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17-Sep-2007
Agricultural policies, like all government policy, incur transaction costs – the cost of designing, implementing and evaluating the measure involved. Making this process more efficient and reducing these costs can help ensure that governments are getting the best value for money in implementing these policies.
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04-Sep-2007
Real GDP growth averaged an impressive 7.4% during 2000-06, as the economy bounced back from the severe transition recession of the 1990s, buoyed by rising terms of trade, strong investment growth and booming private consumption. Yet there is more at work here than simply a post-crisis recovery supported by a benign external environment.
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21-Aug-2007
Adequate supplies of clean water are vital for human health and development. But an important obstacle to achieving water supply and sanitation goals in many countries has been the failure to adequately address financial issues: the costs of achieving goals; how those costs could be minimised; and the challenge of matching costs with available resources.
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09-Feb-2007
The OECD welcomed the opportunity to cooperate with the UK charity One World Trust in its preparation of its 2006 Global Accountability Report, an assessment of the overall accountability of 30 international organisations including intergovernmental organisations (IGOs), non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and transnational corporations (TNCs). The OECD is one of seven organisations with an overall score of over 50 percent in three of the four areas used as criteria for measuring accountability.
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09-Aug-2007
Climate change is already being observed through rising temperatures, melting glaciers, shifting rain patterns, increased storm intensity and rising sea levels. Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from human activities – mainly fossil fuel use, deforestation and agriculture – cause climate change. If GHG emissions are not reduced to significantly below current levels within the next few decades, there will be further warming and sea-level rise for centuries to come. This will result in adverse impacts on human health, natural ecosystems, and the economy.
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04-Jun-2007
Sweden’s 1993 Competition Act (CA) remains the foundation of a broad policy approach that includes prohibitions against restrictive agreements and abuse of dominance, control of concentrations, advocacy and support for academic research. Enforcement of this legislation by the Swedish Competition Authority (SCA) marked a shift towards a judicial, rules-based approach.
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16-Feb-2007
Parliamentarians are at the heart of democratic systems. They pass laws and hold government purse strings. Because of their important role in national policy-making, it is only natural that the OECD co-operate with parliamentarians when formulating its policy advice. So keeping parliamentarians informed of its activities and getting their feedback is a high priority for the Organisation. This Policy Brief looks at these initiatives and other tools the OECD is using to bring its work closer to parliamentarians.
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03-May-2007
The Southeast Asian region has shown remarkable economic dynamism. Economic growth has been robust, and trade and investment flows have been soaring as a result of increasing international division of labour. In parallel, regional integration has recently deepened further and several initiatives for regional co-operation have been launched, especially since the Asian crisis in 1997. In particular, the concept of an ASEAN Community, proposed in 1997, has as its goal a single market and production base.
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19-Jul-2007
The world of work has seen enormous change over the past couple of decades. Manufacturing jobs account for an ever smaller percentage of the workforce in most developed economies. Indeed, salaries in manufacturing have generally fallen behind those of other sectors. Today, “knowledge workers” – a category covering everything from call-centre workers to architects, teachers and financial employees – are increasingly pivotal to economic success in developed countries.
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18-Jul-2007
Globalisation raises many important challenges and is high on the policy agenda in many OECD countries. Globalisation itself is not new – the process of international economic integration has been underway for decades – but the pace and scale of today’s globalisation is unprecedented.
One reason for the speeding-up of the whole globalisation process is the rapid emergence of “global value chains”.
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This Annual Report highlights some of the OECD's achievements in 2008 and describes how it is helping its member countries respond to new challenges ahead.
2008 Edition
An easy-to-read series to help understand the economic and social issues high on everyone's agenda, from economic growth to health, pensions, trade and development.
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