d Morocco Coronavirus Recovered By tradingeconomics.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 12:43:00 GMT Morocco recorded 2389 Coronavirus Recovered since the epidemic began, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In addition, Morocco reported 186 Coronavirus Deaths. This page includes a chart with historical data for Morocco Coronavirus Recovered. Full Article
d G20 Leaders Summit: Financial Regulation Session By www.oecd.org Published On :: Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT 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'. Full Article
d Highlights from the OECD Sovereign Borrowing Outlook N°4 By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT 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 Full Article
d FINANCE: Solving Europe's banking and debt crisis By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT 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. Full Article
d OECD/INFE High-level Principles on National Strategies for Financial Education By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 28 Jun 2012 16:26:00 GMT 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. Full Article
d High-level seminar on capital flow management and liberalisation: the role of international co-operation By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 09 Oct 2012 12:52:00 GMT 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. Full Article
d Tax: Revenues rising slowly across the OECD By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 24 Oct 2012 11:00:00 GMT 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. Full Article
d Business Models of Banks, Leverage and the Distance-to-Default By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 30 Oct 2012 15:52:00 GMT 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. Full Article
d G20 ministers welcome OECD disaster risk assessment and financing framework By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 07 Nov 2012 11:02:00 GMT G20 Finance Ministers have welcomed a new OECD/G20 framework designed to help governments develop financial strategies for disaster risk management. Full Article
d A Bank Divided Can Stand By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 08 Nov 2012 09:47:00 GMT Financial-market complexity shouldn't lead to crisis. There is a better, simpler way: Split the banks. Full Article
d Global Insurance Market Trends 2012 By www.oecd.org Published On :: Fri, 09 Nov 2012 09:12:00 GMT 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. Full Article
d Towards green investment policy framework: The Case of Low-Carbon, Climate-Resilient Infrastructure - Environment Working Paper No. 48 By dx.doi.org Published On :: Mon, 12 Nov 2012 13:18:00 GMT 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. Full Article
d Responding to the crisis: what are OECD countries doing to strengthen their public finances? By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 21 Nov 2012 15:30:00 GMT 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. Full Article
d Developments in the value of implicit guarantees for bank debt: The role of resolution regimes and practices By www.oecd.org Published On :: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 11:14:00 GMT 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. Full Article
d 2nd International Meeting on Terrorism Risk Insurance By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 05 Dec 2012 17:10:00 GMT 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. Full Article
d OECD-World Bank Conference on building financial capability in Africa and the Middle East By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 30 Jan 2013 10:19:00 GMT 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. Full Article
d OECD government borrowing set to rise slightly in 2013 By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 11:00:00 GMT 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. Full Article
d India-OECD-World Bank Conference on financial education in India and Asia By www.oecd.org Published On :: Mon, 04 Mar 2013 11:57:00 GMT 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. Full Article
d Conference on defined contribution pensions, guarantees and risk sharing By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 05 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT 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. Full Article
d The future of the Asian economic and financial community By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 13:12:00 GMT 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. Full Article
d Banking in a challenging environment: Business models, ethics and approaches towards risks By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 13:21:00 GMT 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. Full Article
d 13th Tokyo Roundtable on Capital Market Reform in Asia By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 04 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT 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. Full Article
d Government Debt Management and Operational Risk: A Risk Management Framework and its Application in Turkey By dx.doi.org Published On :: Wed, 17 Apr 2013 09:01:00 GMT 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. Full Article
d Written Statement to the International Monetary and Financial Committee - April 2013 By www.oecd.org Published On :: Sat, 20 Apr 2013 17:10:00 GMT The OECD provides an update on global economy in this statement to the International Monetary and Financial Committee - April 2013. Full Article
d Statement to the German Bundestag's Finance Committee Hearing on the Draft Bank-Separation Law By www.oecd.org Published On :: Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:08:00 GMT 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. Full Article
d OECD Central Government Debt Statistics By www.oecd.org Published On :: Fri, 26 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT 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. Full Article
d Long-term investment, the cost of capital and the dividend and buyback puzzle By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 22 May 2013 14:57:00 GMT 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. Full Article
d Structural reform and supervision of the banking sector in France By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 28 May 2013 15:32:00 GMT 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. Full Article
d G20-OECD High-level roundtable on institutional investors and long-term investment By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 28 May 2013 16:04:00 GMT 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. Full Article
d G20-World Bank-OECD conference on empowering consumers of financial products and services By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:16:00 GMT This conference in Moscow explored strategies for developing financial literacy and capability and building effective consumer protection systems. Full Article
d Banking, ethics and good principles By www.oecdobserver.org Published On :: Tue, 02 Jul 2013 15:43:00 GMT 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. Full Article
d Developing a funded pension system in Russia By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 03 Jul 2013 23:20:00 GMT 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. Full Article
d Pension Fund Investment in Infrastructure: A Comparison between Australia and Canada By dx.doi.org Published On :: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 08:55:00 GMT 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. Full Article
d Assessing the cost effectiveness of index-linked bond issuance By dx.doi.org Published On :: Thu, 01 Aug 2013 16:33:00 GMT 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. Full Article
d OECD Insurance Statistics: Database and publication By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 14 Aug 2013 00:00:00 GMT 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. Full Article
d Financial Education in Latin America and the Caribbean By dx.doi.org Published On :: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 17:55:00 GMT 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. Full Article
d APEC/OECD Seminar on Infrastructure Financing By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 14:57:00 GMT 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. Full Article
d G20 countries step up action to help consumers make informed financial decisions By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 05 Sep 2013 09:00:00 GMT 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. Full Article
d Financial education and women By www.oecd.org Published On :: Fri, 06 Sep 2013 21:19:00 GMT 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. Full Article
d APEC Finance Ministers welcome OECD report on disaster risk financing in the Asia Pacific region By www.oecd.org Published On :: Fri, 20 Sep 2013 12:38:00 GMT 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. Full Article
d OECD-Latin America Seminar on enhancing transparency and monitoring of insurance markets By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 23:35:00 GMT 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. Full Article
d Developing Local Currency Bond Markets: A New Diagnostic Framework By www.oecd.org Published On :: Fri, 04 Oct 2013 08:36:00 GMT 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. Full Article
d Promoting financial inclusion through financial education By dx.doi.org Published On :: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 15:57:00 GMT 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. Full Article
d Women and Financial Education: Evidence, Policy Responses and Guidance By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 15:51:00 GMT 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. Full Article
d Institutional investors and green infrastructure investments By dx.doi.org Published On :: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 17:48:00 GMT 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. Full Article
d 2013 OECD/IOPS Global Forum on Private Pensions By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 05 Nov 2013 18:19:00 GMT 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. Full Article
d Institutional Investors and Infrastructure Financing By dx.doi.org Published On :: Wed, 06 Nov 2013 16:50:00 GMT 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. Full Article
d Africa: Central government debt statistics By www.oecd.org Published On :: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 17:05:00 GMT 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. Full Article
d Bank Business Models and the Separation Issue By www.oecd.org Published On :: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 11:45:00 GMT 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. Full Article
d Macro-prudential Policy, Bank Systemic Risk and Capital Controls By www.oecd.org Published On :: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 13:33:00 GMT 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. Full Article