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HIGHLIGHTS
IEA Executive
Director Says Current Energy Trends Call for "Urgent and Decisive
Policy Responses" on Release of 2004 World Energy Outlook.
More
The Preliminary
Edition of OECD Economic Outlook will be Released on November
30.
The first
results of a new PISA survey of student achievement will be released
on December 7: Press
Release
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AGRICULTURE/FOOD/FISHERIES
Farm Household
Income: Towards Better Informed Policy: OECD Policy
Brief (107 kb)
Addressing
Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing: Paper
presented at the International Fisheries Compliance Conference by
Carl-Christian Schmidt (180 kb)
Top
DEVELOPMENT
Export Credit
Arrangement Participants Agree on Pilot Program to Provide Greater
Efficiency and Transparency in the Use of Untied Aid Credits: More
Which Policies
Can Reduce the Cost of Capital in Southern Africa? OECD
Development Centre Policy Brief (370 kb)
Austria Moves
Forward on Major Reforms for More Effective Aid. Press
Release
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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS
Global Truths:
OECD
Observer Article by Donald J. Johnston
Resilience and
Risks: OECD
Observer Article
The following
OECD Economic Surveys have been released. Policy
Briefs summarizing the findings of Surveys are available.
OECD Economics
Department Working Papers Released during the Past Month:
- No.
409. Public Expenditure Management in France (262 kb)
- No.
408. Russian Industrial Restructuring: Trends in Productivity,
Competitiveness, and Comparative Advantage. (139 kb)
- No.
407. Improving the Capacity to Innovate in Germany. (222
kb)
- No.
406. Tax Treatment of Private Pension Savings in OECD
Countries (586 kb)
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ECONOMIC STATISTICS
Counting on
Numbers: OECD
Observer Article by Enrico Giovannini
Latest OECD
Composite Leading Indicators: More
Latest
Standardised Unemployment Rates: More
Main Economic
Indicators for Non-Member Countries: More (175
kb)
International
Trade Statistics: Trends from 2nd Quarter 2004: More
GDP Quarterly
Growth Rates: More
New Volume of
National Accounts Data: General Government Accounts: More
New Edition of
Labour Force Statistics now available:
OECD Statistics
Newsletter, October 2004. Full text
(320 kb)
IEA Monthly Oil
Market Report More
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EDUCATION
Early Education and Child Care Policy in
Canada: Country
Note (965 kb) and Background
Report (1.21 mb)
The first
results of a new PISA survey on educational achievement will be
released on December 7: Press
Release
Taking Fear Out
of Schools: Reports
from a Recent Conference
Reflections on a
Teaching Career: OECD
Observer Article
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EMPLOYMENT
What Does the
Future Hold? Demography, Jobs, and Public Finances. Presentation
by OECD Deputy Secretary-General Berglind Asgeirsdottir
Babies and
Bosses: New
report covering New Zealand, Portugal, and
Switzerland
Ageing and
Employment: Korea: More
Recent Trends in
Working Hours: OECD Policy
Brief (109 kb)
New edition of
Labour
Force Statistics now available.
On the Move: A
Record Number of People are Moving to Find Jobs: OECD
Observer Article
OECD Database on
Foreign Born and Expatriates: Early
Basic Results
Top
ENERGY
IEA Executive
Director Says Current Energy Trends Call for "Urgent and Decisive
Policy Responses" on Release of 2004 World Energy Outlook.
More
IEA Urges
Portugal to Maintain its Oil Stockholding Obligation: Press
Release
IEA Energy
Statistics Manual: Full
Manual. An excellent guide to using IEA energy statistics.
IEA Monthly Oil
Market Report OMR Web
Page
IEA Statistics
Web Page Energy
Statistics Web Page
Monthly Oil,
Gas, Electricity and Energy Prices Reports Monthly Energy
Reports
Energy Borders:
OECD
Observer Article
Government and
Nuclear Energy:OECD
Observer Article
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ENTERPRISE/INDUSTRY/SERVICES
Compendium of
Patent Statistics: More
(880 kb)
Report on the
Application of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention in Korea: Full
Report (265 kb)
Competition Law
and Policy in the Russian Federation: OECD Policy
Brief
Top
ENVIRONMENT
Environment
Ministers from former Soviet Union Face Up to New Realities: More
Towards Waste
Prevention Performance Indicators: More
L (1.7 mb)
Global Forum on
Sustainable Development: Agenda
and Background Papers
Top
FINANCE/INVESTMENT
Financial
Market Trends No. 87 was released on 25 October: More
Global Forum on
International Investment held in New Delhi: More
Most-Favoured
Nation Treatment in International Investment Law: More (140
kb)
Dirty Money: OECD
Observer Article
Combatting
International Financial Crime through International Standards and
Cooperation. Speech by
William Witherell (40 kb)
Report on the
Application of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention in Korea: Full
Report (265 kb)
Top
HEALTH
Towards High
Performing Health Systems - Policy Studies: Just
Published
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INFORMATION/COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
OECD
Information Technology Outlook to be Released Shortly. Watch
the main OECD Web Site for its
release.
Top
PUBLIC MANAGEMENT
Second OECD
review of Mexican regulatory reform finds progress and suggests
widening the scope for reform. More
Top
SCIENCE/INNOVATION
Compendium of
Patent Statistics: More (880
kb)
Handbook on
Hedonic Indexes and Quality Adjustments in Price Indexes: Special
Application to Information Technology Products STI Working
Paper (1 mb)
Top
TAXATION
New OECD Papers
on Tax Compliance Issues: More
Tax
Administration in OECD Countries: Comparative Information. Full
report. (675 kb) A very interesting comparison of the tax
collection systems of OECD countries.
Model Tax
Convention: Update
pages reflecting most recent changes just released for 2 Volume
binder:
Resolving
International Tax Disputes: The Role of the OECD: OECD
Observer Article
Top
TRADE
Trade Committee
Meeting includes Consultation with Civil Society Organisations: Report
Top
TRANSPORTATION
Road
Haulage Taxation Database
Just
Published:Improving
Access to Public Transport
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URBAN, RURAL, AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS
OECD Conducts
Territorial Review of Mexico City: Policy
Brief
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