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<title><![CDATA[OECD Global Blockchain Policy Forum 2019]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[12-13 September 2019 - The 2nd OECD Global Blockchain Policy Forum will address the benefits and risks of blockchain for our economies and societies, identify good policy and regulatory approaches, and investigate uses in specific policy areas.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2019 23:36:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Annual Survey of Investment Regulation of Pension Funds]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Each year, the OECD publishes a survey of the investment regulation of pension funds which describes the main quantitative investment regulations applied to pension funds in 77 economies. The survey questionnaire covers all types of pension plans financed via pension funds.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jul 2019 09:17:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mr. Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD, at G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors’ meeting in Chantilly, 17-18 July 2019]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Mr. Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD, will participate in the G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors’ meeting in Chantilly, on 17-18 July 2019.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/oecd-sg-in-chantilly-july-2019.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jul 2019 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Exchange rates, interest rates and other monthly monetary and financial statistics]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Monthly monetary and financial statistics contains financial statistics on five separate subjects: monetary aggregates, interest rates, exchange rates, reserve assets, and share prices.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jul 2019 17:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Global insurance market trends]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This report analyses insurance market statistics collected by the OECD to monitor the insurance industry’s overall performance and health. It covers all OECD countries plus selected Asian, African and Latin American countries.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jun 2019 09:44:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Insurance Markets in Figures, 2019]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[27 June 2019 - Preliminary data for 2018 show an increase in gross premiums of domestic insurance companies in most countries, especially in the non-life sector. 
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<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/insurance/Insurance-Markets-in-Figures-2019.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jun 2019 09:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Reforming the Pension System in Turkey 2019]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This paper studies the case of Turkey and suggests several tools to promote retirement planning. Section I provides a review of the traditional and behavioural policy instruments
designed to promote retirement savings, along with a discussion on their effectiveness.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/private-pensions/Reforming-the-Pension-System-in-Turkey-2019.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jun 2019 15:34:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[OECD presents revised Codes on capital flows to G20]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 08 Jun 2019 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Pension Funds in Figures 2019]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[31/05/2019 - Preliminary data for 2018 show that assets in pension funds amounted to USD 27.6 trillion in the OECD area, close to 4% lower than in 2017. Calculated in national currencies, pension fund assets declined in 12 out of 34 reporting OECD countries, including some of the largest pension markets: Japan (-1.1%), the Netherlands (-1.2%), Switzerland (-0.7%), the United Kingdom (-0.3%) and the United States (-5.0%).]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/private-pensions/Pension-Funds-in-Figures-2019.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2019 13:14:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Pension Markets in Focus]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This OECD report monitors trends in the financial performance of private pension plans. Covering 87 countries, it assesses the amount of assets in funded and private pension plans, describes the way these assets are invested in financial markets, and looks at how investments have performed, both in the past year and over the past decade.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2019 13:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[OECD Sovereign Borrowing Outlook]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This report provides updates of trends and developments associated with sovereign borrowing requirements and debt levels from the perspective of public debt managers for the OECD area and country groupings. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/oecdsovereignborrowingoutlook.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2019 10:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[2019 OECD Global Forum on Public Debt Management ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[23-24 April 2019, Paris - Debates at the 2019 Global Forum focused on the funding environment, the role of borrowing instruments in broadening the investor base, technological advances in finance for government bond markets and challenging debt dynamics.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/global-forum-public-debt-management.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2019 17:41:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mr. Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD, in Washington on 11-13 April 2019]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Mr. Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD, will be in Washington, from 11 to 13 April 2019 to attend a G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting, a G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting, and the 2019 International Monetary Fund and World Bank Spring Meetings.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/oecd-sg-in-washington-on-11-13-april-2019.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2019 13:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mr. Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD, in Bucharest, 5-6 April 2019]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Mr. Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD, will be in Bucharest on 5-6 April 2019 to attend the Informal Meeting of European Economic and Financial Affairs Ministers (ECOFIN).]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/oecd-sg-in-bucharest-april-2019.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2019 14:16:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Combating Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism in Latvia: Overview]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A robust and resilient anti-money laundering and combating of terrorism financing (AML/CFT) regime is the first step towards being able to implement effective legal, regulatory and operational measures. This document describes recommendations made by the OECD in relation to Latvia’s efforts to strengthen its AML/CFT supervisory and control systems.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2019 16:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[IOPS International Conference on Pension Supervision and Regulation 2019]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[7 March 2019 - The International Conference on Pension Supervision and Regulation this year will focus on Options for creating sustainable pension systems in emerging markets and will take place in New Delhi, India.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/private-pensions/iops-international-conference-pension-supervision-regulation-2019.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2019 14:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[OECD Insurance and Private Pensions Committee Elects New Chair]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[07/03/2019 - The OECD Insurance and Private Pensions Committee (IPPC) has confirmed the appointment of Mr Yoshihiro Kawai, Advisor to the Commissioner, Japan Financial Services Agency, as its Chair.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/oecd-insurance-and-private-pensions-committee-elects-new-chair.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2019 12:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[19th OECD-ADBI Tokyo Roundtable on Capital Market and Financial Reform in Asia]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/2019-tokyo-roundtable-asia.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2019 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Risks rising in corporate debt market]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Global outstanding debt in the form of corporate bonds issued by non-financial companies has hit record levels, reaching almost USD 13 trillion at the end of 2018. This is double the amount outstanding in real terms before the 2008 financial crisis, according to a new OECD paper.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/risks-rising-in-corporate-debt-market.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2019 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Corporate Bond Markets in a Time of Unconventional Monetary Policy]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[25 February 2019 - Corporate bond markets have become an increasingly important source of financing for non-financial companies since the global financial crisis. The total outstanding debt in the form of corporate bonds reached USD 13 trillion as of end-2018. In real terms, this is twice as much as in 2008. This paper documents a number of associated risks and vulnerabilities.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/corporate-bond-markets-in-a-time-of-unconventional-monetary-policy.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2019 08:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[State-owned firms behind China’s corporate debt]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[While China’s overall debt-to-GDP ratio is not particularly high, its non-financial corporate debt relative to GDP is higher than in other major economies.]]></description>
<link>https://doi.org/10.1787/7c66570e-en</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2019 10:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Sovereign borrowing outlook for OECD countries, 2007 to 2019]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[8/2/2019 - Gross borrowings of OECD governments from the markets are set to reach a new record level in 2019 by exceeding USD 11 trillion. While government funding needs in the wake of the financial crisis increased in most OECD countries, the recent further increase is confined to a few countries, particularly the United States.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/Sovereign-Borrowing-Outlook-in-OECD-Countries-2019.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2019 10:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[2019 Workshop of the G20/OECD Task Force on Long-term Investment]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[30 January 2019, Singapore - This Workshop will bring together academics, public stakeholders and industry experts to discuss data collection and benchmarks for quality infrastructure investment and blockchain and innovation in sustainable infrastructure.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/2019-g20-oecd-workshop-lti-singapore.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2019 14:53:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) for SME Financing]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This report analyses the emergence and potential of ICOs as a financing mechanism for start-ups and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), examines the benefits and challenges of this mechanism for small businesses and investors, and discusses policy implications of ICO activity for inclusive financing of SMEs and the real economy.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/initial-coin-offerings-for-sme-financing.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2019 12:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The Contribution of Reinsurance Markets to Managing Catastrophe Risk]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This report makes use of a unique set of data on premiums and claims provided by global reinsurance companies to examine the contribution that reinsurance has made to enhancing the capacity of the primary insurance market to manage catastrophe risk and to reducing the economic and insurance market disruption that often follows catastrophic events.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/the-contribution-of-reinsurance-markets-to-managing-catastrophe-risk.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2018 12:54:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Launch of the OECD Pensions Outlook 2018]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[3 December 2018 - Every two years, the OECD Pensions Outlook provides an analysis of the main policy issues affecting pensions in OECD countries and assesses trends in retirement income systems. It discusses policy initiatives for strengthening pension systems, funded private pension systems in particular.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/oecd-pensions-outlook.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2018 11:13:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[OECD, UN Environment and World Bank call for a radical shift in financing for a low-carbon, climate-resilient future]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The OECD, UN Environment and World Bank Group today called on leaders of G20 countries to do more to enable a radical shift of investment into low-carbon, climate-resilient infrastructure as a way to limit the impact of climate change.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/oecd-un-environment-and-world-bank-call-for-a-radical-shift-in-financing-for-a-low-carbon-climate-resilient-future.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2018 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Conference on the Role of Financial Education and Consumer Protection in Supporting Financial Inclusion in Southeast Asia]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[26-27 November 2018, Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic. The conference will provide a forum to discuss best practices on developing financial education and consumer protection in supporting financial inclusion in Lao P.D.R and other Southeast Asian countries. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/conference-on-financial-education-and-consumer-protection-in-southeast-asia.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2018 11:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Public Consultation: Recommendation on Consumer Protection in the Field of Consumer Credit]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[21/11/2018 - The OECD is currently updating its 1977 Recommendation on Consumer Protection in the field of Consumer Credit to ensure that it remains the relevant international standard. The draft text is available for public comment until 21 December 2018.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/recommendation-on-consumer-protection-in-the-field-of-consumer-credit.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2018 18:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Regulatory framework for the loan-based crowdfunding platforms]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In a growing number of OECD countries policymakers are designing specific regulations for lending-based crowdfunding platforms.]]></description>
<link>https://doi.org/10.1787/24ad924a-en</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2018 11:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[2018 OECD Workshop on Data Collection for Sustainable Infrastructure – Infrastructure Data Initiative]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[15 November 2018, Paris - This Workshop will bring together academics, public stakeholders and industry experts to discuss using blockchain technology to unlock data for AI and financial sustainability and quality benchmarks]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/2018-lti-workshop-sustainable-infra.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2018 11:41:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[2018 Annual Meeting of the OECD CVM Centre on Financial Education and Literacy in Latin America and the Caribbean ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[12-13 November 2018, São Paulo, Brazil - A series of events addressing the most recent trends, opportunities and challenges in financial education will be co-hosted by the OECD and CVM Brazil.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/financial-education/annual-meeting-oecd-cvm-financial-education.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2018 10:23:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[OECD Committee on Financial Markets Elects New Chair]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[26/10/2018 - The OECD Committee on Financial Markets has confirmed the appointment of Aerdt Houben, Director of the Financial Markets Division at De Nederlandsche Bank, as its Chair. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/oecd-committee-on-financial-markets-elects-new-chair.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2018 20:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[2018 OECD/IOPS Global Forum on Private Pensions]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[25-26 October 2018, Beijing, China - The 2018 Global Forum was entitled “Designing pension systems to cope with the ageing challenge” and was jointly organised by the OECD, the International Organisation of Pension Supervisors (IOPS) and the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC), China. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/private-pensions/2018-oecd-iops-global-forum-private-pensions-beijing-china.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2018 17:23:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[OECD-Russia symposium on financial literacy]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[4-5 October 2018, Moscow, Russian Federation: The symposium will focus on innovative implementation approaches to deliver global progress on financial literacy.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/financial-education/advancing-fin-lit-globally.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2018 16:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[OECD INFE core competencies framework on financial literacy for MSMEs]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This document contains a high-level, outcome-based, internationally relevant, core competencies framework on financial literacy for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) and potential entrepreneurs. It highlights a range of outcomes that may be important to sustain or improve their financial literacy.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/financial-education/OECD-INFE-core-competencies-framework-on-financial-literacy-for-MSMEs.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2018 12:32:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Seminar on Quality Infrastructure Investment]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This seminar, jointly organised by the OECD and the Ministry of Finance of Japan, will address quality infrastructure investment, governance, planning and technology issues as well as data collection and benchmarking for quality infrastructure. It is taking place on 12-13 September 2018, in Tokyo, Japan. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/2018-seminar-on-quality-infrastructure-investment.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2018 17:23:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mr. Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD, in Vienna on 7-8 September 2018]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Mr. Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD, was in Vienna on 7-8 September 2018 to attend the Eurogroup Meeting / Informal Meeting of Economic and Financial Affairs Ministers (ECOFIN).]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/oecd-sg-in-vienna-7-8-september-2018.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2018 09:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[OECD Blockchain Policy Forum 2018]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[4-5 September 2018, Paris - The OECD Blockchain Policy Forum on "Distributed Ledgers: Opportunities and Challenges" was the first major international conference to take stock of blockchain’s impacts across the full range of government activities and public priorities.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/oecd-blockchain-policy-forum-2018.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2018 14:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Financial system risk is elevated and global standards are essential in managing cross-border infrastructure investment]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A new OECD report, the 2018 Business and Finance Outlook, highlights a number of major risks having the potential to disrupt global economic growth. It notes that the gradual normalisation of monetary policy in an environment of growing debt will be a major test of whether the Basel III regulatory reforms have achieved their goal of ensuring safety and soundness in the financial system.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/financial-system-risk-is-elevated-and-global-standards-are-essential-in-managing-cross-border-infrastructure-investment.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2018 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[G20-OECD INFE Policy Guidance Digitalisation and Financial Literacy]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/G20-OECD-INFE-Policy-Guidance-Digitalisation-Financial-Literacy-2018.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2018 11:28:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[G20-OECD Policy Guidance Financial Consumer Protection Approaches in the Digital Age]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[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. 
