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OECD Group demands rapid UK action to enact adequate anti-bribery laws

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17-Oct-2008

The OECD’s Working Group on Bribery sharply criticised the United Kingdom’s failure to bring its anti-bribery laws into line with its international obligations under the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention and urged the rapid introduction of new legislation.

United Kingdom - Phase 2bis: Report on Implementation of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention

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16-Oct-2008

This report on Phase 2bis of the Application of the Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in the United Kingdom was approved on the 16 October 2008.

OECD Working Group on Bribery – press conference Friday 17 October 11.00 a.m. in Paris

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16-Oct-2008

The OECD’s Working Group on Bribery will hold a press conference at 11.00 a.m. on 17 October at OECD headquarters to report on the recent examination of the United Kingdom under the terms of the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions.

FDI from OECD countries jumps 50% in 2007 but set to fall in 2008

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24-Jun-2008

Foreign direct investment (FDI) outflows from OECD countries in 2007 leapt to a record USD 1.82 trillion from USD 1.2 trillion in 2006 but are projected to fall sharply in 2008, according to estimates from the OECD.

OECD Anti-Bribery Convention and United Kingdom: Report on Progress of the implementation of the Phase 2 Recommendations since March 2005

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13-Jul-2007

Follow-up Report on the Implementation by the United Kingdom of the Phase 2 Recommendations on the Application of the OECD Convention and the 1997 Revised  Recommendation on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions.

OECD to conduct a further examination of UK efforts against bribery

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14-Mar-2007

At its March 2007 meeting, the OECD Working Group on Bribery reaffirmed its serious concerns about the United Kingdom’s discontinuance of the BAE Al Yamamah investigation and outlined continued shortcomings in UK Anti-Bribery legislation.

Product market competition and economic performance in the United Kingdom

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09-Jun-2005

Maria Maher and Michael Wise

This paper assesses what role product market competition and regulatory reforms may have played in the performance of the British economy over the past decade. Economics Department Working Paper 433.

Meeting of the OECD Council at Ministerial Level, 2005: Enabling Globalisation

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02-May-2005

This year’s OECD Ministerial Council Meeting will be held at OECD Headquarters on 3-4 May 2005 under the chairmanship of Göran Persson, Prime Minister of Sweden, with the overarching theme of “Enabling ...

United Kingdom - Phase 2: Report on Implementation of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention

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18-Mar-2005

Evaluation by the OECD Working Group on Bribery of the United Kingdom's application in practice of its laws against the bribery of foreign public officials.