2 December 2015 - The global financial and economic crisis of 2008 left the international monetary system with vulnerabilities caused by volatile capital flows and spillovers from national policy responses. The current policy environment has moved multilateral co-operation, openness and transparency to the top of the capital flow policy agenda.

Co-organised by the OECD and the German Federal Ministry of Finance, the seminar focused on the policy implications of the increasingly interconnected global financial and economic system and the need for an open and orderly regime for capital flows in the context of the review of the OECD Code of Liberalisation of Capital Movements.

Since the financial crisis, infrastructure investment has moved up the political agenda in most countries – now also including the USA. Asia is often seen as the world’s infrastructure laboratory, with massive construction of transport and energy projects. This article discusses infrastructure investment, private finance, and institutional investors in Asia from a global perspective.

This report discusses the implications of the digitalisation of finance for financial education and relevant consumer protection issues and provides an overview of digital financial services around the world.

This paper presents the findings of an international stocktaking of the regulatory frameworks that apply to institutional investment in different jurisdictions and how these frameworks are interpreted by institutional investors in terms of their ability or responsibility to integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in their governance processes.

This collection compiles the contributions of senior policy experts, academics, and economic practitioners on developments in the financial integration and financial regulation of cross-border capital flows since the 2008 global financial crisis at the OECD High-Level Seminar “Open and Orderly Capital Movements” held in October 2016.

The roundtable offers a forum for regulators, policy makers, experts, practitioners, scholars and international organisations in Asia. This year’s edition will focus on recent developments in capital markets and on capital markets of the future.

This publication compiles a series of articles that focus on the impact of digitalisation and technology in the areas of financial markets, insurance, and private pensions. It also discusses the tools and policies needed to ensure that the challenges posed by digitalisation result in better outcomes and better management of the risks involved.

Paris, 15-16 May 2018 - This workshop will focus on recent developments and main policy challenges related to the emergence of digital financial assets. Discussions will cover monetary policy and financial systems, regulation, firms’ business and funding models, and taxation.

The increasingly digital environment for financial products and services and the potential for digitalisation to support greater financial inclusion and inclusive growth, makes effective financial consumer protection more important than ever. This policy guidance focuses on areas related to the role of oversight bodies and disclosure and transparency.

The digitalisation of financial products and services, and the consequent need to strengthen digital financial literacy has become an important component of the global policy-making agenda. This guidance aims to identify and promote effective initiatives that enhance digital and financial literacy in light of the unique characteristics, advantages, and risks of digital financial services and channels.

The Roundtable offers a forum for regulators, policy makers, experts, practitioners, scholars and international organisations in Asia. This year’s edition will focus on recent developments in capital markets, future capital markets facing the challenge of new financial technology and responsible, viable, and lifecycle infrastructure investments.

Cross-border capital flows are an integral component of international finance, but require a balanced framework for removing unnecessary barriers to the movement of capital while providing governments flexibility to cope with instances of economic or financial instability, OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurria said today.

Gross Fixed Capital Formation in Nepal increased to 317265 NPR Million in 2018 from 277577 NPR Million in 2017. Gross Fixed Capital Formation in Nepal averaged 142858.53 NPR Million from 2000 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 317265 NPR Million in 2018 and a record low of 84751 NPR Million in 2000. This page provides - Nepal Gross Fixed Capital Formation- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Rwanda recorded a capital and financial account deficit of 460.60 USD Million in 2018. Capital Flows in Rwanda averaged -60.91 USD Million from 1998 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 426.80 USD Million in 2009 and a record low of -814.60 USD Million in 2016. This page provides - Rwanda Capital Flows- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Korea tops a new OECD PISA survey that tests how 15-year olds use computers and the Internet to learn. The next best performers were New Zealand, Australia, Japan, Hong-Kong China and Iceland.

OECD Report on Mental Health and Work in Belgium to launch on 29 January 2013 in Brussels

Belgian companies, mutualities and employment services should be more proactive in helping people with mental health problems stay in the workplace or find a job, according to a new OECD report.

Country profiles highlight some key findings from TALIS 2013 for individual countries and economies

This country note provides an environmental tax and carbon pricing profile for Belgium. It shows environmentally related tax revenues, taxes on energy use and effective carbon rates.

Gross Fixed Capital Formation in Brunei increased to 2162.10 BND Million in the second quarter of 2019 from 1447.90 BND Million in the first quarter of 2019. Gross Fixed Capital Formation in Brunei averaged 1712.04 BND Million from 2013 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 2574.80 BND Million in the third quarter of 2018 and a record low of 1080.60 BND Million in the first quarter of 2014. This page provides - Brunei Gross Fixed Capital Formation- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Capacity Utilization in Italy decreased to 76.80 percent in the fourth quarter of 2019 from 77.10 percent in the third quarter of 2019. Capacity Utilization in Italy averaged 75.58 percent from 1986 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 81 percent in the fourth quarter of 1988 and a record low of 64.90 percent in the first quarter of 2009. This page provides the latest reported value for - Italy Capacity Utilization - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

External Debt in Malawi increased to 1569794.22 MWK Million in 2018 from 1486661.76 MWK Million in 2017. External Debt in Malawi averaged 287479.95 MWK Million from 1984 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 1569794.22 MWK Million in 2018 and a record low of 980.60 MWK Million in 1984. This page provides - Malawi External Debt- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Gross Fixed Capital Formation in Malawi increased to 191861 MWK Million in 2018 from 184693.90 MWK Million in 2017. Gross Fixed Capital Formation in Malawi averaged 134253.49 MWK Million from 2002 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 213674 MWK Million in 2008 and a record low of 28646.10 MWK Million in 2002. This page provides - Malawi Gross Fixed Capital Formation - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Exports to Italy in Turkey decreased to 509.03 USD Million in March from 730.46 USD Million in February of 2020. Exports to Italy in Turkey averaged 684.15 USD Million from 2014 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 958.70 USD Million in March of 2018 and a record low of 425.91 USD Million in August of 2014. This page includes a chart with historical data for Turkey Exports to Italy.

