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Economic Survey of Korea 2008: Priorities for Macroeconomic Policy

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17-Dec-2008

Macroeconomic policy should focus on mitigating the economic downturn. Over the medium term, the priority should be to maintain a strong fiscal position, given spending pressures, including ageing.

International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN) Annual Conference

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20-Jun-2008

Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General

In his opening remarks delivered at the ICGN conference, Mr. Gurría noted that the recent global financial crisis and the ensuing impact on global economic confidence and growth prospects had highlighted the great relevance of corporate governance, and the key contribution it can make to stabili

OECD Secretary-General opens the 2008 International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN) Conference

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18-Jun-2008

Organised in Seoul, Korea, on 18-20 June 2008, the ICGN Conference focused on the globalisation of capital markets and their impact on corporate governance. Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD, ...

Implementing the White Paper on Corporate Governance in Asia

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01-Oct-2006

This report will enable the Asian Roundtable on Corporate Governance participants and the public to assess progress and to identify remaining challenges and obstacles.  

Managing globalisation and the role of the OECD

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20-Sep-2006

Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD

In this speech, Angel Gurría, promotes a strong multilateral trading system, foreign investment and "enlightened migration" in order to better manage globalisation.

Economic Survey of Korea 2005: Reform of the corporate and financial sectors

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05-Oct-2005

Despite progress since the crisis, it is essential to further improve corporate governance practices and to restructure SMEs. In the financial sector, the priorities are to resolve the household debt delinquency problem and to further develop the capital market.

Economic Survey of Korea 2005: Economic prospects and macroeconomic policies

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05-Oct-2005

This chapter discusses Korea’s monetary, exchange rate and fiscal policies. Exchange rate flexibility should be continued, while the focus of fiscal policy should be on controlling expenditure, given spending pressures due to population ageing. 

Economic Survey - Korea 2004: Reform of the corporate and financial sectors

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08-Jun-2004

The OECD Economic Survey of Korea 2004 concludes that upgrading the corporate governance and accounting frameworks are keys to accelerating corporate restructuring, while developing a pre-emptive prudential ...

Economic Survey - Korea 2004: Economic prospects and macroeconomic policies

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08-Jun-2004

The OECD Economic Survey of Korea 2004 concludes that with an economic rebound projected for this year, monetary policy should focus on its newly-introduced medium-term inflation target, while fiscal should ...

Insolvency Systems in Asia: An Efficiency Perspective

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13-Jul-2001

The 1997-1998 Asian financial crisis exposed serious deficiencies in the insolvency systems of many countries. In response, many governments have undertaken sweeping reforms to strengthen their insolvency ...