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<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/G20-OECD-Policy-Guidance-Financial-Consumer-Protection-Digital-Age-2018.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2018 11:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Stabilisation policies to strengthen Euro area resilience]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The euro area sovereign debt crisis highlighted important weaknesses in the euro area design. Fiscal policy did not build sufficient buffers before the crisis, which forced some countries to tighten fiscal policy too rapidly during the downturn to restore market confidence in sovereign borrowing.]]></description>
<link>https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/economics/stabilisation-policies-to-strengthen-euro-area-resilience_140b48c3-en</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2018 11:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The Global Forces Shaping Finance - Keynote address by Greg Medcraft]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[29 June 2018 - This keynote address focuses on the three main forces driving change in the financial sector: the growing importance of trust; the accelerating digitalisation of the economy; and the unprecedented interconnectedness of global markets. This keynote address was made by Greg Medcraft, OECD Director of Financial and Enterprise Affairs, at the Annual Conference of the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/global-forces-shaping-finance-keynote-greg-medcraft-2018.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2018 12:39:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Financing innovative business investment in Poland]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Poland’s productivity has grown strongly over the past two decades. However, the public and private capital stock is weak, and investment remains focused on the adoption of existing technologies, which weighs on future productivity gains and innovation.]]></description>
<link>https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/economics/financing-innovative-business-investment-in-poland_d7605f72-en</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2018 11:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Low productivity jobs driving employment growth in many OECD countries]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Weak labour productivity growth continues to mark the world’s advanced economies and risks compromising improvements in living standards, says a new OECD report.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/low-productivity-jobs-driving-employment-growth-in-many-oecd-countries.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2018 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Insurance Markets in Figures, 2018]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[18 June 2018 - Preliminary data for 2017 show an increase in life and/or non-life gross premiums of domestic insurance companies in 40 out of the 43 reporting countries, compared to 2016.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/Insurance-Markets-in-Figures-2018.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2018 23:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Financial Management of Earthquake Risk]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This publication applies the lessons from the OECD’s analysis of disaster risk financing practices and the development of guidance to the specific case of earthquakes. This report provides an overview of the approaches that economies facing various levels of earthquake risk and economic development have taken to managing the financial impacts of earthquakes.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/financial-management-of-earthquake-risk.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2018 10:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The Application of Behavioural Insights to Financial Literacy and Investor Education Programmes and Initiatives
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<description><![CDATA[Behavioural insights have the potential to enhance the effectiveness of financial literacy and investor education initiatives. This IOSCO/OECD report explores the extent to which they are being used, reviews the available literature and presents various approaches for policy makers and practitioners to consider when seeking to change financial behaviour.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/The-Application-of-Behavioural-Insights-to-Financial-Literacy-and-Investor-Education-Programmes-and-Initiatives.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2018 08:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Women in economics: The unknown cost of gender imbalance ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Paris, 25 May 2018 - Following a keynote speech from Emmanuelle Auriol, Professor at Toulouse School of Economics and Chair of Women in Economics of the European Economic Association, discussions at this event will explore some of the issues emerging from the gender biases evident in the field of economics. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/women-in-economics-the-unknown-cost-of-gender-imbalance-2018.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2018 14:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[5th Global Policy Research Symposium to Advance Financial Literacy]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[18 May 2018, Paris, France: The 2018 symposium focused on the relationship between financial education policies and broad economic, financial and social outcomes, including its role in supporting sustainable and inclusive growth. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/advancing-fin-lit-2018.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2018 15:14:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[OECD Workshop on digital financial assets]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/2018-workshop-digital-financial-assets.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2018 13:34:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Financial inclusion and consumer empowerment in Southeast Asia]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Although financial inclusion levels have improved in all Southeast Asian countries in recent years, levels remain relatively low in some countries. This report evaluates current levels of  financial inclusion and financial literacy in Southeast Asia and describes the policies and programmes developed to support financial inclusion, education and consumer protection.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/Financial-inclusion-and-consumer-empowerment-in-Southeast-Asia.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2018 17:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[2018 Roundtable on Insurance and Retirement Saving in Asia]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[25-26 April 2018, Tokyo - This event will bring together key stakeholders from the Asia Pacific region to discuss policy issues relevant to the sound development of insurance and private pensions markets.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/2018-roundtable-insurance-retirement-saving-asia.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2018 15:23:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Survey of Large Pension Funds and Public Pension Reserve Funds]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The survey monitors and compares the investment behaviour, asset levels, and performances of the largest institutional investors in each region or country covered and analyses in greater depth the general trends observed at a national level.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/survey-large-pension-funds.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2018 12:28:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Financial markets, insurance and pensions: Digitalisation and Finance ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/financial-markets-insurance-and-pensions-2018.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2018 10:13:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Video series: Perspectives on green finance and investment]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Leading actors across the green finance and investment community talk to the OECD about what has to be done to achieve the objectives of the Paris Agreement and the broader set of environmental objectives linked to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/cgfi/videos/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2018 10:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Financial inclusion and literacy in the South American Andes]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Focusing on Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, Maria José Roa, a Senior Researcher at the Center for Latin American Monetary Studies, looks at how financial literacy survey results can play a role in the development of financial inclusion strategies]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 25 Mar 2018 13:16:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mr. Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD, in Buenos Aires, 18-20 March 2018]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Mr. Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD, in Buenos Aires, 18-20 March 2018]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/oecd-sg-in-buenos-aires-18-20-march-2018.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2018 16:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The opportunity of robo-advice for pension savings]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Riding the wave of technological innovation in finance, the robo-advice model has emerged as one potential solution to increase the accessibility and affordability of getting help to invest savings for retirement. OECD's Jessica Mosher looks at the potential benefits, risks and challenges.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2018 16:54:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Imagining the life of a Fearless Girl: Gender diversity in corporate leadership]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Drawing inspiration from 'Fearless Girl', the diminutive and plucky bronze statue that’s been staring down the 3-ton ‘Charging Bull’ on Wall Street for the past year, OECD’s Mathilde Mesnard and Bill Below highlight the importance of gender diversity in corporate leadership.]]></description>
<link>http://bit.ly/2G3qPy3 
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2018 20:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[18th Tokyo Roundtable on Capital Market and Financial Reform in Asia]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/2018-tokyo-roundtable-asia.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2018 10:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[International Seminar on Pension Supervision and Regulation 2018]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[23 February 2018, Dublin - This event focussed on how to build better retirement by ensuring value for money, implementing automatic enrolment and designing retirement pay-outs.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/private-pensions/seminar-pensions-supervision-regulation-dublin-2018.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2018 16:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Conference on unleashing the potential of the cyber insurance market]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[22-23 February 2018, Paris - The potential role of the nascent cyber insurance market in enhancing cyber resilience is increasingly being recognised by policy makers. This conference provided an opportunity to exchange knowledge and share experiences on addressing the challenges impeding the development of the cyber insurance market.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/2018-oecd-conference-cyber-insurance-market.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2018 09:28:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The cyber insurance market: Responding to a risk with few boundaries]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[With the growth of cybercrime, and intensive media coverage of privacy breaches and ransomware attacks over the last year, could complacency about cyber risks soon be a thing of the past? Bill Below and Leigh Wolfrom of the OECD Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs look at some of the challenges to insuring cyber risk.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/The-cyber-insurance-market-responding-to-a-risk-with-few-boundaries.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2018 22:24:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Small business access to alternative finance increasing as new bank lending declines]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are increasingly turning to alternative sources of financing, while new bank lending is declining in a number of countries. Many SMEs remain over-reliant on bank credit, however, and the take-up of instruments other than straight debt varies greatly from one country to another, according to a new OECD report.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/small-business-access-to-alternative-finance-increasing-as-new-bank-lending-declines.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2018 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[2018 Meeting of the G20 Global Infrastructure Connectivity Alliance ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[25-26 January 2018 - The first annual meeting of the G20 Global Infrastructure Connectivity Alliance will bring together policy makers and practitioners to discuss the state of play in global connectivity, innovative practices and the outlook for connectivity. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/g20-global-infrastructure-connectivity-alliance-2018.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2018 23:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Enhancing the role of insurance in cyber risk management]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This report provides a series of policy recommendations aimed at enhancing the contribution of the cyber insurance market to managing this increasingly prevalent risk. The report examines the current state of the market and the obstacles that are impeding the market from reaching its full potential]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/insurance/enhancing-the-role-of-insurance-in-cyber-risk-management.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jan 2018 12:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[8th Annual OECD High-level Breakfast on Institutional Investors and the Low-carbon Transition]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[11 December 2017, OECD Paris - The 8th annual OECD high-level breakfast event brings together leading investors and senior government officials for informal, focused dialogue, to examine key developments and identify solutions to enable achievement of NDCs and the two-degree commitment.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/8th-oecd-high-level-breakfast-on-institutional-investors-and-the-low-carbon-transition.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 Dec 2017 11:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Evaluating publicly supported credit guarantee programmes for SMEs]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This report examines the approaches adopted in 23 OECD and EU countries for evaluating the performance and cost-effectiveness of publicly supported credit guarantee programmes for SMEs.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/Evaluating-Publicly-Supported-Credit-Guarantee-Programmes-for-SMEs.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Dec 2017 12:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Technology and Pensions]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Innovative applications of technology for financial services, or FinTech, are already being used to improve communication with consumers and their engagement with their pension plans. This report provides an overview of how technology is being used to improve pension design and delivery and how regulators are managing these changes. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/Technology-and-Pensions-2017.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 Dec 2017 10:51:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Robo-Advice for Pensions]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Riding the wave of technological innovation in finance, the robo-advice model has emerged as one potential solution for helping individuals manage their pensions and invest savings for retirement. This report provides an overview of the types of robo-advisors that are now available and discusses the potential benefits, risks and challenges of such platforms. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/Robo-Advice-for-Pensions-2017.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 Dec 2017 10:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[OECD Guidelines on Insurer Governance]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[16 November 2017 - The OECD Guidelines on Insurer Governance provide guidance and serve as a reference point for insurers, governmental authorities, and other relevant stakeholders in OECD and non-OECD countries. The Guidelines have been revised and expanded to reflect evolving market practices and updates to international guidance following the financial crisis.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/oecdguidelinesoninsurergovernance.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Nov 2017 11:28:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[India-OECD Global Symposium on Financial Education]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[New Delhi, India, 8-9 November 2017. This symposium looked at how to implement effective financial education policies in a changing financial landscape with a focus on financial education in the digital age.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/india-oecd-fined-symposium-2017.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Nov 2017 17:23:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Lithuania: Review of the Financial System]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This review of Lithuania by the OECD Committee on Financial Markets examines Lithuania’s position with respect to core principles related to financial systems.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/Lithuania-financial-markets-2017.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Nov 2017 19:27:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Private pensions make post-crisis comeback]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In 2016, private pension assets reached their highest-ever level at over USD38 trillion in OECD countries, according to Pensions Markets in Focus. Investment losses resulting from the financial crisis have been recouped in almost all reporting OECD countries.]]></description>
<link>http://bit.ly/2h532lV</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Oct 2017 18:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[2017 OECD/IOPS Global Forum on Private Pensions]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[24-25 October 2017, Mauritius - The 2017 global forum explored current trends in global private pension systems and the ways in which pension regulatory and supervisory authorities are managing and reacting to those trends. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/private-pensions/2017oecdiopsglobalforumonprivatepensions.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Oct 2017 11:41:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[4th OECD Green Investment Financing Forum]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Paris, 24-25 October 2017: Bringing together leading actors across the green finance community, the 2017 forum will focus on the short and long-term actions needed to meet the Paris Agreement; opportunities for green investment; the role of the financial system; and channels for green finance and investment.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/cgfi/forum/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Oct 2017 10:17:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Gender gaps in financial literacy and financial education ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This chapter from "The Pursuit of Gender Equality: An Uphill Battle" shows that two-thirds of the 30 economies participating in a financial literacy survey reported that gender differences in financial knowledge and confidence persist.]]></description>
<link>http://bit.ly/2xYVfz9</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Oct 2017 17:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[OECD-ADBI-SBV Conference on Financial Literacy and Consumer Protection]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Hanoi, Vietnam, 3-4 October 2017. This conference provided a forum to discuss best practices on developing financial education and consumer protection in Vietnam and other Southeast Asian countries.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/vietnam-oecd-financial-education-conference-2017.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 03 Oct 2017 15:27:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Financial inclusion and women entrepreneurship: evidence from Mexico]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Financial inclusion and women entrepreneurship concern policymakers because of their impact on job creation, economic growth and women empowerment.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/economics/financial-inclusion-and-women-entrepreneurship_2fbd0f35-en</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2017 09:23:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Financial Education for MSMEs and Potential Entrepreneurs]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[While the contribution of MSMEs to national economies is widely recognised, their financial education needs are not always being met and low levels of financial literacy pose a potential barrier to successful business creation and growth. Covering 21 economies, this stocktaking report identifies the main policy challenges and good practices.]]></description>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/bb2cd70c-en</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 Sep 2017 10:19:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Findings of the recent literature on international capital flows: implications and suggestions for further research]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Financial globalisation has given international capital flows a central role in the functioning of the global economy and has therefore led to considerable economic research over the past 30 years.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/economics/findings-of-the-recent-literature-on-international-capital-flows_2f8e1d6d-en</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 19 Sep 2017 09:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Technology and innovation in the insurance sector]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[“Insurtech”is the term being used to describe the new technologies with the potential to bring innovation to the insurance sector and impact the regulatory practices of insurance markets. This report catalogues these technologies and examines how InsurTech is being funded and how insurers are engaging with the start-ups entering the market.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/Technology-and-innovation-in-the-insurance-sector.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Sep 2017 17:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Coping with the financial consequences of devastating floods]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[‌07/09/2017 - Flooding is one of the most common, wide-reaching and destructive natural perils, affecting on average about 250 million people around the world each year. OECD work on the financial management of flood risk has identified a number of ways that policy makers can improve the way they manage the financial implications of floods. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/coping-with-the-financial-consequences-of-devastating-floods.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 Sep 2017 08:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Open and Orderly Capital Movements: Interventions from the 2016 OECD High-Level Seminar]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[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. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/open-and-orderly-capital-movements-2017.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jul 2017 15:17:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[G20/OECD INFE report on adult financial literacy in G20 countries]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This report describes the levels of financial literacy of adults in G20 countries and the Netherlands and Norway, guest countries under the G20 German Presidency. It was presented to G20 Leaders at their 2017 Summit meeting in Hamburg on 8 July 2017.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/g20-oecd-infe-report-adult-financial-literacy-in-g20-countries.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 08 Jul 2017 15:14:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The fall in real long-term government bond yields: Disentangling different drivers]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This paper contributes to the empirical literature investigating reasons for the fall in real interest rates in advanced economies.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/economics/the-fall-in-real-long-term-government-bond-yields_cb1ff201-en</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jun 2017 10:58:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Financial re-regulation since the global crisis? An index-based assessment]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[How has policy responded since the crisis: with re-regulation or continued liberalisation?]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/economics/financial-re-regulation-since-the-global-crisis_0f865772-en</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jun 2017 11:27:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Seminar on pension foresight: Envisaging retirement income plans of the future
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<description><![CDATA[21 June 2017, Paris: Co-organised by the International Network for Pensions, Aging, and Retirement Research (INPARR), the OECD and IOPS, this seminar provided a window into the latest thinking and research that sheds light on where pension plans and designs are headed in the future and challenges to their future sustainability and efficiency.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/private-pensions/2017-pension-foresight-seminar.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jun 2017 11:54:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Making income and property taxes more growth-friendly and redistributive in India]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Tax reforms are crucial to promoting inclusive growth in India.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/economics/making-income-and-property-taxes-more-growth-friendly-and-redistributive-in-india_5e542f11-en</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jun 2017 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Better but not good enough: New approaches are needed to make globalisation work for all, OECD says in latest Economic Outlook
