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| The OECD Blockchain Primer |
| What is blockchain? A technology? A currency? The new internet? This primer provides an introduction to blockchain technology, outlines some of the potential benefits it can bring, and considers the risks and challenges it poses. While not comprehensive, it is an overview of the key concepts and terms intended to help people better understand this emerging technology and its growing impact. |
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| Market studies guide for competition authorities |
| Market studies are a versatile tool for helping competition authorities to analyse whether competition problems are present in a sector. This document can be used by competition authorities, or policy makers more broadly, to inform the design of market studies frameworks and to help guide the execution of market studies. |
| » Download the guide |
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| Supporting the financial literacy of MSMEs |
| Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) make up the majority of enterprises in the world, providing employment and contributing significantly to national incomes. This core competencies framework is a policy tool that highlights a range of outcomes that may be important for maintaining or improving the financial literacy of owners and managers of MSMEs and of potential entrepreneurs in their experience of starting, running or growing a business. |
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| Due diligence in agricultural supply chains |
| The OECD-FAO Guidance for Responsible Agricultural Supply Chains provides a common framework and globally applicable benchmark for the application of responsible business practices in agricultural supply chains. This baseline report assesses how companies and industry initiatives are implementing the guidance and other related international standards. |
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