Imports from Italy in Turkey increased to 792.39 USD Million in March from 684.74 USD Million in February of 2020. Imports from Italy in Turkey averaged 860.60 USD Million from 2014 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 1090.41 USD Million in June of 2014 and a record low of 570.55 USD Million in January of 2020. This page includes a chart with historical data for Turkey Imports from Italy.

Hospital Beds in Greece increased to 4.21 per 1000 people in 2017 from 4.20 per 1000 people in 2016. Hospital Beds in Greece averaged 5.35 per 1000 people from 1960 until 2017, reaching an all time high of 6.47 per 1000 people in 1975 and a record low of 4.20 per 1000 people in 2016. This page includes a chart with historical data for Greece Hospital Beds.

Hospitals in Greece decreased to 25.76 per one million people in 2017 from 25.98 per one million people in 2016. Hospitals in Greece averaged 37.36 per one million people from 1980 until 2017, reaching an all time high of 72.60 per one million people in 1980 and a record low of 25.76 per one million people in 2017. This page includes a chart with historical data for Greece Hospitals.

OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría has welcomed the measures adopted by the Italian government to address fiscal sustainability while boosting growth and equity.

This note is taken from Chapter 2 of Economic Policy Reforms: Going for Growth 2012.

The Great East Japan Earthquake took a heavy toll of human lives and inflicted a massive economic damage, estimated at 3½ per cent of GDP. This event requires considerable time and a nation-wide effort of reconstruction. This is the first component of Prime Minister Noda’s “Strategies to Revitalise Japan”, which we very much welcome and support, said OECD Secretary-General.

Canada has weathered the global economic crisis comparatively well but will have to become more productive to sustain its high standard of living, according to OECD’s latest Economic Survey of Canada.

Canada has weathered the global economic crisis comparatively well but will have to become more productive to sustain its high standard of living, according to OECD’s latest Economic Survey of Canada.

Italy has made a major effort to speed up long-overdue economic reforms but it is now essential to maintain the momentum, OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría said today in Rome.

Low growth and huge current account deficits have characterised the Portuguese economy over the past decade.

Extensive structural reforms since the early 1990s have strengthened the resilience of the Swedish economy to shocks.

Italy has made considerable progress in strengthening its public finances and adopting wide-ranging reforms to boost economic growth. The new government must build on past achievements and ensure that they are sustained and reinforced, says a new OECD report.

Italy took courageous decisions and engaged reforms to address the crisis and create the necessary conditions to ensure economic recovery. The economic situation remains fragile but you are making visible progress and it is crucial to maintain the reform momentum, said OECd Secretary-General.

Recent OECD research has utilised harmonised cross-country firm level data to explore the contribution of public policies to cross-country differences in productivity, innovation and resource allocation.

Investment in knowledge-based capital (KBC) – assets that lack physical embodiment, such as computerised information, innovative property and economic competencies – has been rising significantly. This has implications for innovation and productivity growth and requires new thinking on policy.

OECD indicators of structural policy show that policy changes in Italy since 1998 should have improved the environment for entrepreneurship significantly, but in the same period its economic performance has deteriorated noticeably.

The purpose of this paper is to gain a better understanding of the role of natural capital for productivity measurement and as a source of economic growth.

With sound framework conditions, fine universities, good infrastructure and policies friendly towards foreign direct investment, Ireland scores high in international innovation scoreboards. Overall, policies to boost innovation and entrepreneurship are on the right track, but investment in knowledge-based capital could be made a more dynamic source of growth and jobs.

This paper reviews the empirical evidence on the link between environmental policy stringency and productivity growth, and the various channels through which such effects can take place.

OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría strongly supports President François Hollande’s recently announced measures to revitalise the French economy and set it on a path towards stronger growth.

This paper presents a productivity growth measure that explicitly accounts for natural capital as an input factor and for undesirable goods, or “bads”, as an output of the production process.

This paper studies the association between US long term interest rates and cycles of capital flows to emerging market economies (EMEs). It finds that, indeed, cycles in capital flows to EMEs are linked to global conditions, including global risk aversion and long term interest rates in the United States.

This paper explores the role of managerial capital and business research and development (R&D) in fostering multifactor productivity (MFP) convergence in a panel of 42 countries.

Many studies on household energy efficiency investments suggest that a wide range of seemingly profitable investments are not taken up. This paper provides novel evidence on the main factors behind consumer choices using the OECD Survey on Household Environmental Behaviour and Attitudes.

Fundamental reforms have helped put the Portuguese economy back on the right track, but a durable recovery will require additional measures to improve export competitiveness, create jobs and ensure social protection for those most in need, according to the latest OECD Economic Survey of Portugal.