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Presents the OECD Guidelines on Corporate Governance of State-Owned Enterprises as well as a comparative overview of main practices and issues related to corporate governance of state-owned enterprises in the OECD area. The analytical part of the report examines the scale of these enterprises in OECD countries, organisation of the ownership function, relationships with non-state shareholders, the role of stakeholders in corporate governance, transparency and disclosure, and the board of directors. Tables in the annex compare legal status, transparency and disclosure, and board composition and functions, and CEO appointment and remuneration policies of state-owned enterprises across countries.
The OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises are recommendations for international business conduct in such areas as labour, environment, consumer protection and the fight against corruption. The recommendations are made by the adhering governments and, although they are not binding, governments are committed to promoting their observance.
This book provides the complete text of the Guidelines along with an account of what the 38 adhering governments have been doing to enhance the contribution of the Guidelines to the improved functioning of the global economy. The 2005 edition also provides an overview of corporate responsibility in the developing world.
Public procurement – the purchase of goods and services by governments and state-owned enterprises – accounts for about 15 per cent of GDP in OECD countries and is highly exposed to corruption. Both public and private actors in the procurement process may be tempted to divert goods and services or public funds for their personal use.
To identify “weak links” in the public procurement process where the risk of corruption is high, to explore the best ways of improving transparency and accountability and to identify effective actions to prevent, detect and sanction corruption in this field, the OECD organised a Global Forum on Governance event on “Fighting Corruption and Promoting Integrity in Public Procurement”, hosted by the French Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industry in Paris in November 2004.
This publication captures the main points of the Global Forum discussions and presents expert analysis of the main issues and case studies from the varied experiences of countries and specialised bodies, mainly in Europe, Asia and Latin America, that contributed to the event.
Au cours des dernières années, le Japon a été confronté à d’importants défis socio-économiques. Croissance faible, population vieillissante, dépopulation, nouvelles relations commerciales avec la région d’Asie Orientale : autant d'éléments qui militent en faveur d’une transformation du système économique et institutionnel établi durant la période d’expansion économique et démographique.
La réforme de la politique du développement régional a contribué de manière importante au processus en cours. Ce rapport examine les réformes dans des domaines tels que la planification territoriale, la politique économique régionale, la politique urbaine, le développement rural et la décentralisation administrative et fiscale. Il souligne les défis auxquels le gouvernement japonais doit faire face tandis qu’il associe de nouvelles approches à l’élaboration des décisions au niveau central avec des mécanismes qui donnent plus de voix aux acteurs régionaux et locaux.
L’examen territorial du Japon s’inscrit dans un programme plus vaste d’examens territoriaux nationaux menés par le Comité des politiques de développement territorial de l’OCDE. L’objectif général des examens territoriaux est de fournir des recommandations pratiques aux gouvernements.
Innovation, skills, entrepreneurship and social cohesion are key drivers of growth, and essential goals of effective economic development strategies. Each has a strong governance component, which requires real partnership between government, business and civil society. In this book, the OECD has brought together top world experts to translate policy lessons into concrete recommendations that will help policy makers and practitioners make the best governance decisions to stimulate growth.
Governments need to ensure that public officials perform their duties in a fair and unbiased way. The pressure comes from a society and a business community that are increasingly well-informed, and specifically from a general demand for unbiased and transparent public decision-making. The OECD Guidelines for Managing Conflict of Interest in the Public Service provide the first international benchmark in this field. They help governments review and modernise their conflict-of-interest policies in the public sector. The report highlights trends, approaches and models across OECD countries in a comparative overview that also presents examples of innovative and recent solutions. Selected country case studies give more details on the implementation of policies in national contexts and on key elements of legal and institutional frameworks
This book provides lessons from case studies in policy governance for the information society and sustainable development. It highlights important lessons from these policy areas for the governance of innovation policy, and illustrates mechanisms and practices for better co-ordination and integration across policy areas.
Companion volumes to this edition are:
- Governance of Innovation Systems – Volume 1: Synthesis Report
- Governance of Innovation Systems – Volume 2: Case Studies in Innovation Policy
Governments are the major issuers of debt instruments in the global financial market. This 2005 edition provides quantitative information on central government debt broken down by instrument and duration for the 30 OECD member countries for the period 1994 to 2003. Cross-country summary tables provide data in US dollars and more detailed country tables provide data in national currency values.
Statistics are presented according to a comprehensive standard framework to allow cross-country comparison. Country notes provide information on debt issuance in each country as well as on the institutional and regulatory framework governing debt management policy and selling techniques.
