Tunisia and Morocco join multilateral business integrity and green growth instruments

23-May-2012

Tunisia and Morocco signed up today to a series of international instruments in areas ranging from business integrity to international investment and green growth. Adherence to these instruments is an expression of a long-standing co-operation between countries in North Africa and the OECD.

Competitive Neutrality: Maintaining a level playing field between public and private business

04-May-2012

This publication provides a catalogue of national practices that illustrate implementation of aspects or elements of competitive neutrality and highlights examples of challenges that may be encountered.

Sweden needs an independent committee to oversee National Pension Funds

26-Apr-2012

Sweden should establish an independent committee of experts to oversee its National Pension Funds and set a clear, measurable financial objective for investments to ensure their long-term viability, according to a new OECD report.

OECD calls for reform of governance of state-owned firms in the Middle East and North Africa

10-Apr-2012

Middle Eastern and North African countries should reform the governance of their state-owned enterprises to bring about greater public accountability and improve their efficiency, according to a new OECD report.

Related party transactions and minority shareholder rights

07-Apr-2012

This report reviews provisions covering related party transactions and the protection of minority shareholder rights in 31 countries and includes in-depth reviews of the regulatory and legal systems in Belgium, France, Italy, Israel and India.

Sovereign debt and financial stability

15-Mar-2012

In-depth analysis from the OECD addresses the financial market dimension of sovereign debt challenges to assist policymakers in designing, adopting, and implementing appropriate policies.

Solving Europe's banking and debt crisis

Europe's sovereign debt crisis has exposed structural weaknesses in economic governance that now threaten the entire euro region. Efforts to reinforce public finances and preserve the currency union must go further than solutions proposed to date.