This page presents good practice guidance, analytical reviews, case studies, and other essential corporate governance readings from the Forum and its partners.
Guidelines and Recommendations
IFC Family Business Governance Handbook.
Guidance for Supervisory Board Members of Banks, IFC Ukraine, 2006. Ukrainian version.
OECD Guidelines on Corporate Governance of State-Owned Enterprises.
OECD Principles of Corporate Governance.
Policy Brief on Improving Corporate Governance of Banks in the Middle East and North Africa, co-sponsored by OECD, Hawkamah Institute for Corporate Governance, the Forum, and the Union of Arab banks. Arabic version.
Practical Guide to Corporate Governance: Experiences from the Latin American Companies Circle, co-sponsored by IFC, OECD and the Forum.
Guía Práctica Para la Institucionalización de la Empresa: Acceso al Mercado de Valores y Mejora del Gobierno Corporativo (Spanish) by Centro de Excelencia en Gobierno Corporativo.
Gobierno Corporativo Eficaz-El Sistema de Control Interno como Herramienta Fundamental (Spanish).
El Gobierno de las Entidades de la Sociedad Civil Organizada 2007 (Spanish).
Reviews/Analysis/Case Studies
10 Facts about Corporate Governance in the European Union
Corporate Governance of Non-Listed Companies in Emerging Markets, OECD.
Case Studies of Good Corporate Governance Practices-Companies Circle of the Latin American Corporate Governance Roundtable, OECD.
Corporate Governance: The Foundation for Corporate Citizenship and Sustainable Business, co-sponsored by IFC, Global Compact, and the Forum.
Corporate Governance in Middle East and North African Countries—Improving Transparency and Disclosure, Second Middle East and North Africa Regional Corporate Governance Forum, 2004.
Experiences from the Regional Corporate Governance Roundtables, OECD.
La Nueva Ley del Mercado de Valores (Spanish).
The EU Approach to Corporate Governance (February 2008), co-sponsored by IFC and the Forum.
Country Research (produced by members of our Emerging Markets Corporate Governance Research Network)
China
What Makes Privatization Work? The Case of China, Chenggang Xu.
Succession: The Roles of Specialized Assets and Transfer Costs, Joseph Fan.
Colombia
Cross-shares, Broad Structure and Firm Performance in Emerging Markets, Carlos Pombo.
Egypt
Developing Nations and Corporate Governance: The Story of Egypt, Khaled Dahawy.
Romania
Delisting Decisions of Frontier Emerging Markets: An Institutional Profile of Going to Private Transactions in Romania, Diana Pop.
Turkey
Moral Hazard, Corporate Governance, and Bank Failure: Evidence from the 2000-2001 Turkish Crisis, Canan Yildirim.
Southeast European countries (Slovenia, Croatia and Montenegro)
Agent's Response to Inefficient Judiciary: Social Norms and the Law in Transition, Alexandra Gregoric, Marko Simoneti, and Katarina Zajc.