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Ces Principes directeurs sont des recommandations à l’intention des entreprises multinationales sur la conduite de leurs activités dans des domaines comme le travail, la protection des consommateurs et la lutte contre la corruption. Il montre également en quoi les entreprises peuvent contribuer au respect de l’environnement.
This assessment framework for public sector integrity provides policy makers and managers with a pioneering roadmap to design and organise sound assessments in specific public organisations and sectors. It includes practical checklists, decision-making tools and options for methodologies based on good practices. At a time when governments are increasingly required to assess pro-integrity and corruption prevention measures, this report provides a unique inventory of methods and solutions used world wide for crafting well-designed assessments. Selected case studies give more details on recent assessments in the specific country contexts of Australia, Finland, France and Korea.
The review contains comprehensive and detailed policy recommendations that will assist the Russian authorities in structuring and implementing regulatory reforms in order to boost economic growth, job creation, innovation and investment. The review will also help the authorities develop a more comprehensive approach in order to produce results more quickly.
Information and communication technology (ICT) offers an array of tools that can be used to help government services become more agile, responsive, seamless and accountable. This book looks at new thinking and practice in OECD countries in five different areas:
- Making electronic services more responsive to the needs of citizens and businesses;
- Improving the links between traditional and electronic services;
- Identifying common processes in government to achieve economies of scale, reduce duplication, and provide seamless services;
- Measuring and demonstrating the costs and benefits of ICT investments;
- Bringing a whole-of-government perspective to e-government initiatives.
This book presents case studies of governance of innovation policy in selected OECD countries. It reviews the ongoing changes in these countries with a focus on providing an analysis of governance challenges, institutional changes and policy learning practices. The book provides fresh insight into the emerging third-generation of innovation policy and how governments strive for making innovation policy more coherent.
This book reviews Finland's success in achieving balanced development over the past decade and assesses the challenges that it faces in maintaining this success. Given intense competition in both ICT and more traditional product markets, as well as rapid ageing of the population, it looks at how Finland might maintain and enhance the competitiveness of the regions that are the nation's economic drivers and how the country can promote innovation and entrepreneurship in intermediate cities particularly vulnerable to low cost competition. It also examines how Finland might facilitate growth in those regions that have potential for development, but so far have been less successful in exploiting their comparative advantages.
Cet ouvrage fait le bilan de deux décennies de modernisation du secteur public dans les pays de l’OCDE. Depuis une vingtaine d’années, on observe un afflux d’idées et d’initiatives nouvelles. Ont-elles donné des résultats concrets ? Ce rapport analyse les échecs et les réussites et met en évidence les défis à relever. Il examine certains leviers essentiels de la réforme de la gestion publique,
Cet examen de l'OCDE de la réforme de la réglementation de la Norvège propose, dans le contexte macroéconomique, une vue d’ensemble des efforts accomplis et des nouveaux défis à relever dans ce domaine, notamment au sujet de la qualité de la réglementation, de la politique de la concurrence et de l’ouverture des marchés. Il fait aussi le point sur les progrès réalisés dans l’application d’une pratique commerciale aux services publics, sur les réformes de l’aviation civile, ainsi que sur l’organisation du secteur hospitalier et du marché du travail. Un important chapitre, nouveau dans la collection, analyse le rôle des régulateurs dans la gouvernance des économies modernes, dans la perspective de l’examen des organes nationaux de tutelle.
Le Japon fut l’un des premiers pays examinés dans le cadre de cette série sur la réforme de la réglementation. Depuis 1999, lorsque l’examen a été publié, le gouvernement japonais a mis en place tout un ensemble de mesures pour améliorer la qualité de la réglementation et promouvoir la réforme réglementaire, la politique de la concurrence et l’ouverture des marchés. Cet ouvrage évalue les progrès accomplis et tire certains enseignements du processus de mise en œuvre de la réforme réglementaire. Il met également en lumière les nouvelles mesures qui pourraient être prises compte tenu des problèmes actuels.
La Finlande est l'un des nombreux pays de l'OCDE à avoir demandé à l'Organisation d'examiner ses pratiques réglementaires et ses réformes. Tout en décrivant le contexte macro économique, cet ouvrage présente un panorama des résultats et des enjeux de la réforme de la réglementation dans des domaines comme la qualité de la réglementation, la politique de la concurrence et l'ouverture des marchés. Il évalue aussi les progrès réalisés dans l'adoption d'une optique commerciale pour les services publics.
This OECD Territorial Review examines how Seoul – a city of 10.3 million people at the core of a capital region of 22.5 million people – is striving to upgrade its positioning from a gigantic national capital towards a 'world city' and a business hub in Northeast Asia. This quest for international competitiveness fits within a complex national agenda that gives priority to balanced development across the country, notably via the central government’s project to relocate administrative functions outside Seoul.