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<description><![CDATA[The global economy is expected to pick up moderately but greater efforts are needed to ensure that the benefits from growth and globalisation are more widely shared, according to the OECD’s latest Economic Outlook.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/better-but-not-good-enough-new-approaches-are-needed-to-make-globalisation-work-for-all.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jun 2017 15:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The empirics of enabling investment and innovation in renewable energy]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This working paper assesses the impact of climate mitigation policies and the quality of the investment environment on investment and innovation in renewable power in OECD and G20 countries. It also examines how countries’ investment environments interact with climate mitigation policies to influence investment and patent activity in renewable power.]]></description>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/67d221b8-en</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 31 May 2017 15:28:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[For globalisation to work for all, you have to level the playing field first]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[30/05/2017 - Adrian Blundell-Wignall, Special Advisor to the OECD Secretary-General on Financial and Enterprise Affairs, argues that key corporate and financial issues must be addressed if globalisation is to work better for all. These issues are examined in the new 2017 OECD Business and Finance Outlook.]]></description>
<link>http://oe.cd/1Xz</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 May 2017 18:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Increased international co-operation on financial and corporate issues essential to making globalisation work for all]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Globalisation has failed to create a level playing field in trade, investment and corporate behaviour, being one of the factors contributing to a backlash against openness in many countries and a decline in confidence in government institutions. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/increased-international-co-operation-on-financial-and-corporate-issues-essential-to-making-globalisation-work-for-all.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 May 2017 15:17:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Can better international co-operation help build a fairer global economy?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Drawing on data presented in the 2017 OECD Business and Finance Outlook, this article looks at some of the forces influencing recent economic developments and asks what can be done to ensure a “fairer” global economy.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/can-better-international-cooperation-help-build-a-fairer-global-economy.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 May 2017 14:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[OECD Business and Finance Scoreboard]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The OECD Business and Finance Scoreboard accompanies the OECD Business and Finance Outlook by providing a commented overview of selected indicators and data related to corporate performance, banking, capital markets, pensions and investments. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/oecd-business-and-finance-scoreboard.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 May 2017 09:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Solving Non-Performing Loans in Europe to speed up the recovery]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Almost 10 years after the outset of the financial crisis in summer 2008, European growth remains modest, constantly underperforming the OECD average.]]></description>
<link>https://oecdecoscope.wordpress.com/2017/05/23/solving-non-performing-loans-in-europe-to-speed-up-the-recovery/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 May 2017 11:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Many teenagers struggle to understand money matters]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Around one in four students in the 15 countries and economies* that took part in the latest OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) test of financial literacy are unable to make even simple decisions on everyday spending, while only one in ten can understand complex issues, such as income tax. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/many-teenagers-struggle-to-understand-money-matters.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 May 2017 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Launch: OECD PISA financial literacy assessment of students]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[24 May 2017: PISA 2015 Results (Volume IV): Students’ Financial Literacy explores students’ experience with and knowledge about money and provides an overall picture of 15-year-olds’ ability to apply their accumulated knowledge and skills to real-life situations involving financial issues and decisions.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/launch-pisa-financial-literacy-students-2017.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 May 2017 10:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Business brief: Insuring well-being in a changing world]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Insurance is invisible yet it is everywhere. It is intimately linked to how people live their lives, grow their businesses, save and invest their incomes, anticipate what is essential to them and how they protect themselves against risk. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/business-brief-insuring-well-being-in-a-changing-world.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 May 2017 17:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Supporting an effective cyber insurance market]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[13/05/2017 - With the frequency and scope of cyber incidents growing significantly, this report provides an overview of the market for cyber insurance as well as the current challenges in terms of data availability, quantification of cyber risks, awareness and misunderstanding about coverage. It identifies potential policy measures to address some of the main challenges to the development of an effective cyber insurance market.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/supporting-an-effective-cyber-insurance-market.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 13 May 2017 11:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Investment governance and the integration of environmental, social and governance factors]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/Investment-Governance-Integration-ESG-Factors.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 May 2017 16:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Doing well by doing good: The role of Mexico's firms in achieving sustainable and inclusive growth]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The private sector can be a strategic partner in the pursuit of sustainable and inclusive growth, with the ability to have a profound impact, particularly in areas such as climate change, inclusiveness, equality and good governance.]]></description>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/7dd74eb4-en</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 21 Apr 2017 09:41:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ensuring financial education and consumer protection for all in the digital age]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/g20-oecd-report-on-ensuring-financial-education-and-consumer-protection-for-all-in-the-digital-age.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2017 09:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Responsible business conduct for institutional investors: Key considerations for due diligence under the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Promoting responsible business conduct in the financial sector is vital to building a sustainable global economy. This paper will help institutional investors implement the due diligence recommendations of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises in order to prevent or address adverse impacts related to human and labour rights, the environment, and corruption in their investment portfolios.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/RBC-for-Institutional-Investors.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 28 Mar 2017 23:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[What do Americans know about retirement and what do they expect?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The United States’ Social Security Act of 1935 set up a social insurance programme for American workers, providing them with at least some degree of certainty about income after retirement. But, in today’s environment, to what degree do Americans feel secure about their retirement? This article looks at the results of a new survey on American’s understanding of retirement preparedness and the perceived role of Social Security.]]></description>
<link>http://oecdinsights.org/2017/03/28/what-do-americans-know-about-retirement-and-what-do-they-expect/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 28 Mar 2017 14:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Behavioural economics and financial consumer protection]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This paper looks at the application of behavioural economics in the area of financial consumer protection and how numerous governments are testing and implementing its application for policies promoting financial consumer protection. It highlights the opportunity for behavioural economics to help provide cost-efficient ways of making policy more effective at promoting positive outcomes for consumers.]]></description>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/0c8685b2-en</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Mar 2017 14:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Financial education for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises in Asia]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This paper describes and provides guidance on policy and practice relating to financial education for MSMEs and potential entrepreneurs in Asia, with a particular focus on Indonesia.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/Financial-education-for-MSMEs-in-Asia.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Mar 2017 11:51:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Conference on business, finance and gender]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Paris, 8 March 2017: Taking place on International Women's Day, this OECD-hosted conference considered questions such as gender differences in financial literacy and inclusion; women working in the informal economy and the role of business: gender differences in the changing pensions landscape; empowering women to fight back against corruption and engaging men to support gender equality in the workplace.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/conference-on-business-finance-gender-2017.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Mar 2017 16:09:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[OECD Recommendation on Disaster Risk Financing Strategies]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Adopted by the OECD Council on 23 February 2017, this Recommendation provides high-level policy guidance for designing a strategy for addressing the financial impacts of disasters on individuals, businesses and sub-national levels of governments, as well as the implication for public finances. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/oecd-recommendation-disaster-risk-financing-strategies.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2017 12:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Sovereign borrowing outlook for OECD countries, 2007 to 2017]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Sovereign gross borrowing needs in the OECD area have continued to decline from the peaks attained in 2012. They are expected to be USD 9.5 trillion in 2017, approximately the same level as 2016.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/Sovereign-Borrowing-Outlook-in-OECD-Countries-2017.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2017 12:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[More private capital for infrastructure investment in Asia?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
<link>http://oecdinsights.org/2017/02/03/more-private-capital-for-infrastructure-investment-in-asia/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2017 10:23:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The role of public debt managers in contingent liability management]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This working paper explores the role of public debt managers in contingent liability management based on the results of a background OECD survey and the information provided by seven task force countries. The results indicate that there are certain roles and responsibilities assumed by the public debt managers in this field, while the degree of involvement differs widely across countries. ]]></description>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/93469058-en</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2017 19:17:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Conditions for establishment of subsidiaries and branches in the provision of banking services by non-resident institutions]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In 2014, the Financial Stability Board (FSB), in collaboration with the IMF and OECD, prepared a report for G20 leaders that sought to assess the cross-border consistencies and global financial stability implications of structural banking reform measures. To further examine structural banking reform measures taken since 2008, the OECD circulated a survey. This report describes the outcome of this survey.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/financial-markets/Conditions-for-establishment-in-the-provision-of-banking-services.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2017 14:58:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Malaysia’s economic success story and challenges]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Malaysia has sustained over four decades of rapid, inclusive growth, reducing its dependence on agriculture and commodity exports to become a more diversified, modern and open economy.]]></description>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/cf7fddf2-en</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2017 17:26:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Malaysia’s economic success story and challenges]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Malaysia has sustained over four decades of rapid, inclusive growth, reducing its dependence on agriculture and commodity exports to become a more diversified, modern and open economy.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/monetary/Malaysia-s-economic-success-story-and-challenges.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2017 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[OECD Insurance Statistics]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The OECD collects and analyses data on various insurance statistics such as the number of insurance companies and employees, insurance premiums and investments by insurance companies.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/financial-markets/oecdinsurancestatistics.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2017 15:23:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Incentivising lending to SMEs with the Funding for Lending Scheme: some evidence from bank-level data in the United Kingdom]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This study explores the effectiveness of the incentive mechanisms embedded within the UK’s Funding for Lending Scheme (FLS) for banks’ to expand their supply of lending to medium sized enterprises (SMEs)]]></description>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/a4352865-en</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Incentivising lending to SMEs with the Funding for Lending Scheme: some evidence from bank-level data in the United Kingdom]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This study explores the effectiveness of the incentive mechanisms embedded within the UK’s Funding for Lending Scheme (FLS) for banks’ to expand their supply of lending to medium sized enterprises (SMEs).]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/monetary/Incentivising-lending-to-SMEs-with-the-Funding-for-Lending-Scheme-some-evidence-from-bank-level-data-in-the-United-Kingdom.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2016 12:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Design of funded private pensions needs to be improved]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Funded Pension arrangements, in particular defined contribution ones, are playing a growing role in complementing retirement income from public sources in OECD countries and worldwide. However, their design needs to be improved, according to a new OECD report.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/design-of-funded-private-pensions-needs-to-be-improved.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2016 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[OECD to launch Pensions Outlook 2016 Monday 5 December]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[OECD Pensions Outlook 2016, to be published on Monday 5 December at 12p.m. Paris time, assesses policy issues regarding strengthening pension systems and, in particular, funded pension plans.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/oecd-to-launch-pensions-outlook-2016-monday-5-december.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2016 10:29:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Can reforms promoting growth increase financial fragility? An empirical assessment]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Certain growth-promoting policies can have negative side-effects by increasing the vulnerability of economies to financial crises. Typical examples are greater openness to financial flows or more liberalised financial markets.
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<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5jln0421ld25-en</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2016 14:34:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[How do policies influence GDP tail risks?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This paper explores the relationship between policy settings and extreme positive and negative growth events, what we call GDP tail risks, using quantile regression methods.]]></description>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5jln0428l1wl-en</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2016 11:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Can reforms promoting growth increase financial fragility? An empirical assessment]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Certain growth-promoting policies can have negative side-effects by increasing the vulnerability of economies to financial crises. Typical examples are greater openness to financial flows or more liberalised financial markets.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/monetary/can-reforms-promoting-growth-increase-financial-fragility-an-empirical-assessment.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2016 11:14:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[How do policies influence GDP tail risks?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This paper explores the relationship between policy settings and extreme positive and negative growth events, what we call GDP tail risks, using quantile regression methods.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/monetary/how-do-policies-influence-GDP-tail-risks.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2016 10:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[2016 OECD/IOPS Global Forum on Private Pensions]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[9-10 November 2016, Hong Kong, China - The 2016 Global Forum will focus on making private pensions work better and, in particular, consumer protection in the pensions area. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/2016-oecd-iops-global-forum-on-private-pensions.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2016 15:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Betting the house in Denmark]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Danish financial sector is big and there is a high degree of inter-connectedness between banks, mortgage institutions and pension funds.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/monetary/Betting-the-house-in-Denmark.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2016 16:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Student loans, indebtedness, and financial literacy in the United States]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Annamaria Lusardi is the Denit Trust Chair of Economics and Accountancy at the George Washington University School of Business. Following the release of new data focused on Americans’ financial capability, she draws attention to some of the findings in the study, focusing on three areas of great importance to the personal finances of Americans: student loans, indebtedness, and financial literacy. 
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<link>https://oecdinsights.org/2016/11/03/student-loans-indebtedness-and-financial-literacy-in-the-united-states/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2016 13:49:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Seminar on open and orderly capital movements]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[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.  ]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/seminar-capital-movements-international-cooperation-2016.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2016 18:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[OECD Centre on Green Finance and Investment]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The scale of the transition to a green, low-emissions and climate-resilient economy is enormous – it is the biggest structural adjustment ever proposed in the field of international governance. The OECD Centre will catalyse and support the transition to a green, low-emissions and climate-resilient global economy through the development of effective policies, institutions and instruments for green finance and investment.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/cgfi/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2016 17:34:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NZ-OECD Global Symposium on Financial Education]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Auckland, New Zealand, 12-13 October 2016. Discussions focused on innovative policies and strategies around financial education and consumer protection.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/nz-fined-symposium-2016.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2016 17:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[OECD/INFE International Survey of Adult Financial Literacy Competencies]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This report contains the results of an international data collection survey that measured the financial literacy and financial inclusion of adults. A total of 51,650 adults aged 18 to 79 from 30 countries and economies participated in the survey. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/oecd-infe-survey-adult-financial-literacy-competencies.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2016 17:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[OECD financial literacy study finds many adults struggle with money matters]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[12/10/2016 – Adults in many countries around the world display low levels of financial knowledge, fail to engage in financial behaviours that could improve their financial security and have financial attitudes oriented towards the short-term, as shown in the OECD/INFE International Survey of Adult Financial Literacy Competencies released today.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/oecd-financial-literacy-study-finds-many-adults-struggle-with-money-matters.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2016 15:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The estimation of financial conditions indices for the major OECD countries]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This paper seeks to provide up to date financial conditions indices for six countries, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States, as well as the euro area, updating earlier results by the OECD.]]></description>
<link>http://olisweb.oecd.org/vgn-ext-templating/ECO-WKP(2016)59-ENG.pdf?docId=JT03402444&amp;date=1476111300637&amp;documentId=638064&amp;organisationId=1&amp;fileName=JT03402444.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2016 15:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Advance warning indicators of past severe GDP per capita recessions in Turkey]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The global financial crisis and its high economic and social costs have revived academic and policy interest in “early warning indicators” of crises. This paper aims to investigate the performance of vulnerability indicators as advance warning indicators of past severe GDP per capita recessions in Turkey.]]></description>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5jlpq7swq4wf-en</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2016 15:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Boosting investment performance in Germany]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Non-residential investment has fallen over the past 20 years as a share of GDP and is now lower than in several other high-income OECD countries.]]></description>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5jlr3cv53241-en</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2016 11:23:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[OECD to help put innovation at heart of G20 global growth strategy]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Leaders of the G20 countries meeting at their Summit in Hangzhou, China, have called on the OECD to help develop an agenda to build a stronger, more innovative and inclusive world economy.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/oecd-to-help-put-innovation-at-heart-of-g20-global-growth-strategy.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2016 16:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Core competencies frameworks on financial literacy]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The core competencies frameworks on financial literacy highlight a range of financial literacy outcomes that may be considered important for adults, youth, or owners and managers of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) and of potential entrepreneurs.The core competencies frameworks on financial literacy for youth and adults were developed in response to a call from G20 Leaders in 2013. 
