Discussion of progress to enhance regulatory quality and promote inclusive economic growth in the Latin American region.

Report identifies how cities can become more resilient so that they can absorb, recover and prepare for future shocks (economic, environmental, social & institutional).

A roundup of OECD news & events on regional issues - December 2016

Comments on the draft OECD Best Practice Principles on Stakeholder Engagement in Regulatory Policy are to be sent to regstakeholders@oecd.org by 15 March 2017.

Seminar on Innovations and challenges in the management of a regional policy held in Bratislava, Slovak Republic, 22 February 2017

The Second International Conference on National Urban Policy was held in Paris France on 15-16 May 2017. The conference was a joint initiative of the OECD, UN Habitat and Cities Alliance.

The event, organised by the OECD Directorate for Public Governance in cooperation with the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC), the Campbell Collaboration and the International Network for Government Science Advice (INGSA), developed a strategic agenda for the OECD on how to connect policy evidence on what works and what doesn’t.

Description of regulatory policy activities in the Latin American and Caribbean region.

With growing integration via trade and investment, state-owned enterprises (SOEs) that have traditionally been oriented towards domestic markets increasingly compete with private firms in the global market place. This paper discusses the extent of state ownership in the global economy, the advantages and disadvantages that SOEs can face, and how potential SOE advantages can generate cross-border effects.

Government, business, trade and civil society representatives came together at this panel session to discuss the first year of implementation following the 2011 Update of the Guidelines.

Paris, 26 April 2016: OECD Deputy Secretary-General Douglas Frantz and Adrian Cristobal, Secretary, Department of Trade and Industry, Philippines, OECD Deputy Secretary-General Douglas Frantz and Adrian Cristobal, Secretary, Department of Trade and Industry, Philippines, will present reform successes and remaining challenges as well as strategies for promoting and supporting the recommendations in the report.

13 July 2016 - Following endorsement of the G20 Guiding Principles for Global Investment Policymaking by G20 Trade Ministers in Shanghai on 10 July 2016, Ana Novik, Head of the OECD Investment Division, highlights the importance of follow-through on this important stepping stone to greater policy coherence.

The Policy Framework for Investment (PFI) is a non-prescriptive tool for improving investment policy for development. It helps governments to design and implement policy reforms to create a truly attractive, robust and competitive environment for domestic and foreign investment.

This report builds on national reviews of seven countries in Southeast Asia. It looks at common challenges across the region and at the interplay between regional initiatives and national reforms.

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.

Forecasts will be most thorough assessment yet of how lockdown is affecting the economy

David Crow and guests discuss the scandal that has engulfed Credit Suisse, including the apparent suicide of a security consultant involved in a corporate espionage operation for the bank, US bank Wells Fargo's new chief executive, and the merits of the European Central Bank's interest rate policy. With special guest Jean Pierre Mustier, president of the European Banking Federation and chief executive of Italian bank UniCredit.

Contributors: David Crow, Banking editor, Sam Jones, correspondent in Zurich, Laura Noonan, US banking editor, and Patrick Jenkins, financial editor. Producer: Fiona Symon

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The Lancet editor on Britain’s response to coronavirus — and being labelled a pariah

Mike Mackenzie’s daily analysis of what’s moving global markets

Governments should borrow more to stave off secular stagnation

Chief executive Thomas Buberl says different guidance between countries ‘difficult to accept’

Central banks repeatedly set the stage for the next boom and bust cycle, fuelled by growing debt

Right-hand man to President Carter from Iran hostage crisis to Salt Two arms treaty 

Gideon Rachman talks to Joseph Nye about the role of morality in shaping foreign policy

A new exchange traded commodity holds several advantages

The continent could become a playground of conflicting US, Chinese and Russian interests

Tumblr is making a change to how it deals with hate speech on its blogging platform. The company announced today it will also remove the reblogs (repostings) from any blogs that were suspended for violating its policies around hate speech. Already, the company says it’s identified nearly 1,000 blogs that were banned for blatant violations […]

Washington’s stance is alarming US allies when a joint approach is needed

In the face of rising U.S. income inequality and concerns about job loss to automation, some of Silicon Valley’s best-known names including Y Combinator’s Sam Altman have spoken up in favor of a universal basic income that would give people a baseline standard of living in an economy that may not be able to produce […]

EIA will present results from four alternative policy scenarios to the Annual Energy Outlook 2020 (AEO2020) published in an Issue in Focus article. The article and the presentation will examine the potential effects of a range of alternative energy policies on the future U.S. electric power sector through 2050.

