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The OECD Development Centre’s Programme of Work 2009-2010

Main areas of work of the OECD Development Centre Programme of Work 2009-2010: Global Development Outlook (GDO), Regional Analysis and Monitoring and Networks.

Towards Comprehensive Development Policies - The OECD Development Centre’s 2005-2006 Programme of Work

The international policy debate on achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) has highlighted the need for OECD and developing countries to together adopt a broader approach to development co-operation. Such an approach requires that new sources of development finance be identified, that aid be made more effective, that the coherence between aid, investment, trade and migration policies be improved, and that governance systems

DEV Centre WP 242: Institutional Change and its Impact on the Poor and Excluded: The Indian Decentralisation Experience

This study analyses the impact of democratic decentralisation on the chances of socially excluded groups to participate in newly created local governance institutions in three Indian states.

DEV Centre Policy Brief No. 25: Which Policies Can Reduce the Cost of Capital in Southern Africa?

Lowering interest rates and, thus, the cost of borrowing in the rand zone (Lesotho, Namibia, Swaziland and South Africa) is a priority to promote investment and economic growth.

DEV Centre Policy Brief No. 24: Innovative Approaches to Funding the Millennium Development Goals

While the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are broadly supported, their financing remains problematic.

Float in Order to Fix? Lessons from Emerging Markets for EU Accession Countries (DEV Centre Working Paper 218)

This working paper sets out lessons from emerging markets for EU assession countries.

Tobin tax: could it work?

DEV Centre WP 42: Time-Varying Estimates on the Openness of the Capital Account in Korea and Chinese Taipei

How open are the capital accounts in Korea and Chinese Taipei? Has there been a trend towards more financial openness during the 1980s?

OECD Development Centre Studies: The Tying of Aid

Although the debate on the tying of aid has been raging for some time, this report is the first systematic study of this policy area undertaken to date.