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<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/core-competencies-frameworks-for-financial-literacy.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2016 10:29:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[G20-OECD-INFE Core Competencies Framework on Financial Literacy for Adults]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This document outlines the objectives and key components of the framework, and presents the flexible, outcome-based, core competencies framework itself. The framework is designed to be applicable to adults aged 18 and over, describing the basic level of financial literacy that is likely to be needed by this group to fully and safely participate in economic and financial life.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/Core-Competencies-Framework-Adults.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2016 09:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Corporate governance of financial groups  
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<description><![CDATA[Companies today, in particular banks, insurance companies and other financial institutions, increasingly operate their businesses in a group structure. This working paper examines the corporate governance of these groups, paying particular attention to financial groups, and includes an international perspective on corporate and financial laws. It identifies good practices and regulatory considerations for group governance. ]]></description>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5jlv1m6zq3nx-en</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2016 14:28:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Priorities for completing the European Union's Single Market]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[To support the recovery, structural reforms that yield short-run as well as long-run gains should be prioritised.]]></description>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5jlv2jhfnt48-en</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2016 11:18:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Estimating the size and incidence of bank resolution costs for selected banks in OECD countries]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This report provides estimates of the costs associated with bank resolution both in terms of the expected costs that might arise should a bank fail (i.e. as "ex-post" costs), as well as the cost associated with the likelihood that a solvent bank might fail (i.e. as "ex-ante" costs) over the next year.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/Bank-resolution-costs-OECD-countries.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2016 10:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The contribution of weak investment to the productivity slowdown]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Concerns around weak productivity growth are everywhere these days. As the latest OECD Economic Outlook notes, since the mid-2000s, productivity growth has been markedly lower than at any other time since the 1950s.]]></description>
<link>https://oecdecoscope.wordpress.com/2016/06/10/the-contribution-of-weak-investment-to-the-productivity-slowdown/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2016 17:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Changing business models of stock exchanges and stock market fragmentation]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This report reviews structural changes in the stock exchange industry and provides data on M&A changes in the aggregate revenue structure of major stock exchanges. It describes the fragmentation of the stock market resulting from an increase in stock exchange-like trading venues, such as alternative trading systems (ATSs) and multilateral trading facilities (MTFs), and a split between dark (non-displayed) and lit (displayed) trading.]]></description>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264257573-9-en</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2016 23:36:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Corporate finance and productivity]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[One of the puzzles of the post-crisis period is low observed aggregate productivity growth. This report dissects the problem using the company and sector value-added data of more than 11,000 of the world’s largest listed non-financial and non-real-estate companies, taken from 20 different industry sectors.]]></description>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264257573-7-en</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2016 16:14:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Fiscal incentives for R&D and innovation in a diverse world]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Public policy has an important role to play in promoting research and development (R&D) and the development, diffusion, and use of new knowledge and innovations. Fiscal incentives, including tax policies, should be directed at specific barriers, impediments or synergies to facilitate the desired level of investment in R&D and innovations. ]]></description>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264257573-8-en</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2016 12:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The Financial Markets Outlook]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The global economy is caught between two major headwinds: the reversal of the investment-heavy commodity supercycle; and the "L-shaped" recovery in advanced economies caused by the aftermath of the financial crisis and the interaction of re‐regulation with low and negative interest rates. This report analyses these issues and presents a financial outlook.]]></description>
<link> http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264257573-6-en</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2016 11:44:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Tackling policy fragmentation: the key to getting onto a path of rapid and sustainable productivity growth]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Further structural reforms are needed to help the business sector boost productivity growth and overcome the key challenges of sluggish investment in advanced economies and excess capacity in emerging economies, according to a new OECD report.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/tackling-policy-fragmentation-the-key-to-getting-onto-a-path-of-rapid-and-sustainable-productivity-growth.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2016 11:32:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The impact of investment treaties on companies, shareholders and creditors]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Investment treaties are intended to offer foreign investors protection for their investments from host government conduct in violation of the treaty. This report examines how many investment treaties, as interpreted, have generated rules that can disrupt fundamental principles of corporate governance and corporate finance.]]></description>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264257573-13-en</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2016 10:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Central bank negative deposit rates and the banking sector]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The ECB, the Bank of Japan and five other central banks in Europe have applied negative interest rates on commercial banks’ reserves. This additional monetary policy stimulus, following large asset purchases by central banks in some of these areas, should boost the economy and thus raise inflation closer to target.]]></description>
<link>https://oecdecoscope.wordpress.com/2016/06/08/central-bank-negative-deposit-rates-and-the-banking-sector/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2016 16:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Financial Management of Flood Risk]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This publication applies the lessons from the OECD’s analysis of disaster risk financing practices and the development of guidance to the specific case of floods. This report provides an overview of the approaches that economies facing various levels of flood risk and economic development have taken to managing the financial impacts of floods.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/financial-management-of-flood-risk.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2016 23:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Launch of OECD Business and Finance Outlook 2016, Thursday 9 June 2016, 9:30-13:15, OECD Conference Centre]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[What is blocking business investment and productivity growth? OECD Business and Finance Outlook 2016 will focus on fragmentation at all levels of the global economy: heterogeneous policies, rules, laws and industry practices that create perverse incentives and block business efficiency.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/launch-of-oecd-business-and-finance-outlook-2016-thursday-9-june-2016-oecd-conference-centre.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2016 13:58:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Latvia: Review of the Insurance System]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This review of Latvia by the OECD Working Party of Governmental Experts on Insurance examines Latvia’s position  with respect to core principles related to insurance systems. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/insurance/Latvia-insurance-markets-2016.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2016 16:09:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[OJK-OECD High-level Regional Seminar on Empowering MSMEs through Financial Literacy and Inclusion]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Jakarta, 1-2 June 2016: This seminar addressed the importance of financial literacy and financial education for empowering micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs).]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/ojk-oecdhigh-levelregionalseminaronempoweringmsmesthroughfinancialliteracyandinclusion.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2016 18:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Colombia: Assessment of the Regulatory Framework of Private Pensions]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This review of Colombia by the OECD Working Party on Private Pensions examines Colombia’s position with respect to core principles related to pension systems.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/insurance/Colombia-pension-market-2016.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2016 16:14:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Latvia: Review of the Financial System]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This review of Latvia by the by the OECD Committee on Financial Markets examines Latvia’s position with respect to core principles related to financial systems.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/Latvia-financial-markets-2016.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2016 16:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Colombia: Review of the Financial System]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This review of Colombia by the by the OECD Committee on Financial Markets examines Colombia’s position with respect to core principles related to financial systems.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/Colombia-financial-markets-2016.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2016 15:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[OECD Forum 2016: Productive economies, Inclusive societies]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Forum 2016, entitled Productive economies, Inclusive societies will be organised around the 3 cross-cutting themes of the OECD Week: inclusive growth and productivity, innovation and the digital economy, and international collaboration for implementing international agreements (COP21 and the Sustainable Development Goals) and standards (BEPS and automatic exchange of information).]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/forum</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2016 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Business and finance: The size of the reversal of the supercycle is bigger than you think]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[27/05/2016 - The real economy will always seem to be disconnected from the financial economy during periods when the need for structural change is so overwhelming that it can hardly be otherwise. We have had the easiest monetary policy of any historical era outside of hyperinflations, and productivity fails to grow, economic activity is weak... ]]></description>
<link>http://oecdinsights.org/2016/05/27/size-reversal-supercycle-too-big-for-monetary-policy/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2016 12:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[What is blocking business investment and productivity growth?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[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.
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<link>http://oecdinsights.org/2016/05/21/what-is-blocking-business-investment-and-productivity-growth-a-fresh-focus-on-the-problems-of-fragmentation-in-the-world-economy/</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 21 May 2016 12:36:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[OECD, IOPS and World Bank join forces to improve private pension statistics]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[28 April 2016, Paris - OECD, IOPS and the World Bank are joining forces to expand the reach of the OECD’s Global Pension Statistics database and annual Pensions Markets in Focus report. This collaboration with the World Bank will help bring data from emerging and developing economies that are not currently included in the database.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/private-pensions/oecd-iops-world-bank-join-forces-to-improve-private-pension-statistics.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2016 10:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[2016 G20-OECD High-level roundtable on institutional investors and long-term investment]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Singapore, 25 April 2016: This roundtable focused on key themes related to G20 work, in particular the views of the private sector on current work developed by the OECD for the G20 Presidency toward promoting more diversified and innovative infrastructure financing. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/private-pensions/2016-g20-oecd-roundtable-institutional-investors-lti.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2016 15:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Netherlands-OECD Global symposium on financial resilience throughout life]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Amsterdam, 20-21 April 2016: This symposium addressed the challenges of financial resilience throughout life and the importance of financial education.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/2016-global-symposium-on-financial-resilience.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2016 14:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Finance, amorality and double speak]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[When I was interviewing 200 bankers and banking staff working in Europe's financial centre the City of London, perhaps the most telling was the language. Not so much the profanities– though there were many of those–nor the technical stuff and three-letter acronyms (TLAs). Most striking were terms that seemed designed to sidestep any possibility of ethical discussion. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/finance-amorality-double-speak.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2016 12:27:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Analytical tools for the insurance sector ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The OECD has been collecting and analysing official insurance statistics since the early 1980’s. In response to the financial crisis in 2008, the OECD has been expanding the scope of its Global Insurance Statistics exercise in order to extend its global reach.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/insurance/oecdstatisticsanalyticaltools.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2016 16:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Monetary policy and inequality
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<description><![CDATA[This paper analyses two-way interactions between monetary policy and inequality in selected advanced economies. In the context of a highly accommodative monetary stance over recent years, the analysis focuses on the effects of monetary policy on inequality over the business cycle via its impacts on returns on assets, the cost of debt servicing and asset prices. ]]></description>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5jm2hz2x9hxr-en</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2016 09:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Policies to tame the housing cycle in Switzerland]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[High house prices are being supported by very low interest rates, immigration-fuelled population growth and smaller family units, while demand is being bolstered by mortgage interest tax deductibility and institutional investors.]]></description>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5jm3scgb48d4-en</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2016 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Household debt in OECD countries: stylised facts and policy issues]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This paper offers an overview of developments in household debt over the past decades across a large sample of OECD countries, highlighting both common trends and country specificities. It examines the vulnerabilities associated with high household debt for households, the financial system and the wider economy.]]></description>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5jm3xgtkk1f2-en</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2016 14:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Seminar on emerging trends in financial consumer protection across Asia
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<description><![CDATA[4-5 February 2016 - Mumbai, India‌‌: This seminar addressed emerging frameworks for financial consumer protection across Asia; financial markets and better outcomes for consumers; improving policy by analysing consumer complaints data; technology and alternative delivery channels and promoting financial consumer protection, inclusion and investor education.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/sebi-oecd-2016-asia-financial-consumer-protection.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2016 11:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Opportunities and limitations of public equity markets for SMEs]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This article on public equity financing for SMEs complements earlier OECD work on market-based finance for SMEs. The development of this market segment could promote investment in SMEs and, together with securitisation and other non-bank debt financing instruments, encourage an enhanced allocation of risk and risk taking, and thus support growth.]]></description>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/fmt-2015-5jrs051fvnjk</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2016 16:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Financial instruments for managing disaster risks related to climate change]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This article addresses the potential implications of climate change for the financial management of disaster risks. It outlines the contribution of insurance to reducing the economic disruption of disaster events and policy approaches to supporting the penetration of disaster insurance coverage and the capacity of insurance markets to absorb disaster risks.]]></description>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/fmt-2015-5jrqdkpxk5d5</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2016 16:09:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Finance and climate: The transition to a low-carbon and climate-resilient economy from a financial sector perspective]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Climate change is a major political and economic challenge. This paper sketches out its relevance for the financial sector. Necessary low-carbon investments imply a significant yet manageable financing gap. Beyond capital mobilisation that has attracted most attention until now, the main challenge is ensuring a transition-consistent capital reallocation.]]></description>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/fmt-2015-5jrrz76d5td5</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2016 16:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Financial education and the long-term integration of refugees and migrants]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This brochure looks at how financial education can contribute to longer term policies aimed at facilitating the integration of refugees. The provision of financial education, as a complement to supply-side financial inclusion initiatives as well as other education and health support, can support refugees and migrants by facilitating social and labour market inclusion as well as improve their (financial) well-being.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/financial-education-and-the-long-term-integration-of-refugees-and-migrants.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2016 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[COP21 session: Governance of institutional investments and climate change]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This OECD-UNEP COP21 session will explore whether the governance of institutional investments, including in particular any applicable fiduciary standards, adequately considers climate change-related risks and green finance opportunities, and whether guidelines may be needed in this area to support investment decision-making.
