Active with the People's Republic of China 2012 English version

OECD activities in China

Improving Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems: OECD Conference Proceedings

How can government policies move towards increasing agricultural innovation and improving productivity? This OECD conference shared case studies and ideas from Europe, China, United States, India, Africa, Brazil, Australia and New Zealand.

Urgent reform key to securing Asia’s pension systems, says OECD

Asia’s pension systems need modernising urgently to deliver secure, sustainable and adequate retirement incomes for today’s workers in the context of the rapid population ageing that will occur over the next two decades, according to a new OECD report.

Monetary Aggregates for OECD Countries and Major Non-Member Economies

Monetary aggregate indices presented are Narrow money (M1) and Broad money (M3). They are calculated as averages of the monthly figures. For all countries which do not provide data corresponding to the average for the month, estimates of monthly levels have been made using end of previous and current month figures. The annual and quarterly figures are then calculated as averages of the estimated monthly data and the indices are

Standardised Confidence Indicators for OECD Countries and Major Non-Member Economies

The Standardised Confidence Indicators (for manufacturing industry and consumers) are confidence indicators comparable across countries. Comparability has been achieved by careful selection of national indicators, and by smoothing, centring, and amplitude adjusting these series. The series are updated continuously.

Interest Rates for OECD Countries and Major Non-Member Economies

Access time series of immediate (overnight), short-term (3 month interbank rate), and long-term (10 yr bonds) interest rates for OECD countries and major non-member economies. The series are updated continuously.

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• OECD Main Economic Indicators: Online Sources and Definitions - Interest Rates

Labour market changes, labour disputes and social cohesion in China, Dev Working Paper 307

Labour disputes have intensified in China in recent years, alongside the labour shortages and wage inflation, particularly since 2008 when several Chinese labour related laws were issued or updated. This paper describes basic situations of labour disputes and examines the determinants of labour disputes from macro and micro perspectives

Society at a Glance - Asia/Pacific Edition 2011

Society at a Glance – Asia/Pacific Edition 2011 offers a concise quantitative overview of social trends and policies across Asia/Pacific countries and economies.

Related Documents

• Society at a Glance 2011 - OECD Social Indicators
• Society at a Glance - Asia/Pacific Edition 2009
• Asian Policy Centre - health and social policy
• Active in Southeast Asia
• Pensions at a Glance - Asia/Pacific Edition 2011

China and Nigeria: a powerful South-South alliance

China and Nigeria: a powerful South-South alliance, West African Challenges, no. 5, November 2011, by Margaret Egbula, Qi Zheng

China-OECD Roundtable on Innovation Policies (Beijing, 18-19 October 2011)

The roundtable will focus on three policy issues of common interest to China and OECD countries: governance of national innovation systems, management of public research, and demand-side policies for innovation.