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Librarians'
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August-September 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 Economic prospects losing buoyancy, risks becoming more ominous, says OECD’s Cotis in OECD Economic Outlook Interim Assessment: Interim Assessment | OECD Observer Article Education at a Glance 2007 will be released on 18 September 2007. This edition presents new data that explores the question of whether a more highly educated work force generates more high level jobs or crowds out the less qualified: Book on Online Bookshop (The book will appear on SourceOECD on the release date) Infrastructure to 2030, Vol. 2: Mapping Policy for Electricity, Water and Transport assesses whether current policies are sufficient to meet the massive infrastructure needs of the future: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD Government
work forces are ageing even more rapidly than the rest of society.
See how nine countries are coping in Ageing and the Public
Service: Human Resource Challenges: Book
on Online Bookshop | Book
on SourceOECD The OECD Journal. The OECD is revolutionising its journal publishing. From the beginning of next year, harnessing the speed and accessibility of the Internet, the individual articles from six of the OECD’s leading periodical titles in the field of economics and public policy will be accessible online via SourceOECD as soon as they are ready to be released. They will be gathered together in a subscribed collection called OECD Journal. See the OECD Journal Web Site for more information. First OECD.stat Databases to be posted on SourceOECD. The two first databases (Social Expenditure Database and the Gender, Institutions and Development Database) that will be available for viewing through OECD's new OECD.stat browser will be posted shortly (hopefully by the end of September) on SourceOECD. The OECD.stat browser will be a new feature of SourceOECD. Other databases will be made available through this browser later in the year. OECD will attend the following events in the coming months:
See List of Forthcoming Books: Below AGRICULTURE / FOOD / FISHERIES The Role of Compensation in Policy Reform: Working Paper Adjustment Options and Strategies in the Context of Agricultural Policy Reform and Trade Liberalisation: Working Paper OECD to Celebrate Tenth Anniversary of Anti-Bribery Convention: Announcement OECD and IOPS Invite Public Comment on Draft Guidelines on the Licensing of Pension Entities: Announcement Collective Pension Funds: Working Paper Can China Change Latin America? OECD Observer Article The
OECD Journal on Development: Volume 7 Issue 4,
features DAC peer reviews of Greece and the US: Subscribe
to Journal | Journal
on SourceOECD Strengthening Productive Capacities in Emerging Economies through Internationalisation: OECD Development Centre Working Paper Privatisation in the MEDA Region: OECD Development Centre Working Paper Economic prospects losing buoyancy, risks becoming more ominous, says OECD’s Cotis in OECD Economic Outlook Interim Assessment: Interim Assessment | OECD Observer Article Infrastructure to 2030, Vol. 2: Mapping Policy for Electricity, Water and Transport assesses whether current policies are sufficient to meet the massive infrastructure needs of the future: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD The following OECD Economic Survey was 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:
Why Measuring Progress Matters: OECD Observer Article OECD Statistics Newsletter, Issue 37 - July 2007. In this issue: OECD World Forum on Statistics, Knowledge and Policy, Istanbul, 27-30 June 2007; Meeting of the OECD Committee on Statistics, Geneva, 13-14 June 2007, Main conclusions; OECD announces release of OECD Health Data 2007 database; Implementing a Statistical Data Warehouse: The Case for a Strong Partnership: Newsletter Journal of Business Cycle Measurement and Analysis: Volume 3, No. 1, 2007 features articles on consumer sentiment surveys, deviation cycles in manufacturing, comparing probability forecasts in Markov Regime Switching Business Cycle Models, improving timeliness for short-term economic statistics, and cyclical fluctuations in CIS economies. Subscribe to Journal | Journal on SourceOECD Latest OECD Consumer Prices: Inflation eases to 2.0% in OECD area: More Latest Purchasing Power Parities: More Latest OECD Composite Leading Indicators: Moderating Outlook Signaled for Major Global Economies: More Latest Standardised Unemployment Rates. Unemployment in the OECD area remains stable at 5.5%: More (40 kb) Quarterly GDP Growth: Quarterly Release | Spreadsheet G7 Merchandise Trade Growth Remains Sluggish in 1st Quarter 2007: More Main Economic Indicators for Non-Member Countries: More (183 kb) IEA Monthly Oil Market Report: More OECD Statistics Portal: Website Education at a Glance 2007 will be released on 18 September 2007. This edition presents new data that explore the question of whether a more highly educated work force generates more high level jobs or crowds out the less qualified. Book on Online Bookshop | Book to be available on SourceOECD Education Theme on September 18. Cross-Border Tertiary Education: A Way towards Capacity Development: Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD The latest issue of Higher Education Management and Policy (Volume 19 Issue 2) includes articles on academic values and institutional management, the university and its communities, league tables, performance ranking, research universities in developing countries, and the diversifying workforce. Subscribe | Issue on SourceOECD Assessing Higher Education Learning Outcomes: Summary of a First Meeting of Experts | Summary of a Second Meeting of Experts Lifelong Learning and Human Capital: OECD Policy Brief Learn how higher education institutions can contribute to region-building at Globally Competitive, Locally Engaged - Higher Education and Regions, 19-21 September 2007, Valencia, Spain: Announcement Understanding the Regional Contribution of Higher Education Institutions: A Literature Review: Working Paper Globalisation and Higher Education: Working Paper Government work forces are ageing even more rapidly than the rest of society. See how nine countries are coping in Ageing and the Public Service: Human Resource Challenges: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD Recommendations on how to gain from migration are presented in Gaining from Migration: Towards a New Mobility System: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD The
