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Competitive Neutrality: Maintaining a level playing field

Most policy makers agree that competitive neutrality is a sound idea and member governments of the OECD have demonstrated their commitment to a level playing field. This commitment has been voiced at the ministerial level on a number of occasions. Most recently on the occasion of the 2011 Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the OECD during the Meeting of the Council at Ministerial Level, the Chair remarked, “As the OECD enhances

Beating the crisis: the role of the OECD and G20

Can I afford to heat my home this winter? Find a job and feed my family? Get treatment if I am sick? Will there be a decent education for my children, and an adequate pension for me? These questions affect us all, but in an interdependent globalised world, who is responsible for solving them?

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

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.

Improving corporate governance in the Middle East and North Africa - OECD conference and report, 10 April 2012

To reduce corruption and restore confidence in public institutions in the wake of the Arab Spring, governments in the Middle East and North Africa should improve the management and oversight of state-owned enterprises, which often play a major role in their economies.

Related Party Transactions and Minority Shareholder Rights

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

Related Party Transactions and Minority Shareholder Rights

OECD-Indonesia Workshop on Disclosure of Beneficial Ownership and Control

This workshop provided a range of legislative and regulatory options for policy makers and regulators in Indonesia seeking to improve the disclosure of beneficial ownership and control. The discussion focused on key issues of design and did not attempt to set out a detailed blueprint for a disclosure regime.

OECD-India Workshop on Minority Shareholder Protection: Related Party Transactions

The first meeting of the OECD-India Corporate Governance Policy Dialogue focused on understanding the various facets of related party transactions and designing an appropriate enforcement mechanism for abusive transactions.

A question of trust

How can you be sure the toy you buy your child as a birthday present is safe? That your money is safe in the bank? That the tax you pay is not going to waste? The answer is essentially trust – but what happens when that trust breaks down, and how can you rebuild it?

First Meeting of the OECD-Indonesia Policy Dialogue: Disclosure of Beneficial Ownership and Control

A first consultative meeting of the OECD-Indonesia Policy Dialogue took place on 5 October 2011, back-to-back with the annual meeting of the Asian Roundtable on Corporate Governance. The discussion focused on enhancing disclosure of beneficial ownership and control in Indonesia.