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<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/COP21session-GovernanceofinstitutionalinvestmentsFiduciarystandardsforaddressinggreenfinanceandtheportfolioimpactofclimatechange.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2015 20:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Currency-based measures targeting banks - Balancing national regulation of risk and financial openness]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This paper reviews currency-based measures (CBMs) directed at banks in 49 countries between 2005 and 2013. These measures apply a discrimination, such as less favourable treatment, on the basis of the currency of an operation, typically foreign currencies. The new data shows that CBMs have been increasingly used in the post-crisis period, including for macro-prudential purposes.]]></description>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5jrp0z9lp1zr-en</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2015 08:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The problem: Clean energy does not have enough profitable projects]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[OECD's Adrian Blundell-Wignall explains why clean energy projects are not attracting investors despite the availability of fund for investment. This paper was presented at a high-level breakfast event on institutional investors and the low-carbon transition hosted by the OECD Secretary-General during COP21 on 9 December 2015.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/The-problem-clean-energy-does-not-have-enough-profitable-projects.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2015 08:28:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Special session on climate change and the insurance sector]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This event explored the potential contribution of the (re)insurance sector to climate change mitigation and adaptation, including: the role of the insurance sector in a climate change agreement; managing the financial risks of extreme events in a changing climate; investing in the transition to a low-carbon economy; and the role of regulators in addressing climate change risks.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/special-session-climate-change-insurance-2015.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2015 09:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Keeping capital flows orderly]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
<link>http://oecdinsights.org/2015/12/02/keeping-capital-flows-orderly/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2015 23:27:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[OECD/Euromoney Conference on long-term investment financing]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Paris, 19-20 November 2015: Bringing together senior executives representing the world’s largest institutional investors, senior policy makers and regulators, debates focused on issues affecting long-term investment, including: asset allocation concepts; regulation; governance; energy and natural resources; and, brownfield and greenfield infrastructure.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/2015-oecd-euromoney-lti-conference.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2015 11:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[National Strategies for Financial Education: OECD/INFE Policy Handbook]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Financial literacy has become a key life skill for individuals as well as micro and small businesses. Today, 59 economies worldwide are implementing national strategies using guidance from the OECD/INFE High-level Principles on National Strategies for Financial Education. The Policy Handbook describes the experiences of these economies and addresses challenges that countries have faced in implementing the Principles.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/national-strategies-for-financial-education-policy-handbook.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2015 22:51:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[OECD-INFE Core Competencies Framework on Financial Literacy for Youth]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This document outlines the objectives and key components of the framework, and presents the flexible, outcome-based, core competencies framework itself. The framework is designed to be applicable to youth aged 15 to 18, describing the basic level of financial literacy that is likely to be needed by this group to fully and safely participate in economic and financial life.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/Core-Competencies-Framework-Youth.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2015 18:58:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[G20/OECD Report on G20 Investment Strategies: Highlights]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The OECD has produced assessments of country-specific investment strategies in G20 countries in order to improve the investment ecosystem, foster efficient infrastructure investment and support financing opportunities for SMEs. This booklet reproduces the highlights of these assessments which have been transmitted to G20 leaders for consideration at their Summit in November 2015..]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/private-pensions/G20-Investment-Strategies-Highlights.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2015 11:16:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[G20/OECD High-level Principles on SME Financing]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[SMEs are important engines of innovation, growth, job creation and social cohesion. However, they can only reach their full potential if they obtain the finance necessary to start, sustain and grow their business. These voluntary principles provide broad guidelines on how to enhance access by SMEs to finance to help increase the contribution of SMEs to resilient and inclusive growth.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/G20-OECD-High-Level-Principles-on-SME-Financing.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2015 10:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Infrastructure financing instruments and incentives]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This taxonomy maps out the investment options available to private investors and the instruments and incentives available to attract private sector investment in infrastructure. 
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<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/private-pensions/Infrastructure-Financing-Instruments-and-Incentives.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2015 11:44:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Betting the house in Denmark]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Danish financial sector is big and there is a high degree of inter-connectedness between banks, mortgage institutions and pension funds.]]></description>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5jln042vd3kk-en </link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2015 14:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Building resilience to climate change risks at the level of cities and SMEs]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[29 October 2015, Paris - Resilient cities and SMEs are critical to reducing the economic disruption from climate-related disaster events. In the run up to COP21, these remarks by Adrian Blundell-Wignall at the AXA-UNEP-PSI Conference on Climate Resilience address the importance of building resilience to climate change risks at the level of cities and SMEs.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/ABW-AXA-UNPSI-Climate-Resilience-2015.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2015 22:53:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The tax treatment of funded private pension plans in OECD and EU countries]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This stocktaking report profiles the tax treatment of funded private pension plans across all OECD and EU countries. The information refers to 2015 or the latest year with available data and covers all types of funded private pension plans in each country.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/tax-treatment-funded-private-pension-plans-oecd-eu-countries.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2015 17:13:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[2015 OECD/IOPS Global Forum on Private Pensions]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Taking place in Berlin on 29-30 October, the 2015 Global Forum will explore current trends in global private pension systems and the ways in which pension regulatory and supervisory authorities are managing and reacting to the evolution of these systems.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/2015oecdiopsglobalforumonprivatepensions.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2015 15:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[New G20/OECD Principles of Corporate Governance to promote trust and improve the functioning of capital markets in Asia]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[As part of continuing efforts to support market confidence and business integrity, the OECD has launched in Asia a new set of corporate governance principles that were endorsed at the G20 Finance Ministers meeting in September 2015.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/new-g20-oecd-principles-of-corporate-governance-to-promote-trust-and-improve-the-functioning-of-capital-markets-in-asia.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2015 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The transition in the Mexican pensions system to one based on individual defined contribution accounts has increased its financial sustainability]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The reforms to the pensions system in Mexico, especially the introduction of a system of individual defined contribution accounts, have significantly improved the system’s financial sustainability.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/the-transition-in-the-mexican-pensions-system-to-one-based-on-individual-defined-contribution-accounts-has-increased-its-financial-sustainability.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2015 14:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Climate financing momentum builds]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Public and private finance mobilised by developed countries for climate action in developing countries reached USD 62 billion in 2014, up from USD 52 billion in 2013 and making an average of USD 57 billion annually over the 2013-14 period, according to a new OECD study in collaboration with Climate Policy Initiative (CPI).]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/climate-financing-momentum-builds.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2015 16:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[OECD presents outputs of OECD/G20 BEPS Project for discussion at G20 Finance Ministers meeting]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The OECD presented today the final package of measures for a comprehensive, coherent and co-ordinated reform of the international tax rules to be discussed by G20 Finance Ministers at their meeting on 8 October, in Lima, Peru.  ]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/oecd-presents-outputs-of-oecd-g20-beps-project-for-discussion-at-g20-finance-ministers-meeting.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2015 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Malaysia-OECD High-level Global Symposium on financial well-being]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: This Symposium addressed cutting-edge issues to further integrate financial education and financial consumer protection policies with a view to enhancing financial well-being and to address the challenges and identify solutions in delivering effective financial education. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/malaysia-oecd-symposium-financial-education.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2015 10:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Financial Education for Long-term Savings and Investments: Review of Research and Literature]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Long-term savings and investments (LTSI) by individuals enhances their financial security while also
supporting growth and financial development. Evidence shows that financial knowledge and skills are positively related to LTSI behaviour, and indicates a strong correlation between levels of financial literacy and retirement wealth accumulation.]]></description>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5jrtgzfl6g9w-en</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2015 10:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Enhancing the financing of the real economy and financial stability in the United Kingdom]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The banking sector in the United Kingdom (UK) was deeply affected by the crisis. Bank credit has collapsed reflecting both weak demand and tighter supply. New prudential requirements have improved the resilience of the banking sector and a number of measures were taken to support credit supply.]]></description>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5jrxqbk75c43-en</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2015 17:18:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Restoring the financial sector and corporate deleveraging in Slovenia]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Excessive credit growth, poor risk assessment and lax lending standards in the run up to the 2008 global crisis led to unsustainable debt build-up in banks and related corporates.]]></description>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5jrxml3x8vq0-en</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2015 16:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[OSAA-OECD high-level event on leveraging pension funds for financing infrastructure development in Africa]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Addis Ababa - Part of the 3rd International Conference on Financing for Development, this event explored strategies to leverage Africa’s pension funds and other sources of private financing to develop Africa’s infrastructure. Ways to improve the investment climate in Africa using the recently updated Policy Framework for Investment were also be addressed.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/osaa-oecd-ffd-2015-financing-infrastructure.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2015 15:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Financing for development? Show me the money!]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In 2009, Zambian economist Dambisa Moyo published her book, “Dead Aid”, which shocked much of the international development community by claiming that ‘traditional’ systems of official development assistance (ODA) to Africa were not delivering, and arguing why we must find alternatives. This article looks at where we are at today.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2015 08:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[China signs cooperation agreements with OECD and joins OECD Development Centre]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In a historic visit by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang to the OECD in Paris, the People’s Republic of China today decided to enhance longstanding collaboration with the OECD and to join the OECD Development Centre.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/china-signs-cooperation-agreements-with-oecd-and-joins-oecd-development-centre.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2015 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Can pension funds and life insurance companies keep their promises?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This chapter from the 2015 OECD Business and Finance Outlook examines the potential impact of an environment of protracted low interest rates on pension systems and life insurance companies. It describes the mechanisms through which prolonged low interest rates can affect the solvency position of these institutions and uses available data to assess potential impacts.]]></description>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264234291-8-en</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2015 13:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Low interest rates threaten solvency of pension funds and insurers]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The current low interest rate environment poses a significant risk for the long-term financial viability of pension funds and insurance companies, as they seek to generate sufficient returns to meet promises, according to a new OECD report.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/low-interest-rates-threaten-solvency-of-pension-funds-and-insurers.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2015 16:51:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[3rd Global Forum on Responsible Business Conduct : 18-19 June 2015, OECD Conference Centre – Open to media]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Responsible business conduct (RBC) is an essential part of an open international investment climate. The activities of multinational enterprises often span multiple countries and many cultural, legal, and regulatory environments.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/3rd-global-forum-on-responsible-business-conduct-18-19-june-2015.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2015 16:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[OECD Ministers reinforce importance of investment for strong, green and inclusive growth]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The OECD’s Annual Meeting at Ministerial Level reinforced member governments’ support across a broad range of key OECD work. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/oecd-ministers-reinforce-importance-of-investment-for-strong-green-and-inclusive-growth.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2015 13:24:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[OECD Ministers launch new framework to boost sustainable investment]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[OECD Ministers have endorsed updated guidelines to help national governments and regional groups create the right conditions to attract domestic and foreign investment.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/oecd-ministers-launch-new-framework-to-boost-sustainable-investment.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2015 09:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The OECD’s Business and Finance Outlook looks at the Greatest Puzzle of Today]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The greatest puzzle today is that since the global crisis financial markets see so little risk, with asset prices rising everywhere in response to zero interest rates and quantitative easing, while companies that invest in the real economy appear see so much more risk. What can be happening? ]]></description>
<link>http://oecdinsights.org/2015/05/29/the-oecds-business-and-finance-outlook-looks-at-the-greatest-puzzle-of-today/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2015 16:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[China: Banking on a new international financial institution]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In October 2014 China launched the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), drawing wide international attention. Nearly 60 countries have joined the new international financial institution, including several OECD member and partner countries, though others have remained cautiously outside. What is the purpose of the new bank and what impact will it have? We asked Yide Qiao for his views. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/china-banking-new-international-financial-institution.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2015 10:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The stabilisation properties of immovable property taxation: evidence from OECD countries]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This paper contributes to the scarce literature on the macroeconomic effects of property taxes, in particular on the relationships between property taxes, house prices and the wider economy.]]></description>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5js0cqq93djg-en</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2015 10:53:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Investment and inequality: Stock markets for whom?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The world economy desperately needs more productive investment: to create jobs, to increase productivity and to meet critical global goals like combating climate change. But instead of more productive investment, we are getting rising stock markets. Sadly too many policymakers and journalists don’t know the difference. 