Unification of the Social Insurance Contribution Collection
System in Korea: Working
Paper ENERGY (Also see Nuclear Energy) IEA Welcomes New Executive Director Nobuo Tanaka: Announcement Infrastructure to 2030, Vol. 2: Mapping Policy for Electricity, Water and Transport assesses whether current policies are sufficient to meet the massive infrastructure needs of the future: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD Energy Statistics of Non-OECD Countries, 2004-2005, 2007 Edition: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD Energy
Balances of Non-OECD Countries: 2004/2005: 2007 Edition:
Book
on Online Bookshop | Book
on SourceOECD Oil
Information: 2007 Edition: Book
on Online Bookshop | Book
on SourceOECD Renewables Information: 2007 Edition: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD Latest IEA Oil Market Report: Website IEA Monthly Surveys: Listing IEA Statistics: Web Page Key World Energy Statistics, 2007 Edition: PDF Version (2.66 mb) ENTREPRENEURSHIP / SMEs / LOCAL DEVELOPMENT Enhancing the Role of SMEs in Global Value Chains (GVCs): Results of the Global Conference ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Climate Change Policies: OECD Policy Brief Feasible Financing Strategies for Water Supply and Sanitation: OECD Policy Brief Pharmaceutical Pricing and Reimbursement Policies in Sweden: Working Paper
INFORMATION / COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY Registration for the OECD-Canada Technology Foresight Forum on the Participative Web is Now Open: Announcement Report on Second Roundtable on Economics for Consumer Policy: Report Janice Dunn Lee appointed new Deputy Director-General of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency: Announcement Chemical
Thermodynamics of Solid Solutions of Interest in Radioactive
Waste Management: Book
on Online Bookshop | Book
on SourceOECD PUBLIC MANAGEMENT / GOVERNANCE / URBAN, RURAL AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS Ageing
and the Public Service: Human Resource Challenges: Book
on Online Bookshop | Book
on SourceOECD Learn how higher education institutions can contribute to region-building at Globally Competitive, Locally Engaged - Higher Education and Regions, 19-21 September 2007, Valencia, Spain: Announcement SCIENCE / INNOVATION / INDUSTRY New Zealand Should Strengthen its Policies to Foster Innovation, says OECD in the OECD Review of Innovation Policy: New Zealand: Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD Further reforms would boost innovation in China, says OECD in OECD Review of Innovation Policy: China: Announcement OECD Releases Revised Draft of Part IV (Insurance) of Report on Attribution of Profits to Permanent Establishments: Annoucement OECD Removes Liberia from its List of Unco-operative Tax Havens: Announcement OECD Removes the Marshall Islands from its List of Unco-operative Tax Havens: Announcement OECD and Italian Government Announce 2008 Fellowship in Memory of Alessandro Di Battista: Announcement Working Papers on the Role of Tax Intermediaries are now available: Announcement OECD Statistics on International Trade in Services, Volume 1: Detailed Tables by Service Category 1996-2005: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD Participants to the Arrangement on Officially Supported Export Credits have agreed to modifications to the text of the Arrangement. The new text contains provisions applicable to the Aircraft sector, to repayment profiles, to project finance-type transactions and to projects in the renewable energy and water sectors: 2007 Text | Revised Understanding on Export Credits for Civil Aircraft Brazil Joins OECD Countries in Landmark Pact on Civil Aircraft Export Credits: Announcement Moving up the (Global) Value Chain: OECD Policy Brief Infrastructure
to 2030, Vol. 2: Mapping Policy for Electricity, Water and Transport
assesses whether current policies are sufficient to
meet the massive infrastructure needs of the future:
Book
on Online Bookshop | Book
on SourceOECD Babies
and Bosses: Synthesis Report Competitive Tendering of Rail Services Cutting
Red Tape: Comparing Administrative Burdens across Countries Development Aid at a Glance 2007: Statistics by Region OECD Economic Surveys: European Union 2007: Book Listing OECD Economic Surveys: India 2007: Book Listing OECD Economic Surveys: United Kingdom 2007 OECD Economic Surveys: Ukraine Economic Assessment 2007: Book Listing Energy Use in the New Millennium: Trends in IEA Countries Book Listing Estimation and Evaluation of Transport Costs Gaining from Migration: Towards a New Mobility System Book Listing Health at a Glance 2007: Focus on Quality of Care Book Listing Higher Education and Regions: Globally Competitive, Locally Engaged: Book Listing International Investment Perspectives 2007 OECD Environmental Performance Reviews Australia Book Listing OECD Environmental Performance Reviews Denmark Book Listing OECD Investment Policy Reviews: Egypt Mind the Gap: Quantifying Principal-Agent Problems in Energy Efficiency Book Listing No More Failures: Ten Steps to Equity in Education Performance Budgeting in OECD Countries: Book Listing Policies for a Better Environment: Progress in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia OECD Reviews of Innovation Policy South Africa OECD Reviews of National Policies for Education: Tertiary Education in Portugal OECD Reviews of National Policies for Education: Basic Education in Turkey OECD Reviews of Regional Innovation Globalisation and Regional Economies: Can OECD Regions Compete in Global Industries? OECD Reviews of Regulatory Reform Italy: Ensuring Regulatory Quality across Levels of Government Book Listing Opportunities
and Challenges of Fisheries Globalisation The Space Economy at a Glance OECD Territorial Reviews Madrid, Spain Book Listing OECD Territorial Review: Norway Trusting the Internet Women and Men in OECD Countries * For a few books, SourceOECD links may not yet be live. They should be active within a few days |
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