This online resource will guide you in implementing the OECD Principles on Effective Public Investment Across Levels of Government. In addition to better familiarising yourself with the 12 Principles, the Toolkit lets you compare indicators and best practices in use in numerous countries, regions and municipalities.

The recent droughts in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo states have exposed the need to shift from crisis management to effective risk governance of the country’s water resources, according to a new OECD report.

The world cannot resolve today’s development challenges with purely national approaches. We need to complement them with local approaches, too. We live in an era of enormous transformations, in which our traditional political structures and forms of democratic participation must adapt. That means casting a bigger focus than ever on the important role of local power and communities.

The Paris floods are another call to action for the international community. Preventing such shocks from happening and limiting the damage they cause should be a public policy priority.

This paper assesses the effect of international differences in taxes on the choice of patent location by multinational enterprises (MNEs). The analysis is based on a large sample of patents and firms from the OECD-PATSTAT and OECD-ORBIS databases over 2004-10.

This paper surveys the theoretical and empirical research on the relationship between local taxation, land use regulation and land use patterns.

Indonesia's fiscal position is generally sound and policy making prudent. However, the country still faces important challenges in terms of economic and social development.

Corporate climate change disclosure is crucial for providing decision-makers with information that will enable them to integrate climate considerations into their analyses. This side event to the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties will focus on ways to strengthen corporate climate disclosure frameworks, and to scale up the use of corporate climate change-related information.

21/05/2016 - It is seven years since the global crisis and despite easy monetary policy, financial regulatory reform, and G20 resolutions favouring structural measures, the world economy is not making a lot of progress. Adrian Blundell-Wignall gives a preview of what’s in the 2016 edition of the OECD Business and Finance Outlook.

4-5 September 2018, Paris - The OECD Blockchain Policy Forum on "Distributed Ledgers: Opportunities and Challenges" will provide a forum for a discussion on the benefits and risks of blockchain for our economies and societies, and on the kind of policy and regulatory frameworks that are needed to unleash this potential.

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Breakdown group reports roadside call-outs back to 90% of expected levels as motorists venture out

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UK expected to take gradual approach to lifting restrictions after Monday

Foreign investor subscriptions less than 11% as data confirms scaled back ambitions

English companies with shared offices excluded from coronavirus rescue package

In an exclusive first interview, the CEO talks about his love of scary movies, video games and why the BFI should be like ‘a nerdy friend’

Postal group says strike ballot had ‘irregularities’ making it ‘null and void’

Missouri raises competition and privacy questions in company’s home market

Andrew Hill picks his favourites among the 230 notable titles longlisted since 2005 — Join the discussion

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James Timpson has been planning how to operate his stores post-pandemic

Subsidies and freebies to retain cash-strapped users add to sector’s financial burden

Nooks for books can be created anywhere in the home

Downing Street says any changes will be ‘very limited’ to avoid second peak of infections

Indigenous protests over gas project are snarling rail traffic and hurting businesses

Support for five networks around England follows coronavirus rescue packages for bus and train sectors

Airline’s shareholders support plan to gain state-backed loan guarantees in move to avoid bankruptcy

Social distancing forcing GPs and patients to conduct their consultations online

No pasta machine? No problem. Tim Hayward shows Daniel Garrahan how to make it by hand - just like nonna

Sales rise but company warns revenues will decline as bar and restaurant closures hit beverages

Kellogg and Kraft Heinz see chance to win back customers who had shifted to healthier brands

Tim Hayward shows Daniel Garrahan how to grow and feed a sourdough starter before turning it into a home-baked pizza

Sales for drinking at home soar but alcohol companies say they do not offset bar closures

Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss Germany's concession that could unblock progress towards a eurozone banking union, investor moves against Deutsche Bank chairman Paul Achkleitner, and what's behind the recent spate of personnel changes in investment banking. With special guest Lorenzo Bini Smaghi, chairman of Société Générale.

Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, Martin Arnold, Frankfurt bureau chief, Olaf Storbeck, Frankfurt correspondent, Jonathan Guthrie, Lex editor, David Crow, banking editor, and Laura Noonan, US banking editor. Producer: Fiona Symon

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President’s intervention over Suleyman Soylu suggests division at regime’s heart, analysts say

Tech-savvy stylists offer virtual consultations and algorithm-matched dyes

Books that give creative inspiration and comfort during isolation

Street style is changing, with baggy shapes and Birkenstocks replacing tailored outfits

Conservative activists vow to step up street demonstrations against business closings

Addiction experts say Covid-19 could tip heavy drinkers into full-blown alcoholism

Local news sites are experiencing a resurgence and streaming is more popular than ever

From business closures to movement restrictions, some countries’ policies show first signs of easing

Citing pressure of visitor numbers, the museum banned sketching at its recent “David Bowie Is” exhibition – a move that shows how hard it is for curators to reconcile accessibility and academic values, the FT’s arts writer says  

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