Can energy-efficient electrical appliances be considered "Environmental goods"?

25-Aug-2006

OECD Trade and Environment Working Paper No. 2006-04. This chapter considers electrical appliances for home and office, which are produced and consumed in large and increasing numbers in industrialised and, increasingly, in developing economies.

Benefits from the liberalisation of trade in environmental goods and services, Case study: Kenya

21-Aug-2006

OECD Trade and Environment Working Paper No. 2004-02.  This study discusses the evolving demand for and supply of environmental goods and services in Kenya.

Trends in conformity assessment practices and barriers to trade: Final report on survey of CABs and exporters

17-Aug-2006

OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No. 37.  This paper reports detailed findings from a 2004/05 survey on the nature and trade impact of conformity assessment procedures, notably perceptions about conformity assessment barriers to trade.

OECD Regional Forum - Maximising the Developmental Benefits of Trade Facilitation, Yaoundé, Cameroon, 27-28 September 2006

07-Aug-2006

The OECD Development Co-operation and Trade Directorates, in collaboration with the Government of Cameroon, organised a Regional Forum in Yaoundé, Cameroon, on 27-28 September 2006. The Forum discussed how to identify countries' trade facilitation needs and priorities and the cost implications of possible measures and to ensure that technical assistance and capacity building for trade facilitation is effective, operational and coherent.

Taxation and Social Security in Agriculture (Policy Brief)

24-Jul-2006

Tax concessions to farmers and landowners often represent an alternative to programmes incurring direct government outlay yet, because no budgetary spending takes place, the level of public scrutiny is often low. Such concessions often fall outside the remit of agricultural policy analysts and administrators and tend to be politically sensitive. Consequently, tax concessions have been little studied and are poorly documented. Yet they carry implications for production, land use, incomes, trade, the environment, rural society and other issues.

The impact of monitoring equipment on air quality management capacity in developing countries

04-Apr-2006

OECD Trade and Environment Working Paper No. 2006-02.  This report explores the impacts of air quality monitoring programmes implemented over the last decade in five developing countries and examines the role of procurement of specialised equipment, usually imported, associated with the various air quality monitoring programmes.

Liberalisation of trade in renewable energy and associated technologies: Biodiesel, solar thermal and geothermal energy

06-Apr-2006

OECD Trade and Environment Working Paper No. 2006-01. This paper, the second in a series, examines the implications of liberalising trade in three forms of renewable energy: biodiesel, solar-thermal water heaters, and geothermal energy systems.

Logistics and time as a trade barrier

23-Jun-2006

OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No. 35.  This paper analyses the relation between time for exports and imports, logistics services and international trade.

Summary Table of Official Export Credit Commitments to IDA-Only Countries by Sector

19-Jun-2006

2001-2006 Summary Table of Official Export Credit Commitments to IDA-Only Countries by Sector.

OECD Reviews of Regulatory Reform Finland: A New Consensus for Change

06-Jun-2006

Latest in the OECD Reviews on Regulatory Reform on Finland:  A New Consensus for Change.  Special chapter on Enhancing Market Openness thru Regulatory Reform read more




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