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<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/investment-inequality-stock-markets.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2015 09:53:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[2015 G20-OECD High-level roundtable on institutional investors and long-term investment]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Singapore, 28 May 2015: This roundtable will focus on key themes related to G20 work, including how policy makers and investors can facilitate private sector infrastructure financing, the development of infrastructure as an asset class, and issues relating to the regulation of long-term investment.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/2015-g20-oecd-roundtable-institutional-investors-lti.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2015 11:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[OECD Green Investment Bank Workshop]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The OECD hosted a workshop on green investment banks on 20 May 2015. It built upon discussions of green banks at the OECD Green Investment Financing Fora (May 2015 and June 2014) and continued international dialogue on the experiences of green banks. The workshop welcomed 9 different green banks, public financial institutions, NGOs, the private sector and over 20 countries interested in the green bank model.  ]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/2015-oecd-green-investment-bank-workshop.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2015 17:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Pension funds’ assets in 2014 top USD 25 trillion in OECD countries]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In this issue of "Pension Funds in Figures", preliminary data and early estimates for 2014 show that pension funds’ assets exceeded USD 25 trillion in OECD countries. The largest increases are found in Estonia, Korea, Luxembourg and Turkey, where pension funds’ assets rose by more than 20% compared to...]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/Pension-funds-pre-data-2015.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2015 15:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[3rd Global Policy Research Symposium to Advance Financial Literacy]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The 2015 OECD-GFLEC symposium is addressing financial literacy for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises and harnessing financial education to spur entrepreneurship and innovation.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/3rdglobalpolicyresearchsymposiumtoadvancefinancialliteracy.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2015 14:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Maintaining an efficient and equitable housing market in Belgium]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Housing conditions in Belgium are among the best in OECD countries according to the Better Life Index, as dwellings are of high quality and large, and housing costs are average.]]></description>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5js30ttdx36c-en</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2015 16:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Efficiency and contestability in the Colombian banking system]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Despite progress in the past decade, financial markets in Colombia remain relatively small and shallow. In particular the banking system suffers high intermediation costs, which limit constrains access to finance by households and firms.]]></description>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5js30twjgm6l-en</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2015 11:54:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The OECD's approach to capital flow management measures used with a macro-prudential intent]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This report responds to a request from the G20 that the IMF and OECD assess whether further work is needed on their respective approaches to measures which are both macro-prudential and capital flow measures, taking into account their individual mandates. The report was transmitted to G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors at their meeting on 16-17 April 2015 in Washington D.C.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/G20-OECD-Code-Report-2015.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2015 11:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Fiscal decentralisation in Colombia: new evidence regarding sustainability, risk sharing and "fiscal fatigue"]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Colombia has engaged in a sustained process of fiscal decentralisation over the past decades. Evidence is presented that the current framework is conducive to fiscal sustainability, especially after the reforms in the late 1990s and early 2000s.]]></description>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5js30tzp18kj-en</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2015 10:09:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[World Bank/IMF Spring 2015 meetings: Written statement to the International Monetary and Financial Committee]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Written statement by OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría for the IMFC during the World Bank Group/International Monetary Fund 2015 Spring meetings in Washington, DC.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/statement-for-international-monetary-and-financial-committee-april-2015.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2015 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[SMEs and entrepreneurs need to diversify their funding amid continued credit constraints]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are fundamental for inclusive growth and jobs, but they  need to broaden their sources of finance in order to reduce their vulnerability to volatile credit market developments, according to two new OECD reports.  ]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/smes-and-entrepreneurs-need-to-diversify-their-funding-amid-continued-credit-constraints.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2015 22:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Why implicit bank debt guarantees matter: Some empirical evidence]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[What are the economic effects of implicit bank debt guarantees and who ultimately benefits? This report sheds light on these questions]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/Why-implicit-bank-debt-guarantees-matter-some-empirical-evidence.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2015 00:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Unlocking SME finance through market-based debt]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are key contributors to economic growth and job creation. The
current economic and financial crisis has reduced bank lending and has affected SMEs in particular. Capital
markets will have to play a bigger role in financing SMEs in order to make them more resilient to financial
shocks. This article reviews the spectrum of alternative market-based debt instruments for SME financing. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/Unlocking-SME-finance-through-market-based-debt.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2015 00:23:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Tracing the origins of the financial crisis ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[More than half a decade has passed since the most significant economic crisis of our lifetimes and a plethora of different interpretations has been offered about its origins. This paper consolidates the stylised facts put forward so far into a concise and coherent meta-narrative.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/Tracing-the-origins-of-the-financial-crisis.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2015 00:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Financial education for migrants and their families]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Money remitted by international migrants is a major source of income for many countries. Yet individual migrants and their families are often amongst the most vulnerable people in society, and many face significant barriers to the access and use of appropriate financial products. This paper looks at key challenges and how governments can take measures to support migrant workers and their families and improve their financial literacy.]]></description>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5js4h5rw17vh-en</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2015 09:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The changing role of the exchange rate for macroeconomic adjustment]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Recent episodes of large exchange rate movements, such as for Japan or the United Kingdom, have typically not been associated with large changes in trade balances and despite the polarisation of international investment positions large currency fluctuations during the global crisis of 2008-09 did not cause significant financial dislocations.]]></description>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5js4rfhjf15l-en</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2015 11:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[15th Tokyo Roundtable on Capital Market and Financial Reform in Asia]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This roundtable offers a forum for regulators, policy-makers, experts, practitioners, scholars and international organisations to discuss issues relating to capital market reform in Asia.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/15thtokyoroundtableoncapitalmarketandfinancialreforminasia.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2015 12:41:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The conduct of monetary policy in the future: instrument use]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The set of monetary policy instruments has expanded since the start of the global financial crisis in the many OECD economies. Against this background, this paper analyses whether some of the new instruments should be retained in the long term when broader financial stability objectives are likely to feature more prominently as monetary policy goals than prior to the crisis.]]></description>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5js4w293c46j-en</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2015 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mr. Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD, in Athens on 10-11 February 2015]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Mr. Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD, was in Athens on 10-11 February 2015 on an official visit to Greece.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/secretary-general-athens-10-11-february-2015.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2015 09:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[What are the channels for investment in sustainable energy?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This report develops a framework that classifies investments according to different types of financing instruments and investment funds, and highlights the risk mitigants and transaction enablers that intermediaries can use to mobilise institutionally held capital. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/environment/mapping-channels-to-mobilise-institutional-investment-in-sustainable-energy-9789264224582-en.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2015 11:13:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Escaping the Stagnation Trap: Policy Options for the Euro Area and Japan]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The global economy continues to run at low speed and many countries, particularly in Europe, seem unable to overcome the legacies of the crisis. With high unemployment, high inequality and low trust still weighing heavily, it is imperative to swiftly implement reforms that boost demand and employment and raise potential growth.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/escaping-the-stagnation-trap-policy-options-for-the-euro-area-and-japan.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2015 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Infrastructure versus other investments in the global economy and stagnation hypotheses: What do company data tell us?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[“Why do financial institutions and investors see so little risk, while companies investing in the real economy see so much risk?” This is perhaps the most important question facing policy makers today. This paper sets out some of the possible hypotheses for lack of investment in the world economy.  It uses data drawn from 10 000 global companies in 75 advanced and emerging countries.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/Infrastructure-versus-other-investments-Global-economy-Stagnation-hypotheses.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2015 11:36:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[OECD/Thailand Seminar on Financial Inclusion and Financial Literacy in Asia]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This seminar addressed cutting-edge policy issues and research ideas to promote financial inclusion and financial literacy in Asia, notably: national strategies for financial education; financial education and consumer protection; measuring financial literacy; and, financial literacy for micro-entrepreneurs and SMEs. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/oecd-thailand-seminar-financial-literacy-asia.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2014 15:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Launch of OECD Pensions Outlook 2014]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The 2014 edition of the OECD Pensions Outlook explores the crucial and far-reaching challenges that pension systems are currently facing. This report was released at a launch event in London on 8 December 2014.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/private-pensions/launch-oecd-pensions-outlook-2014.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2014 13:49:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Economic stagnation compounds demographic pressure on pension systems, says OECD]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Low growth, low interest rates and low returns on investment linked to the slow global economy are now compounding the problems of population ageing for both public and private pension systems, according to a new OECD report.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/demographic-change-and-economic-stagnation-put-pressure-onpension-systems.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2014 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[OECD/Euromoney Roundtable on Long-term Investment Policy]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[2014 OECD/Euromoney Roundtable on Long-term Investment Policy: The roundtable provided a unique opportunity for participants to discuss the OECD’s work on institutional investors and long-term financing with senior policymakers and regulators, and to facilitate investment by institutional investors, addressing both potential regulatory obstacles and market failures.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/2014-oecd-euromoney-roundtable-lti.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2014 15:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Emerging Trends and Challenges in Official Financing - Paris Club Forum ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Closing remarks made by the OECD Secretary-General during the Paris Club Forum, organised jointly by the Australian Presidency and the Paris Club.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/public-debt/emerging-trends-and-challenges-in-official-financing.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2014 11:51:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Factors behind the decline in real long-term government bond yields]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This paper describes developments in real long-term interest rates in the main OECD economies and surveys their various determinants. Real long-term government bond yields declined from the 1980s to very low levels in the recent period, though they have not reached the historical lows of the 1970s.]]></description>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5jxvgg7q1322-en</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2014 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Investment gaps after the crisis]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The downturn in fixed investment among advanced economies from the onset of the global crisis was unusually severe, widespread and long-lasting relative to comparable episodes in the past. As a result, investment gaps are large in many countries, not only in relation to past norms but also relative to projected future steady-state levels, with a gap of 2 percentage points of GDP or more in several countries.]]></description>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5jxvgg76vqg1-en</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2014 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Secular stagnation: evidence and implications for economic policy]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This paper investigates whether OECD countries are facing secular stagnation. Secular stagnation is defined as a situation when policy interest rates bounded  at zero fail to stimulate demand sufficiently, due to low or negative neutral real interest rates and low inflation, and when ensuing prolonged and subdued growth undermines potential growth via labour hysteresis and discouraged investment.]]></description>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5jxvgg6q27vd-en</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2014 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Inducing Private Finance for Renewable Energy Projects: Evidence from Micro-Data - Environment Working Paper]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This paper analyses the effects of government policies on flows of private finance for investment in renewable energy. It also examines whether direct provision of public finance for a project increases the volume of private finance raised. The analysis covers 87 countries, six renewable energy sectors (wind, solar, biomass, small hydropower, marine and geothermal).]]></description>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5jxvg0k6thr1-en</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2014 09:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Financing infrastructure – International trends 2014]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The infrastructure financing market has gone through a process of radical transformation starting from the mid-2000s. This article provides an overview of international trends in infrastructure finance. It proposes a map of the different investment channels that private investors can use to access the infrastructure investment on the equity and debt side, highlighting the historical evolution of these segments in the past few years.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/Financing-infrastructure-international-trends2014.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2014 16:14:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Non-bank debt financing for SMEs: The role of securitisation, private placements and bonds]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This article summarises discussions from an OECD Financial Roundtable on reducing bank dependence in financing small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and non-bank debt financing alternatives. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/Non-bank-debt-financing-for-SMEs.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2014 16:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[2014 OECD/IOPS Global Forum on Private Pensions]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[2-3 October 2014, Swakopmund, Namibia: This event focused on the pension reform process in Africa, tax and the financial incentives that affect savings in complementary private pensions, and the role of pension funds in long-term investment financing and capital market development.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/2014oecdiopsglobalforumonprivatepensions.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2014 11:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The effect of the global financial crisis on OECD potential output]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This paper estimates potential output losses from the global financial crisis by comparing recent OECD published projections with a counter-factual assuming a continuation of pre-crisis productivity trends and a trend employment rate which is sensitive to demographic trends.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/economics/the-effect-of-the-global-financial-crisis-on-oecd-potential-output_5jxwtl8h75bw-en</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2014 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The post-2015 agenda must steer a transformational shift towards sustainable development]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[As the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) approach their expiry date, we must focus our efforts on ensuring a brighter, more inclusive and sustainable future for all. We face a plethora of common issues: growing inequalities; changing consumption patterns and population dynamics; increasing natural resource scarcity; and ongoing illicit financial flows.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/the-post-2015-agenda-must-steer-a-transformational-shift-towards-sustainable-development.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2014 18:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Addressing high household debt in Korea]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Rising household debt has become a major policy concern in Korea. By the end of 2012, it had risen to 164% of disposable income, well above the OECD average of 133%.]]></description>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5jxx0558mfbv-en</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2014 09:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Reducing macroeconomic imbalances in Turkey]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Turkey recovered swiftly from the global financial crisis but sizeable macroeconomic imbalances arose in the process.]]></description>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5jxx055pjf0x-en</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2014 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Sony Kapoor: The OECD must take charge of promoting long-term investment in developing country infrastructure]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This blog post by Sony Kapoor, Managing Director, Re-Define International Think Tank, gives his view on why the OECD – which uniquely houses financial, development, infrastructure and environmental expertise under one roof – must take charge of promoting long-term investment in developing country infrastructure.]]></description>
<link>http://oe.cd/GV</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2014 18:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[3rd International Meeting on Terrorism Risk Insurance]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Washington DC, 10 September 2014: This meeting addressed the evolution of the terrorism threat, the availability and affordability of terrorism risk insurance, the financial liability of governments and short and long-term perspectives.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/2014-terrorism-risk-insurance-meeting.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2014 12:54:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Boosting the development of efficient SMEs in the Netherlands]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Entrepreneurship is an important driver of economic growth, job creation and competitiveness. However, the small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) sector has been severely affected by the crisis, with access to bank finance being particularly difficult.]]></description>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5jxz9xztql6f-en</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2014 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Making the banking sector more resilient and reducing household debt in the Netherlands]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Dutch banks were put under heavy strains early in the global downturn and have comparatively weak financial buffers to cope with new shocks. Falling house prices have increased the share of households with negative home equity to nearly 35% for home-owning households and 40% for mortgage holders.]]></description>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5jxz9z0fhcwj-en</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2014 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Freedom of choice, bitcoins and legal tender]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This blog post by Adrian Blundell-Wignall builds on a working paper he published earlier this year titled "The Bitcoin Question: Currency versus Trust-less Transfer Technology". 
