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What's New@OECD
July 2007
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| Topics Highlights | OECD Publishing News | Agriculture/Food/Fisheries | Business & Markets | Development | Economic Developments | Economic Statistics | Education | Employment and Social Affairs | Energy | Entrepreneurship/SMEs/Local Development | Environment and Sustainable Development | Health | Information/Communications Technology | Nuclear Energy | Public Management/Governance | Science/Innovation/Industry | Taxation | Trade | Transportation | Urban, Rural, and Regional Affairs | FORTHCOMING Growing bio-fuel demand underpinning higher agriculture prices, says joint OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook: Announcement | Highlights (PDF 780 kb) | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD New Avenues for Teaching Suggested in Understanding the Brain: The Birth of a Learning Science: Press Release | Book Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD International Migration to OECD Countries Continues to Grow in Response to Labour Needs, according to OECD International Migration Outlook 2007: Press Release | Book Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD * Telecoms Advances Throw Up New Challenges for Operators, says OECD Communications Outlook 2007: Press Release | Book Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD OECD Health Data 2007: Specialists Outnumber GPs in Most OECD Countries: Press Release | CD from OECD Online Bookshop | Data on SourceOECD The remaining chapters of Regions at a Glance, a new web book, have been added to the collection of web books on SourceOECD: Regions Web Book A new release of the Beyond 20/20™ statistical browser went live on 10 July. See the web page outlining the new features: New Browser Features We apologise for SourceOECD's slow performance recently. An old server was taken off the system and a new one has been added, which ended up being more complex than expected. We also apologize for the flurry of email alerts for old issues that resulted from a bug in the system. We have implemented a system to prevent this from happening in the future. OECD will attend the following events in the coming months:
See List of Forthcoming Books: Below AGRICULTURE / FOOD / FISHERIES Growing bio-fuel demand underpinning higher agriculture prices, says joint OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook: Announcement | Highlights (PDF 780 kb) | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD Egypt Should Keep Up Pace of Reform to Attract More Investment, says OECD Investment Policy Review of Egypt: Announcement | Book to be published soon. Egypt to sign the OECD’s International Investment Declaration, Paris, 11 July 2007: Announcement OECD Anti-Bribery Convention and United Kingdom: Report on Progress of the Implementation of the Phase 2 Recommendations since March 2005: Report (386 kb) Slovenia Needs to Boost Awareness to Fight Foreign Bribery, says OECD Anti-Bribery Convention Progress Report: Report (644 kb) OECD Principles for Private Sector Participation in Infrastructure: Book on SourceOECD DACNews July 2007. This issue looks at how dysfunctions in the health system are affecting the access to medicines to combat tropical diseases. Also, a two-year consultation process involving policy makers and Security System Reform practitioners has resulted in the publication of a handbook on SSR. Third, we look at the implementation of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness: a landmark report provides a snapshot of the state of affairs in 2005. Newsletter OECD Development Co-operation Reviews: European Community Summary | Denmark Summary (Full reports to be published in upcoming issues of the OECD Journal on Development ) A very interesting Web Atlas on Regional Integration in West Africa has been linked to SourceOECD. Additional atlas pages are coming to this site: Web Atlas Rebalancing of world growth continues, says OECD Economic Outlook. Print Version now available: Announcement | Subscribe on Online Bookshop | Issue on Online Bookshop | Access on SourceOECD The following OECD Economic Surveys were released during the past month. Policy Briefs summarising the findings of Surveys released during the past year are available.
OECD Economics Department Working Papers released during the past month:
OECD and International Organisations to Develop New Approach to Measuring Progress of Societies: Press Release Ask the Economists: Statistics - Separating Facts from Fiction. Text of an Online Conversation with Enrico Giovannini, OECD's Chief Statistician: Text of Conversation Data and Metadata Reporting and Presentation Handbook: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD Compilation Manual for an Index of Services Production: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD Latest OECD Consumer Prices: Inflation drops to 2.2% in OECD area: More Latest Purchasing Power Parities: More Latest OECD Composite Leading Indicators: Continued Positive Outlook Signaled for Major Global Economies: More Latest Standardised Unemployment Rates. Unemployment in the OECD area stable at 5.5%: More (40 kb) Quarterly GDP Growth: Quarterly Release | Spreadsheet Downward Trend in G7 Merchandise Trade Volume Growth Continues in 4th Quarter 2006: More Main Economic Indicators for Non-Member Countries: More (183 kb) IEA Monthly Oil Market Report: More OECD Statistics Portal: Website New Avenues for Teaching Suggested in Understanding the Brain: The Birth of a Learning Science: Press Release | Book Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD Evidence in Education: Linking Research and Policy: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD Understanding the Social Outcomes of Learning: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD Reviews of National Policies for Education Higher Education in Kazakhstan: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD Higher