Tumblr is making a change to how it deals with hate speech on its blogging platform. The company announced today it will also remove the reblogs (repostings) from any blogs that were suspended for violating its policies around hate speech. Already, the company says it’s identified nearly 1,000 blogs that were banned for blatant violations […]

'We are lucky Mrs. Clinton didn't get her way and the Obama administration did not bring about regime change in Syria,' the Kentucky senator wrote. 'That new regime might well be ISIS.'

The South Carolina senator has told multiple donors he'd start his presidential campaign, which he has been testing the waters for since late February, on that day, according to a report.

Gerard Butler and ladylove Morgan Brown hit the beach near Malibu  on Monday despite the Stay At Home policy in effect in California due to coronavirus crisis.

John Bolton ripped apart Donald Trump's efforts to denuclearize the Korean peninsula as ineffective, claiming it will get worse with time. 'North Korea isn't our friend and never will be,' Bolton said.

'Dangerous criminals are being released every single day', an ICE spokesman said. Sanctuary cities like NYC limit cooperation with U.S. immigration authorities.

The clip shows Jennifer Lopez, 50, giving her team a pep-talk and holding hands with them in prayer before they take to the stage for Sunday's half-time performance at Super Bowl LIV in Miami.

The 47-year-old, who was born in London to Ugandan Asian parents of Gujarati descent, admitted they would not have made the cut were the system in place in the 1960s when they arrived.

The review into the Government's policy towards migrants has seen the claim edited out of the final draft. It was commissioned in 2018 after the Windrush scandal.

Steve Bullock, 2020 presidential candidate, on Sunday compared Ken Cuccinelli, the acting Director of the Citizenship and Immigration Services, to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Exide Life Insurance has witnessed 200% jump in term policy sales in April as compared to the previous month, as the need for insurance coverage increased in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic, a senior company official said. He however noted that there was a significant drop in sales of non-term policies.75621896 Given the current scenario, there is a lot more predisposition towards taking insurance, especially term insurance because people are a little bit scared about what could happen, Ashwin B, Chief Operating Officer, Exide Life Insurance Company said in an interaction. He said this has also created a space for the company to solicit policies to those customers who are willing to buy insurance during the lockdown currently. "People are becoming a little cautious of taking any long-term commitment,

South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg vowed that he wouldn't write 'love letters' on White House letterhead to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un if he became president - a jab at Donald Trump.

John Bolton ripped apart Donald Trump's efforts to denuclearize the Korean peninsula as ineffective, claiming it will get worse with time. 'North Korea isn't our friend and never will be,' Bolton said.

Prince William, 37, and Kate, 38, seemed to relax their 'hands-off' policy in public when visiting Mumbles in South Wales today, according to body language epxert and author Judi James.

Paul has placed himself at odds with several possible Republican presidential challengers, including Rubio, whose parents immigrated from Cuba, by aligning himself with the president on this issue.

GOP presidential candidate Marco Rubio will lay out his foreign policy vision in a speech this afternoon at a forum hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations.

Lisa Nandy tonight blasted Sir Keir Starmer and labelled his Brexit policy a 'disaster' as she tried to salvage her Labour leadership campaign.

Hillary Clinton slammed Facebook's political advertisement policy, saying it is 'appalling' that voters are being misinformed by potentially false information ahead of the 2020 election.

Jeb Bush wrote in a 2013 book that 'leaky' immigration policies led to the 2001 terrorist attack on the U.S. - although he attacked Donald Trump last week for saying the same thing.

Ferguson won an unprecedented 38 major honours during his reign at United, managing to maintain the club's dominance over two decades before retiring in 2013.