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<link>http://oe.cd/FY </link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2014 16:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Policy responses to the issue of implicit bank debt guarantees: OECD survey results]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Bank regulatory reform measures are expected to limit the value of implicit bank debt guarantees, even if not plainly targeting such values. These survey results, covering 35 countries, show that no single policy is considered capable of fully eliminating the market perception that bank debt is “special”. A mixture of different and complementary measures is seen to hold greater promise. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/Implicit-bank-debt-guarantees-policy-responses.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2014 13:14:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Problems in the International Financial System]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Since the 1980s, OECD investment-saving correlations – as an inverse measure of economic openness – indicate a very wide disparity of openness between the OECD and emerging market economies (EMEs) with an absence of open markets in the latter. Given the increasing weight of EMEs in the world economy, this paper warns that this pattern of growth with disparity of openness is ultimately unsustainable. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/Problems-Intl-Financial-System-2014.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2014 14:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[US long term interest rates and capital flows to emerging economies]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5jz0wh67l733-en</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2014 17:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Deconstructing Canada’s housing markets: finance, affordability and urban sprawl]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[House prices have increased significantly in Canada over the past decade, driving household debt and residential construction activity to historical highs.]]></description>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5jz0zbg20h34-en</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2014 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Launch of the OECD PISA financial literacy assessment of students]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The results of the first international assessment of 15-year-old students’ financial literacy competencies were presented in Paris on 9 July 2014.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/2014-launch-pisa-financial-literacy-students.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2014 00:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[APEC/OECD Seminar on long-term and stable financing]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This seminar took place in Dalian, China, with discussions focusing on institutional investors and long-term financing and policy measures and initiatives to address constraints to infrastructure investment identified by APEC under the Chinese presidency.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/apec-oecd-seminar-infrastructure-financing-2014.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2014 15:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Measurement and analysis of implicit guarantees for bank debt: OECD survey results]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This report describes the key findings from responses by 35 countries to a survey on implicit guarantees. Policy makers have announced their intention to rein in the values of implicit guarantees so it is important to measure their value to help facilitate the task of assessing progress in reducing their value. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/Measurement-Analysis-Implicit-Guarantees-Bank-Debt.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2014 17:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The Bitcoin Question: Currency versus Trust-less Transfer Technology]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The financial crisis has led to a widespread loss of trust in financial intermediaries of all kinds, perhaps helping to open the way towards the general acceptance of alternative technologies. This paper briefly summarises the crypto-currency phenomenon, separating the ‘currency’ issues from the potential technology benefits.]]></description>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5jz2pwjd9t20-en</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2014 08:32:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Macroprudential policy tools in Norway: strengthening financial system resilience]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In Norway house prices have risen to high levels, associated with very strong credit growth, in a context of low interest rates. Such a combination was in many countries a contributory factor to the 2008-09 crisis.]]></description>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5jz2mm2vbhjk-en</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2014 10:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[2014 G20-OECD High-level roundtable on institutional investors and long-term investment]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Singapore, 4 June 2014: This roundtable focused on how policymakers and investors can facilitate private sector infrastructure financing, as well as issues related to governance for institutional investors and the accounting treatment for long-term investment. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/2014-g20-oecd-roundtable-institutional-investors-lti.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2014 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Institutional investors and long-term investment: OECD project report 2012-2014]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This brochure provides information about the OECD Project on Institutional Investors and Long-term Investment. It covers the first two years of activity following the launch of the project in February 2012. This project aims to facilitate long-term investment by institutional investors such as pension funds, insurance companies, and sovereign wealth funds, addressing both potential regulatory obstacles and market failures.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/OECD-LTI-project.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2014 11:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[High-level conference on global and European trends in financial education]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Organised in Istanbul, this event focused on financial education across Europe and in Turkey, the role(s) of the private and not-for-profit sectors in financial education, financial literacy and innovation for young people and financial education for migrant workers and their families.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/2014-conference-global-european-trends-financial-education.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2014 09:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Spillover effects from exiting highly expansionary monetary policies]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The prospective normalisation of monetary policies in the main OECD areas will be challenging given that current policy rates are likely to be significantly below neutral levels and that central bank balance sheets will be above the pre-crisis levels by a wide margin.]]></description>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5jz417mb6dzp-en</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2014 14:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[How to improve taxes and transfers in Israel]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Ensuring tax and transfer systems bring sufficient revenue to reach macroeconomic fiscal targets, address societal goals in re-distribution and social welfare, recognise the influence taxation has on businesses’ competitiveness and adequately address environmental externalities is a tough challenge, arguably more so in Israel than in many other OECD countries.]]></description>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5jz5j1t07vs0-en </link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2014 11:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Pooling of Institutional Investors Capital – Selected Case Studies in unlisted equity infrastructure]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This G20 report looks at the evolution of private institutional investment in infrastructure and examines how the market has developed; analyses various investment vehicles with a snapshot of the growth experienced in the market; categorises methods used for investing in infrastructure; and, highlights the challenges and barriers to investment.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/OECD-Pooling-Institutional-Investors-Capital-Unlisted-Equity-Infrastructure.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2014 23:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[G20-OECD Roundtable on Financial Consumer Protection ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This event addressed cutting-edge policy issues and research ideas to advance consumer protection globally. Discussions will focus on mobile, online and digital payment systems; behavioural and decision-making insights; and, frameworks for treating consumers fairly.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/g20-oecd-roundtable-financial-consumer-protection-2014.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2014 16:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Financial Education for Youth: The Role of Schools]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This book addresses the challenges linked to the introduction of financial education in schools and and provides practical guidance and case studies to assist policy makers.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/financial-education-for-youth.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2014 19:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[OECD-Risklab-APG Workshop on pension fund regulation and long-term investment]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Held in Amsterdam on 7 April 2014, this workshop focused on: long-term pension investment strategies under risk-based regulation; riskiness and pro-cyclicality in pension asset allocation; and, regulatory challenges for long-term illiquid assets.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/oecd-apg-workshop-pension-fund-regulation-lti.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2014 15:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The prudential regulation of financial institutions: why regulatory responses to the crisis might not prove sufficient]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This paper surveys recent international developments concerning the prudential regulation of financial institutions: banks, the shadow banking system and insurance companies. It concludes that, while substantial progress has been made, the global economy nevertheless remains vulnerable to possible future financial instability.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/economics/the-prudential-regulation-of-financial-institutions_5jz6zgzzw8s4-en</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2014 09:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Trust and the Wealth of Nations]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In the 17th arrondissement of Paris you can walk past a bust of the 19-20th century French writer, Tristan Bernard. It carries a maxim that always makes me smile, roughly translated: Only trust yourself and then not very much. ("Ne compter que sur soi-même et encore pas beaucoup. ") It is simple, but invites reflection on the staggering level of trust that each of us invests in countless fellow humans.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/trust-and-the-wealth-of-nations.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2014 08:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Sovereign borrowing set to fall in 2014, says OECD]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Borrowing operations by OECD governments are set to decrease, as their borrowing needs continue to decline, according to a new OECD report. Net borrowing needs are projected to fall from USD 2.0 trillion in 2013 to USD 1.5 trillion in 2014, the lowest level since 2007.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/sovereign-borrowing-set-to-fall-in-2014.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2014 15:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Institutional investors and ownership engagement]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This article provides a framework for analysing the character and degree of ownership engagement by institutional investors. There are large differences in ownership engagement between different categories of institutional investors. There are also differences in ownership engagement within the same category of institutional investors such as hedge funds, investment funds, etc.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/Institutional-investors-ownership-engagement.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2014 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Five decades at the heart of financial modernisation: The OECD and its Committee on Financial Markets]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This report shows how OECD’s work on financial markets, with the Committee on Financial Markets (CMF) at its core, has evolved over the past five decades. More than just a chronology, it attempts to explain and analyse the factors and dynamics that transformed financial markets and the work conducted in that area – thereby putting into perspective the challenges that lie ahead. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/Five-Decades-Financial-Modernisation.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2014 16:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Improving the monitoring of the value of implicit guarantees for bank debt]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The value of implicit guarantees has declined from its peak at the height of the financial crisis, which is consistent with progress made regarding the bank regulatory reform agenda, as one would expect that many of the reform measures imply a more limited value of implicit guarantees for bank debt. Implicit guarantees persist however and their value continues to be significant.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/Improving_monitoring_guarantees_bank_debt.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2014 16:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[SMEs and the credit crunch: Current financing difficulties, policy measures and a review of literature]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This article presents a brief overview of current financing difficulties for SMEs and policy measures to support SME lending during the crisis, and presents a literature review related to difficulties in SME’s access to finance during the crisis, against a background of a sharp decline in bank profitability and an erosion of bank capital that negatively affected lending.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/SMEs-Credit-Crunch-Financing-Difficulties.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2014 16:27:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[14th Tokyo Roundtable on Capital Market Reform in Asia]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Discussions at the 14th roundtable focussed on quantitative easing (QE) tapering to Asia, financial regulatory reforms, financial liberalisation and fragmenting growth, long-term investment for infrastructure, financial inclusion and disaster risk financing in insurance and financial markets.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/14thtokyoroundtableoncapitalmarketreforminasia.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2014 12:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[High-level Global Symposium on Financial Education: Promoting Long-term Savings and Investments]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This event, co-organised by the OECD and the Korean authorities, explored policies and good practices for supporting long-term savings and investments through financial education and financial consumer protection.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/globalsymposiumonfinancialeducationforlong-termsavingsandinvestments.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2014 12:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[OECD Global Forum on Public Debt Management]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Discussions at this event focused on enhancing transparency in public debt management, the impact of tapering and exit on public debt management, and the role of DMOs in centralised or integrated risk management.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/oecdglobalforumonpublicdebtmanagement.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Feb 2014 11:17:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Dividing the pie in Brazil: income distribution, social policies and the new middle class]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Brazil has made remarkable progress in reducing poverty and inequality. This reduction is explained by strong growth but also by effective social policies. Besides growth, public services and cash transfers have played the biggest role, the latter notably through the successful "Bolsa Familia" programme.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/economics/dividing-the-pie-in-brazil-income-distribution-social-policies-and-the-new-middle-class_5jzb6w1rt99p-en</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jan 2014 09:18:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The state of the banking sector in Europe]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This paper reviews the state of the banking sector in Europe. At the aggregate level, the empirical data suggest that the Baltics, Cyprus, Greece and Ireland, in particular, are hit by a strong decline in lending in the wake of the financial crisis.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/economics/the-state-of-the-banking-sector-in-europe_5k3ttg7n4r32-en</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jan 2014 09:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Green Growth and Sustainable Development Forum 2013: How to unlock investment in support of green growth?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The 2013 Forum was held on 5-6 December and discussed how governments can improve their investment policy framework to reduce the risk and attract long-term private finance in support of green growth.
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<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/gg-sd-2013.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2013 10:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bank Business Models and the Basel System: Complexity and Interconnectedness]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The main hallmarks of the global financial crisis were too-big-to-fail institutions taking on too much risk with other people’s money: excess leverage and default pressure resulting from contagion and counterparty risk. This paper looks at whether the Basel III reforms address these issues effectively and proposes improvements to the current reform proposals.  ]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/Bank-Business-Models-Basel-2013.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2013 18:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Capital Controls on Inflows, the Global Financial Crisis and Economic Growth: Evidence for Emerging Economies]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This paper investigates whether countries that had controls on inflows in place prior to the crisis were less vulnerable during the global financial crisis. More generally, it examines economic growth effects of such controls over the entire economic cycle, finding that capital restrictions on inflows (particularly debt liabilities) may be useful in good times but may have adverse effects in a crisis. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/Capital-Controls-Inflows-2013.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2013 16:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Macro-prudential Policy, Bank Systemic Risk and Capital Controls]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This paper looks at macro-prudential policies in the light of empirical evidence on the determinants of bank systemic risk, and the effectiveness of capital controls. It concludes that complexity and interdependence is such that care should be taken in implementing macro-prudential policies until much more is understood about these issues. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/Macro-Prudential-Policy-2013.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2013 13:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bank Business Models and the Separation Issue]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The bank regulator's paradox is that large, complex and interconnected banks need very little capital in the good times, but they can never have enough in an extreme crisis. Separation is required to deal with this problem, which derives mainly from counterparty risk. This paper outlines the OECD’s separation proposal and also compares it to current national approaches to separation.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/Bank-Separation-2013.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2013 11:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Africa: Central government debt statistics]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This statistical yearbook provides quantitative information on African central government debt instruments. It includes individual country data but also comparative statistics to facilitate pan-African (cross-country) analysis.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/africacentralgovernmentdebtstatistics.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 Nov 2013 17:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Institutional Investors and Infrastructure Financing]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This paper identifies the main trends in long-term financial intermediation focusing on the role of institutional investors in providing long-term finance for growth and development. It also highlights infrastructure as one specific sector that is facing major challenges in long-term financing.]]></description>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5k3wh99xgc33-en</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 06 Nov 2013 16:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[2013 OECD/IOPS Global Forum on Private Pensions]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The 2013 Global Forum focused on a number of critical policy, regulatory and supervisory issues affecting private and public pension provision in the Asia region. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/2013oecdiopsglobalforumonprivatepensions.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 05 Nov 2013 18:19:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Pension Markets in Focus 2013]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[After showing an average negative rate of return on investment across the OECD zone in 2011, pension fund assets achieved high returns in almost all OECD countries in 2012, with a real return greater than 5% in 18 countries, according to the latest edition of Pension Markets in Focus. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/PensionMarketsInFocus2013.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 Nov 2013 11:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Institutional investors and green infrastructure investments]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This paper examines how institutional investors can access green infrastructure, the extent to which this is currently happening, and the barriers to scaling up these investment flows. Based on four case studies, broader lessons are drawn for governments on the policy settings which may support investment in green infrastructure by institutional investors.]]></description>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5k3xr8k6jb0n-en</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Oct 2013 17:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Women and Financial Education: Evidence, Policy Responses and Guidance]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This book addresses gender differences in financial literacy and reviews policy responses and initiatives across the world to tackle women’s and girls’ needs, drawing lessons from existing experiences.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/women-and-financial-education-2013.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Oct 2013 15:51:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Promoting financial inclusion through financial education]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Low levels of financial inclusion are associated with lower levels of financial literacy. This report looks at how policy makers are developing financial education policies for financial inclusion. It highlights challenges faced and solutions found, as well as outlining the main lessons learnt and possibilities for the way forward.
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<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5k3xz6m88smp-en</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 Oct 2013 15:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Developing Local Currency Bond Markets: A New Diagnostic Framework]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Jointly developed by the IMF, World Bank, EBRD, and the OECD, this report analyses the main elements necessary to deepen domestic bond markets in emerging and developing economies.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/developinglocalcurrencybondmarketsanewdiagnosticframework.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 Oct 2013 08:36:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[OECD-Latin America Seminar on enhancing transparency and monitoring of insurance markets]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This regional seminar in Montevideo, Uruguay, focused on the monitoring and transparency of insurance markets in Latin America through the provision of sound insurance statistics and indicators, regionally and globally.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/insurance/2013-oecd-latin-america-seminar-insurance-markets.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2013 23:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Equity markets, corporate governance and value creation]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This article provides both an analytical framework for the role of public policy in corporate governance and a description of the empirical context that influences the conditions for that policy. ]]></description>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/fmt-2013-5k40m1ntmhzs</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2013 14:41:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[APEC Finance Ministers welcome OECD report on disaster risk financing in the Asia Pacific region]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[At their meetings on 19-20 September 2013, APEC Finance Ministers welcomed a survey report prepared by the OECD on disaster risk financing practices in the Asia Pacific region. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/apecfinanceministerswelcomeoecdreportondisasterriskfinancingintheasiapacificregion.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2013 12:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Financial education and women]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Both women and men need to be sufficiently financially literate to effectively participate in economic activities and to take appropriate financial decisions for themselves and their families, but women often have less financial knowledge and lower access to formal financial products than men. Women therefore have specific and additional financial literacy needs.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/financialeducationandwomen.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Sep 2013 21:19:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[G20 countries step up action to help consumers make informed financial decisions]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The financial crisis has shown that many people need to have a better understanding of the financial issues in order to make informed decisions on matters such as savings, investments, pensions and credit, according to a report to be presented to G20 leaders in Saint Petersburg this week.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/g20-countries-step-up-action-to-help-consumers-make-informed-financial-decisions.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Sep 2013 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[APEC/OECD Seminar on Infrastructure Financing]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This seminar took place in Palembang, Indonesia, with discussions focusing on institutional investors and long-term financing and policy measures and initiatives to address constraints to infrastructure investment identified by APEC under the Indonesian presidency.
