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23-Nov-2007
This new publication is an innovative compilation of statistics on the space sector and its contributions to economic activity. In addition, it offers critical insights into some of the main problems involved in deriving internationally comparable data for the industry and its downstream activities, notably the lack of detailed data, and conceptual and definitional problems.
For more information, please contact Mr. Schieb at Pierre-Alain.Schieb@oecd.org or Ms. Claire Jolly at Claire.Jolly@oecd.org
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08-Sep-2006
The studies cover topics such as flood management, information security and safety of the elderly in a changing society. They have been produced within the framework of the OECD Futures Project on Risk Management Policies.
For more information, please contact Mr. Pierre-Alain Schieb at Pierre-Alain.Schieb@oecd.org or Ms. Anita Gibson at Anita.Gibson@oecd.org.
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11-May-2006
Scarcity, pollution, investment, geopolitics: however murky the challenges ahead may seem, meeting them will require the utmost lucidiy. And because the future of water is at stake, everyone is involved.
This article was published by the OECD Observer on March 2006.
Learn more about water shortages, read "The water challenge: understanding the issues".
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20-Sep-2005
Last June, the OECD published jointly with the Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre at the University of South Australia a publication on "Regional Integration in the Asia Pacific: Issues and Prospects ".
The Asia Pacific region, with its dynamic economy and rich cultural diversity, is growing rapidly in significance and is set to play a critical and important role in the world as the 21st century unfolds.
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03-Dec-2003
This report was drafted in response to a proposal submitted by the United States Delegation at the March 2003 meeting of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development's Executive Committee in Special Session. It analyzes the economic and social impacts of recent large-scale disasters, and draws key lessons for the managment of future disasters. Its focus in primarily on restoring trust and securing recovery after a major harmful event has occurred.
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13-Nov-2003
Risk has been an inherent concern of humans since the dawn of recorded history. Not only are there more risks situations today, but modern technological development has brought a heightened awareness of risk - both of those risks that we knew about in the past, and the emerging, new risks that are associated with the march of progress. A key element in this awareness is that we now know a great deal more about the physical world than we did in the 19th and much of the 20th century; in addition, the mechanization of much of daily life has brought human being into contact with new risks.
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Proceedings of the December Forum for the Future Conference on Policies for Economic and Social Transition in the 21st Century
11-Mar-2002
On 27 and 28 November 2001, the OECD held a Forum for the Future conference on "Policies for Economic and Social Transition in the 21st Century". The meeting build on four previous Forum conferences that examined the prospects for technology, economy, society and governance in the 21st Century.
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18-Dec-2001
Money's destiny is to become digital. Throughout the ages physical money in the form of objects, coins and notes has increasingly been replaced by more abstract means of payment such as bills of exchange, cheques and credit cards. In the years to come that trend to virtual money will continue apace.
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SPACE
This publication is an innovative compilation of statistics on the space sector and its contributions to economic activity.
The Space Economy at a Glance
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