102nd Meeting of the Working Party on Export Credits and Credit Guarantees : Summary Report

The OECD Working Party on Export Credits and Credit Guarantees (ECG) met on 5 November 2004. The main issues for discussion were officially supported export credits in the context of the environment and the fight against corruption; also several IFIs reported on developments in their institution

OECD Länder vereinbaren öffentliche Ausschreibung für Projekte, die mit ungebundenen Entwicklungshilfekrediten finanziert werden

ECD-Länder, die an dem OECD Übereinkommen über Leitlinien für öffentlich unterstützte Exportkredite teilnehmen, haben sich auf ein zweijähriges Pilotprogramm geeinigt...

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• OECD Countries Agree to Open Bidding for Projects Financed by Untied Aid Credits
• Les pays de l’OCDE décident d’ouvrir les appels d’offres pour les projets financés par des crédits d’aide non liée

OECD Countries Agree to Open Bidding for Projects Financed by Untied Aid Credits

OECD countries participating in the OECD Export Credit Arrangement agreed on a two-year pilot programme which will provide greater transparency and efficiency in the use of untied aid credits to developing countries.

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• OECD Länder vereinbaren öffentliche Ausschreibung für Projekte, die mit ungebundenen Entwicklungshilfekrediten finanziert werden
• OECD Länder vereinbaren öffentliche Ausschreibung für Projekte, die mit ungebundenen Entwicklungshilfekrediten finanziert werden

Services Barriers and their Economic Impact: Examples of Banking and Telecommunications Services in Selected Transition Economies

OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No. 7. This paper applies the most advanced methodologies for measuring services barriers to calculate the restrictiveness and the impact of services barriers in selected transition economies (for telecommunications, banking and telecommunications).

Sixth Informal Consultation between the Trade Committee and Civil Society Organisations, 19 October 2004

Summary of the Sixth Informal Consultation between the Trade Committee and CSOs.

Agricultural Trade and WTO Negotations: Concerns and Consensus among Farmers' Organisations

This paper has been submitted by International Federation of Agricultural Producers. The views expressed herein are those of the author and are not necessarily shared by Members of the OECD.

Addressing Market-Access Concerns of Developing Countries Arising from Environmental and Health Requirements: Lessons from National Experiences

OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No. 5. This report represents the stock-taking of the lessons learned from a series of twenty OECD case studies which examined specific market access problems arising from environmental and health requirements faced by developing country exporters.

Statistics on Export Credit Activities (up to and including the year 2002)

Official aggregated record of the levels of officially supported export credits extended by OECD Member countries.

Guidelines for use in consideration of requests for observership to the Participants

Guidelines for use in consideration of requests for observership to the Participants.

2004 Country Classification

2004 Classification of countries according to per capita gross national income (GNI) to determine maximum repayment term and tied aid eligibility under the Arrangement in force as of 16 July 2004.