining challenges and offered proposals ...

OECD media briefing on corporate governance in Asia, Tuesday 13 May 2008, Hong Kong, China

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07-May-2008

To discuss corporate governance issues facing Asian regulators, investors and corporations, the OECD will host a media briefing on Tuesday 13 May 2008 at 09.30 am at the Shangri-La hotel, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.