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<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/apec-oecd-seminar-infrastructure-financing-2013.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Aug 2013 14:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Financial Education in Latin America and the Caribbean]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This report provides an overview of the status of financial education programmes in Latin America and the Caribbean, discusses their rationale, and offers initial guidance for policy makers.]]></description>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5k41zq7hp6d0-en</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Aug 2013 17:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Japan's challenging debt dynamics]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This working paper presents the background and the details of the simulations behind Box 1.4 of the May 2013 OECD Economic Outlook. A small simulation model is used to evaluate the contribution that the three pillars of the government’s strategy – fiscal consolidation, growth-boosting structural reforms and higher inflation – could make to reversing the rise in Japan’s public debt ratio.]]></description>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5k41w045v6mp-en</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 20 Aug 2013 10:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[OECD Insurance Statistics: Database and publication]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This database and book provide major official insurance statistics for all OECD countries including data on premiums collected, claims, commissions by type of insurance, investments by type of investment, and numbers of companies and employees. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/financial-markets/oecd-insurance-statistics.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Aug 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The benefits and costs of highly expansionary monetary policy]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[How far to go – and to remain – in the direction of highly expansionary monetary policy hinges on the balance of marginal benefits and costs of additional monetary easing and its expected evolution over time. This paper sketches a framework for assessing this balance and applies it to four OECD economic areas: the euro area, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States.]]></description>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5k41zq8lwj9v-en</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Aug 2013 14:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The effectiveness of monetary policy since the onset of the financial crisis]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In the wake of the Great Recession, a massive monetary policy stimulus was provided in the main OECD 
economies. It helped to stabilise financial markets and avoid deflation. Nonetheless, GDP growth has been sluggish and in some countries lower than expected given the measures taken, and estimated economic slack remains large.]]></description>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5k41zq9brrbr-en</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Aug 2013 10:49:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Deleveraging: challenges, progress and policies]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In the run-up to the financial crisis, indebtedness of households and non-financial businesses rose to historically high levels in many OECD countries; gross debt of financial companies rose dramatically relative to GDP. Much of the debt accumulation appears to have been based on excessive risk-taking and exceptional macro-economic conditions and therefore not sustainable.]]></description>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5k4221459fjc-en</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 Aug 2013 10:44:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Assessing the cost effectiveness of index-linked bond issuance]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Sovereign index-linked bond issuance has grown significantly since the early 1980s and index-linked bonds have become a widely accepted part of the set of instruments that sovereign debt managers use for funding purposes. This paper sets out a methodology for assessing their cost effectiveness relative to other financing options, using UK examples for illustration.]]></description>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5k481881kjwh-en</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 Aug 2013 16:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Pension Fund Investment in Infrastructure: A Comparison between Australia and Canada]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[At a time when many governments are looking to encourage private investment in infrastructure to bridge the infrastructure financing gap, this paper compares the experience of pension funds in Canada and Australia, looking at infrastructure policies, the pension system, investment strategies, asset allocation and governance of pension funds.]]></description>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5k43f5dv3mhf-en</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jul 2013 08:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Developing a funded pension system in Russia ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Faced with the acute poverty of many Russian pensioners, the Russian government is engaged in wide-ranging systemic reforms. This report contributes to the policy discussion by identifying aspects of the system that may need to be reformed and describing the experience of other countries as a point of comparison. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/private-pensions/RussaFundedPensionSystem2013.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jul 2013 23:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Banking, ethics and good principles]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Whether you blame poor regulation, sloppy governance, greed or bad luck, banks were frontline culprits in causing the crisis. Governments have been working on reforms to fix the financial sector and improve governance, but a lot more work remains to be done. Some OECD principles can help.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecdobserver.org/news/fullstory.php/aid/4017/Banking,_ethics_and_good_principles_.html</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jul 2013 15:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Italy and the euro area crisis: securing fiscal sustainability and financial stability]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Italy’s policy of fiscal consolidation and growth-friendly structural reforms has substantially improved its economic prospects, but the adverse sentiment that the country has faced in the sovereign bond market over the past years has deep roots.]]></description>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5k44ssrpqdxq-en</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jul 2013 15:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Banks’ restructuring and smooth deleveraging of the private sector in Slovenia]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Slovenia is facing the legacy of a boom-bust cycle that has been compounded by weak corporate governance of state-owned banks. The levels of non-performing loans and capital adequacy ratios compare poorly in international perspective and may deteriorate further, which could require significant bank recapitalisation.]]></description>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5k44v5122gf0-en</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jun 2013 10:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[G20-World Bank-OECD conference on empowering consumers of financial products and services ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This conference in Moscow explored strategies for developing financial literacy and capability and building effective consumer protection systems.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/russiag20presidency-worldbank-oecdconferenceconsumerprotection.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:16:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[G20-OECD High-level roundtable on institutional investors and long-term investment
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<description><![CDATA[Co-organised by the G20 Russian Presidency and the OECD, this roundtable focused on policy measures to address constraints in long-term investment. It was organised back-to-back with the 2013 OECD Forum and the OECD-Euromoney Infrastructure Summit.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/g20-oecd-roundtable-institutional-investors-long-term-investment.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 16:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Structural reform and supervision of the banking sector in France]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The crisis has shown that there is no such thing as an optimal banking structure or model. The Liikanen report highlighted excessive risk taking and excessive reliance on short-term funding not matched with adequate capital protection. The French reform of the banking sector builds on this insight as well as the agreement reached by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and the European CRD 4 to foster financial stability.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/Bank-reform-supervision-France.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 15:32:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Long-term investment, the cost of capital and the dividend and buyback puzzle]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The paper argues that interest rates are at extremely low levels to support banks, and the search for yield has pushed the liquidity driven speculative bubble from real estate, derivatives and structured products markets into the corporate debt market. Equities have rallied strongly too. This asset cycle is certainly helping banks reduce hidden losses on illiquid securities and could also help reduce the cost of equity.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/Long-term-investment_CapitalCost-dividend-buyback.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 14:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Fixing finance ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[There are good reasons why the public has lost confidence in banking and finance. Two issues in particular must be addressed before it can be restored– moral hazard and conflict of interest. Reforms should ensure that banks and bankers–not taxpayers–pay the price of failure and are held fully accountable for their actions.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/fixing-finance.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 10:29:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[OECD Central Government Debt Statistics]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Governments are major issuers of debt instruments in the global financial market. This volume provides quantitative information on central government debt instruments for the 34 OECD countries.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/central-government-debt-statistics.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Statement to the German Bundestag's Finance Committee Hearing on the Draft Bank-Separation Law
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<description><![CDATA[This statement by Adrian Blundell-Wignall and Paul Atkinson was presented to the German Bundestag's Finance Committee Hearing on the Draft Bank-Separation Law (Drucksache 17/12601) on 22 April 2013.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/BundestagDraftBankLaw.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Written Statement to the International Monetary and Financial Committee - April 2013]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The OECD provides an update on global economy in this statement to the International Monetary and Financial Committee - April 2013.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/written-statement-to-international-monetary-and-financial-committee-april2013.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 20 Apr 2013 17:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Government Debt Management and Operational Risk: A Risk Management Framework and its Application in Turkey]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The management of operational risk is at the heart of efficient government, but countries often fail to apply good or even routine operational risk management practices and have difficulty in understanding how to put the processes in place. This paper sets out a widely-applicable and relevant policy approach and management framework and illustrates its practical application in Turkey.]]></description>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5k483jnqxtms-en</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 09:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[13th Tokyo Roundtable on Capital Market Reform in Asia]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The implications of the European sovereign debt crisis for Asia, the globalisation of the funding of investments and the contribution of long-term institutional investors to growth were amongst the topics explored at the 2013 Tokyo Roundtable.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/13thtokyoroundtableoncapitalmarketreforminasia.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Banking in a challenging environment: Business models, ethics and approaches towards risks]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This article summarises discussions from a financial roundtable addressing concerns about structural flaws in the way banks operate and are being regulated and supervised in the wake of on-going banking sector problems involving financial fraud and banking scandals. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/Banking_in_a_challenging_environment.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 13:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The future of the Asian economic and financial community]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This article by OECD Deputy Secretary-General Rintaro Tamaki focuses on three issues that will be important in shaping the future of the Asian economic and financial community: trade, funding long-term investment and strengthened regional financial co-operation.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/Future_of_Asian_economic_financial_community.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 13:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Conference on defined contribution pensions, guarantees and risk sharing]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[London, UK. Discussions at this event focused on how to make Defined Contribution pensions work better for members, designing Defined Ambition pension plans, guarantees v. risk sharing pension deals and pensions communication and individual behaviour.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/conferencedcpensionsguaranteesrisksharing.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[India-OECD-World Bank Conference on financial education in India and Asia]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This conference, taking place on 4-5 March 2013 in New Delhi, India, addressed specific issues relating to financial literacy in India and the Asia region. It presented the output of the Russia/OECD/World Bank Trust Fund on Financial Literacy and Education. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/oecd-wbconferencefinancialeducationindiaasia.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 11:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[OECD government borrowing set to rise slightly in 2013]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The gross borrowing needs of OECD governments are projected to increase slightly to around USD 10.9 trillion in 2013, up from the already high level of USD 10.8 trillion in 2012, according to a new OECD report. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/oecdgovernmentborrowingsettoriseslightlyin2013.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Housing, financial and capital taxation policies to ensure robust growth in Sweden]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Extensive structural reforms since the early 1990s have strengthened the resilience of the Swedish economy to shocks.]]></description>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5k4c0vtc1kkk-en</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[OECD-World Bank Conference on building financial capability in Africa and the Middle East]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This conference in Nairobi, Kenya, addressed specific issues relating to financial literacy in Africa and the MENA region. It presented the output of the Russia/OECD/World Bank Trust Fund on Financial Literacy and Education.
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<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/oecd-wbseminarfinancialcapabilityafricamiddleeast.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 10:19:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Strengthening Euro Area banks]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Big changes are needed to strengthen the capital positions of euro area banks. European banks remain at the heart of the euro area crisis. Despite actions to strengthen banks and build a banking union, confidence in the euro area banking system remains weak, and is likely to remain so until underlying concerns over low capitalisation of some banks are addressed.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/strengtheningeuroareabanks.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 12:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[2nd International Meeting on Terrorism Risk Insurance]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Paris, 5 December 2012: This conference addressed the evolution of the terrorism threat and whether current insurance solutions adequately answer the needs of market players in an ever changing risk context.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/2ndinternationalmeetingonterrorismriskinsurance.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 17:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mobilising Investment in Low-Carbon, Climate Resilient Infrastructure - Environment Working Paper No. 46]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This paper addresses several broad issues for governments aiming to encourage private sector investment in low-carbon climate resilient (LCR) infrastructure, in both developed and developing world contexts.]]></description>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5k8zm3gxxmnq-en</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2012 17:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Developments in the value of implicit guarantees for bank debt: The role of resolution regimes and practices]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This report concludes that actual application of bail-ins, involving bondholders in loss sharing, could effectively reign in perceptions of implicit guarantees for bank debt. However, bail-ins are rare owing to concerns about contagion risks and depositor and investor protection, so implicit guarantees persist.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/Value_Implicit_Guarantees_Bank_Debt.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2012 11:14:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Responding to the crisis: what are OECD countries doing to strengthen their public finances? ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[OECD countries are intensifying their fiscal consolidation  efforts, introducing additional measures and extending the time horizon to implement them. Most have announced  fiscal consolidation of more than 3% of GDP over the period 2009-15, according to the OECD’s Restoring Public Finances 2012. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/respondingtothecrisiswhatareoecdcountriesdoingtostrengthentheirpublicfinances.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2012 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Efficient Public Sectors for Better Governance
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<description><![CDATA[OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría opens the Global Forum on Better Governance for Inclusive Growth held in Paris.  The Forum will focus on public sector reforms worldwide and identify lessons learned, good practices and innovative solutions for advancing the governance reforms necessary to foster inclusive growth.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/efficientpublicsectorsforbettergovernance.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2012 10:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Towards green investment policy framework: The Case of Low-Carbon, Climate-Resilient Infrastructure - Environment Working Paper No. 48]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This report advances a “green investment policy framework” taking infrastructure investment as a starting point and looking only at climate change mitigation and adaptation. It highlights the significant opportunities and many challenges that exist today in both developed and developing countries to transition to low-carbon, climate-resilient (LCR) development through investment in both renovated and in new infrastructure.]]></description>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5k8zth7s6s6d-en </link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 13:18:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Global Insurance Market Trends 2012]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A complement to the OECD insurance database, this report monitors and analyses the insurance industry’s overall performance and health in OECD countries and Hong Kong (China), India, Malaysia, Russia, Singapore, South Africa and Thailand.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/insurance/GlobalInsuranceMarketTrends2012.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 09:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[A Bank Divided Can Stand]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Financial-market complexity shouldn't lead to crisis. There is a better, simpler way: Split the banks.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/abankdividedcanstand.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 09:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[G20 ministers welcome OECD disaster risk assessment and financing framework]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[G20 Finance Ministers have welcomed a new OECD/G20 framework designed to help governments develop financial strategies for disaster risk management.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/insurance/g20ministerswelcomeoecddisasterriskassessmentandfinancingframework.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 11:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Business Models of Banks, Leverage and the Distance-to-Default]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This study models the distance-to-default (DTD) of a large sample of banks from 2004 to 2011 and examines the results from the perspective of policy approaches that aim to reduce the riskiness of banks.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/BanksBusinessModels.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2012 15:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Latin American Economic Outlook 2013]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Latin American Economic Outlook 2013: SME Policies for Productive Development will be launched at the Ibero-American Summit in Cadiz, Spain, on Friday 16 November. This long-standing flagship of the OECD Development Centre is co-published with the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/leo2013.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2012 16:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Tax: Revenues rising slowly across the OECD]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In most OECD countries tax revenues are continuing to rise in relation to GDP from the 2008-09 declines seen at the beginning of the crisis, according to OECD’s annual Revenue Statistics. OECD countries collected about 34.0%  of GDP in taxes in 2011, compared with 33.8% in 2010. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/taxrevenuesrisingslowlyacrosstheoecd.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2012 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Portugal: rebalancing the economy and returning to growth through job creation and better capital allocation]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Low growth and huge current account deficits have characterised the Portuguese economy over the past decade.]]></description>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5k918xjjzs9q-en</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[High-level seminar on capital flow management and liberalisation: the role of international co-operation]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This seminar aimed to advance shared understandings on policies to make the most of cross-border capital flows in support of growth and development and on the value of international co-operation, including the OECD Codes of Liberalisation, in the current context of serious global financial turbulence.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/seminaroncapitalflowmanagementandliberalisation.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2012 12:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Tackling Turkey’s external and domestic macroeconomic imbalances]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Effective macroeconomic and structural policies helped Turkey bounce back quickly and strongly from the global crisis, with annual growth averaging close to 9% over 2010-11]]></description>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5k92smvqbb8v-en</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Towards green growth in Denmark: improving energy and climate change policies]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Denmark’s green growth strategy focuses on moving the energy system away from fossil fuels and investing in green technologies, while limiting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.]]></description>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5k962hjpwwvj-en</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2012 15:17:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[OECD/INFE High-level Principles on National Strategies for Financial Education]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The OECD/INFE High level Principles on National Strategies for Financial Education provide international guidance to policy makers with a view to developing evidence-based, co-ordinated and tailored approaches to financial education, both in emerging markets and more advanced economies. G20 Leaders recognised the important role of financial education policies when they endorsed these Principles in 2012.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/financial-education/OECD-INFE-Principles-National-Strategies-Financial-Education.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2012 16:26:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[FINANCE: Solving Europe's banking and debt crisis]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Europe's sovereign debt crisis has exposed structural weaknesses in economic governance that now threaten the entire euro region. Efforts to reinforce public finances and preserve the currency union must go further than solutions proposed to date.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/financesolvingeuropesbankinganddebtcrisis.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Highlights from the OECD Sovereign Borrowing Outlook N°4]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[OECD governments are facing unprecedented challenges in the markets for government securities as a result of continued strong borrowing amid a highly uncertain environment with growing concerns about the pace of recovery, surging borrowing costs, sovereign risk and contagion pressures. 
The fourth OECD Sovereign Borrowing Outlook provides estimates for 2011 and projections for 2012. Higher than anticipated gross borrowing needs of]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/financial-markets/49243051.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[G20 Leaders Summit: Financial Regulation Session]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[At this Financial Regulation Session of the G20 Leaders Summit, M. Gurría spoke of 'a comprehensive reform of the international financial architecture that should include financial inclusion, protection and education'.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/financial-education/g20leaderssummitfinancialregulationsession.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[G20 finance ministers agree new principles to boost financial consumer protection]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[G20 finance ministers have agreed new principles on financial consumer protection developed by the OECD. “Without consumer trust and confidence we could jeopardise the basis for global economic recovery and growth,” said OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/finance/g20financeministersagreenewprinciplestoboostfinancialconsumerprotection.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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