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Public Attitudes and International Development Co-operation

Smillie, Ian (contributor) - 1998

This collection of studies of public attitudes to development co-operation in OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) Member countries demonstrates that the concept of "aid fatigue" is misplaced. A serious lack of adequate knowledge about development co-operation, however, is also revealed....

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The World Economy : Volume 1: A Millennial Perspective and Volume 2: Historical Statistics

Maddison, Angus - 2006

The World Economy brings together two reference works by Angus Maddison: The World Economy: A Millennial Perspective …, first published in 2001 and The World Economy: Historical Statistics, published in 2003. This new edition contains Statlinks …, a service providing access to the underlying data in Excel® format. These two volumes bring together estimates of world …

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Typology of Corruption Risks in Commodity Trading Transactions

OECD - 2021

Commodity trading presents specific and heightened risks of corruption due to the large amount of money involved in commodity trading transactions, which are source of important revenues for developing countries, and due to the sophisticated mechanisms used to channel corrupt payments. These...

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Options for Operationalising Transparency in Commodity Trading Transactions

OECD - 2021

Given their sheer magnitude, the payments made by companies for the purchase of oil, gas and minerals from governments or state-owned enterprises are of significant public interest. However, only a few commodity trading companies regularly publicly disclose information in respect of their...

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The Ladder of Competitiveness : How to Climb it

Cohen, Daniel - 2006

, “exporter ranking”, is for investors whose prime concern is for a production platform well-integrated into world trade …

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The World Economy : A Millennial Perspective

Maddison, Angus - 2001

Angus Maddison provides a comprehensive view of the growth and levels of world population since the year 1000 when rich … countries of today were poorer than Asia and Africa. The gap between the world leader, the US and the poorest region, Africa, is … reference and a sequel to the author's Monitoring the World Economy: 1820-1992, published in 1995 and his 1998 Chinese Economic …

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The World Economy : Historical Statistics

Maddison, Angus - 2003

Following his The World Economy: a Millennial Perspective, Angus Maddison here offers a rare insight into the history … tables showing Maddison’s estimates for the world and its major regions from as early as the year 1000. It is intended as a … and economic history as well as for statisticians. …

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Development is back

Macedo, Jorge Braga de (contributor); Foy, Colm (contributor) - 2002

Achieving the economic development of poor countries remains, even in the third millennium, a formidable challenge which increasingly preoccupies OECD countries. The Organisation's Development Centre was founded in 1962 as one means to study and to try to confront the problems of comparative...

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Securing Livelihoods for All : Foresight for Action

2015

The world has made good progress in improving global livelihoods. More than two billion people have emerged from …

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Corruption in the extractive value chain : typology of risks, mitigation measures and incentives

OECD - 2016

One case of transnational corruption out of five occurs in the extractive sector according to the 2014 OECD Foreign Bribery Report. In this area, corruption has become increasingly complex and sophisticated affecting each stage of the extractive value chain with potential huge revenue losses for...

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