Education Management and Policy, Volume 19, Issue 2,
includes articles on academic values, the university and its
communities, league tables as policy instruments, performance
ranking: Subscription
on Online Bookshop | Periodical
on SourceOECD
International Migration to OECD Countries Continues to Grow in Response to Labour Needs, according to OECD International Migration Outlook 2007: Press Release | Book Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD * Jobs for Immigrants, Vol. 1: Labour Market Integration in Australia, Denmark, Germany and Sweden: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD Jobs for Youth: Slovak Republic: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD Globalisation, Jobs and Wages: OECD Policy Brief Ask the Economists: Globalisation - Hope or Threat? Text of Online Conversation with Raymond Torres, Head of OECD's Employment Division: Text Governments
Must Do More to Help Workers Adapt to New Global Economy,
according to OECD Employment Outlook 2007:
Press
Release | Book
Announcement | Book
on Online Bookshop | Book
on SourceOECD | Podcast
and Flash Animation ENERGY (Also see Nuclear Energy) Tracking
Industrial Energy Efficiency and CO2 Emissions:
Book
on Online Bookshop | Book
on SourceOECD Legal
Aspects of Storing CO2: Update and Recommendations:
Book
on Online Bookshop
| Latest IEA Oil Market Report: Website IEA Monthly Surveys: Listing IEA Statistics: Web Page Key World Energy Statistics, 2006 Edition: PDF Version (2.15 mb) ENTREPRENEURSHIP / SMEs / LOCAL DEVELOPMENT Enhancing the Role of SMEs in Global Value Chains (GVCs): Results of the Global Conference ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OECD Environmental Performance Reviews China: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD * Environment and Regional Trade Agreements: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD Innovation, Globalisation and the Environment: OECD Observer Article OECD Health Data 2007: Specialists Outnumber GPs in Most OECD Countries: Press Release | CD from OECD Online Bookshop | Data on SourceOECD INFORMATION / COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY Telecoms Advances Throw Up New Challenges for Operators, says OECD Communications Outlook 2007: Press Release | Book Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD OECD Member Countries adopt a Recommendation on Consumer Dispute Resolution and Redress to provide governments with a framework to help consumers resolve e-commerce disputes: Announcement OECD Council Adopts Recommendation on Electronic Authentication: Announcement Registration for the OECD-Canada Technology Foresight Forum on the Participative web is Now Open: Announcement Risks and Benefits of Nuclear Energy: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD Linkage of Geoscientific Arguments and Evidence in Supporting the Safety Case: Second AMIGO Workshop Proceedings: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD * PUBLIC MANAGEMENT / GOVERNANCE / URBAN, RURAL AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS OECD Regions at a Glance presents a set of regional indicators – mainly in the form of graphs and maps – that identify those regions that outperform their country as a whole or the OECD area and those that lag behind. Full Web Book now available on SourceOECD: Announcement | OECD Observer Article | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD OECD Journal on Budgeting, Volume 7, Issue 1 includes articles on Comparing Budget and Accounting Measures of the Federal US Government’s Fiscal Condition, Budget Reform in China, Civil Service Reform in China, Budgeting in Latin America: Results of the 2006 OECD Survey, Implementing OMB’s Program Assessment Rating Tool, Improving Public Sector Efficiency: Challenges and Opportunities: Periodical on Online Bookshop | Periodical on SourceOECD Performance-Based Arrangements for Senior Civil Servants OECD and Other Country Experiences: Working Paper SCIENCE / INNOVATION / INDUSTRY OECD
High Level Forum on Medicines for Neglected and Emerging Infectious
Diseases Issues an Agenda for Action: The
Noordwijk Medicines Agenda OECD Workshop on Women in Science, Engineering and Technology (SET): Strategies for a Global Workforce: Summary Report Model Tax Convention on Income and on Capital Model Tax Convention on Income and on Capital: Volumes I and II: UPDATE 2005 is available at last! Looseleaf Update only on Online Bookshop | Updated Two Volume Set with Binders on Online Bookshop | Electronic Version on Online Bookshop Tax Reform in India – Achievement and Challenges: Press Briefing Notes (143 kb) Jersey, Netherlands and Nordic Countries Step Up Tax Co-operation Efforts: Announcement The OECD Pursues Dialogue with Business on Business Restructuring Issues: Announcement Preferential Trade Agreements: How Much Do They Benefit Developing Economies? Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD The Interaction between Investment and Services Chapters in Selected Regional Trade Agreements: Working Paper The Impact of Pro-Competitive Reforms on Trade in Developing Countries: Working Paper Latest Country Risk Classification under the Export Credit Arrangement: Web Page European Conference of Ministers of Transport to become International Transport Forum: Factsheet | Web Site Short-Term
Transport Trends: Web
Site
Babies and Bosses: Synthesis Report OECD Economic Surveys: India 2007: Book Listing OECD Economic Surveys: Ukraine Economic Assessment 2007: Book Listing OECD Economic Surveys: United Kingdom 2007 Higher Education and Regions: Globally Competitive, Locally Engaged: Book Listing Infrastructure to 2030 (Vol.2) - Mapping Policy for Electricity, Water and Transport: Book Listing Performance Budgeting in OECD Countries: Book Listing Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2007 The Space Economy at a Glance Trusting the Internet * For a few books, SourceOECD links may not yet be live. They should be active within a few days |
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