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June 2009
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OECD Week: Where next for the world economy? The OECD Forum on 23-24 June, and the OECD Ministerial meeting on 24-25 June mark the annual high point in the Organisation’s calendar. The forecasts in the OECD Economic Outlook, to be published on 24 June, and discussions at the Forum between Ministers, representatives of business, labour, NGOs, academia and the media, will feed directly into the ministerial meeting: Announcement
OECD Forum 2009 is planned for 23-24 June 2009 with the theme "For a stronger, cleaner, fairer economy": Website | Registration
OECD Model Tax Convention on Income and on Capital, Electronic Version July 2008 is now available on SourceOECD. USB Flash Memory Key version to be available shortly: Web Version on SourceOECD | USB Key on Online Bookshop
SECRETARY-GENERAL GURRÍA'S ACTIVITIES
Making a real recovery happen: OECD Observer Article by Angel Gurría: Article
The OECD’s effort to help build a stronger, cleaner and fairer global economy: Remarks by Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General, delivered at the Council on Foreign Relations on 2 June, 2009 in Washington DC: Remarks
The crisis and its impact on cross border investment. Remarks by Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General, during a lunch organised by the United States Council for International Business: Remarks
The OECD’s evolving role in shaping international tax policy. Opening remarks by Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General at the OECD/BIAC/USCIB tax conference in Washington: Remarks
Innovative financing perspectives in the new global economic outlook: Opening Remarks by Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General, at the sixth plenary meeting of the Leading Group on Solidarity Levies to Fund Development: Remarks
The role of ODA in the area of climate change. Opening Remarks by Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General, at the DAC High Level Meeting: Remarks
Innovative financing perspectives in the new global economic outlook: Opening Remarks by Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General, at the sixth plenary meeting of the Leading Group on Solidarity Levies to Fund Development: Remarks
The new OECD iLibrary will be opened up to SourceOECD subscribers towards the end of June. See a guided tour: OECD iLibrary Guided Tour
In this time of economic crisis, OECD Publishing maintains 2009 pricing for 2010 subscriptions: Press Release | 2009 Subscriptions Price List
OECD publications will be on exhibit at the following events in the Coming Months:
- American Library Association, 9-15 July 2009, Chicago, IL USA
- Oesterreichischer Bibliothekartag, 15-18 September 2009, Graz, Austria
- Frankfurt Book Fair, 14-18 October 2009. Frankfurt, Germany
- International Guadalajara Book Fair 2009, 28 November-6 December 2009, Guadalajara, Mexico
See List of Forthcoming Books: Below
AGRICULTURE / FOOD / FISHERIES
Evaluation of Agricultural Policy Reforms in Japan: Report (PDF - 2.45 mb)
Sector Specific Sources of Competitiveness in the Western Balkans: Recommendation for a Regional Investment Strategy: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
Major donors adopt plan to support poor countries in crisis during the High Level Meeting at OECD: Announcement | SG's Remarks
Managing Aid: Practices of DAC Member Countries surveys the practices of the 23 members that make up the OECD Development Assistance Committee. In doing so, it seeks to offer inspiration to aid managers and practitioners interested in improving the way donors and partners work together: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
OECD reviews Austria’s development co-operation: Announcement of Findings (full report to be published in a future issue of the OECD Journal on Development)
The OECD High Level Meeting on Environment and Development discussed key issues related to adaptation to climate change, water supply and sanitation, as well as capacity development for environmental management and low-carbon development paths: Website
Dambisa Moyo leads a discussion on international development at OECD: Announcement with link to webcast
Innovative financing perspectives in the new global economic outlook: Opening Remarks by Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General, at the sixth plenary meeting of the Leading Group on Solidarity Levies to Fund Development: Remarks
Tackling the financial and economic crisis: OECD updates the website with commentary, analysis and statistics on the crisis we are facing: Updated Website
Jørgen Elmeskov, Acting Chief Economist of the OECD comments on where we stand in the current crisis: Video | Paper on the General Economic Background to the Crisis (PDF - 717 kb)
OECD participates in UN Climate Change Talks in Bonn: Webpage
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:
- Italy: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD (to be available shortly)
OECD Economics Department Working Papers released during the past month:
- No. 701: The Economics of Climate Change Mitigation: How to Build the Necessary Global Action in a Cost-effective Manner (PDF - 4.67 mb)
- No. 700: Capital Inflows, Household Debt and the Boom-bust Cycle in Estonia (PDF - 387 kb)
- No. 699: The Effect of Financial Crises on Potential Output (PDF - 361 kb)
- No. 698:
Employment-Productivity Trade-off and Labour Composition
(PDF - 537 kb)
Latest OECD Consumer Prices: Inflation falls further to 0.6% in OECD area: More
Latest OECD Composite Leading Indicators: OECD Composite Leading Indicators point to an easing pace of deterioration in some major economies: More
Latest Harmonised Unemployment Rates. Unemployment in the OECD area rises to 7.8%: More
Unit Labour Cost growth continued to rise in Fourth Quarter 2008: More
Quarterly GDP Growth: Quarterly Release | Spreadsheet
Trade flows collapse in Q4 2008 but signs of falls easing in early 2009: More (PDF 326 kb)
Main Economic Indicators for Non-OECD Countries: More (PDF - 183 kb)
Key World Energy Statistics 2008: Pocket Book ( PDF - 2.37 mb)
IEA Monthly Oil Market Report: More
OECD Statistics Portal: Website
Green at Fifteen?: How 15-Year-Olds Perform in Environmental Science and Geoscience in PISA 2006: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
Iceland needs sharper focus on research & education for successful innovation-led recovery says Education, Research and Innovation Policy: A New Direction for Iceland: Report (PDF - 388 kb)
The first results from the OECD Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) will be released on 16 June 2009: Announcement
France should prioritise the employment of disadvantaged young people says Jobs for Youth: France: Press Release | Book Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
Governments must do more to help most vulnerable amid rising unemployment concludes High-Level Forum on Sickness, Disability and Work: Announcement
Investment Risk and Pensions: Measuring Uncertainty in Returns: Working Paper (PDF - 540 kb)
Investment Risk and Pensions: Impact on Individual Retirement Incomes and Government Budgets: Working Paper (PDF - 2.34 mb)
Towards a Framework for Assessing Family Policies in the EU: Working Paper (PDF - 1.59 mb)
ENERGY (Also see Nuclear Energy)
New OECD-IEA work to support the UN climate change negotiations leading up to COP-15: Announcement with links to papers
IEA Welcomes Creation of IPEEC: This new high-level forum will work globally to promote actions that bring high gains in energy efficiency: Website
IEA at the G8 Energy Ministers Meeting, Rome: Background Paper | Presentation on Climate Policy | Presentation on Investment
IEA Executive Director Nobuo Tanaka participated in the high-level carbon capture and storage (CCS) conference in Bergen/Norway: Key Messages
ENTREPRENEURSHIP / SMEs / LOCAL DEVELOPMENT
Flexible Policy for More and Better Jobs: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Finland has reduced pollution but must now green the economy says OECD Environmental Performance Review: Finland: Press Release | Book Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
Ensuring Environmental Compliance: Trends and Good Practices: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
The Economics of Climate Change Mitigation: How to Build the Necessary Global Action in a Cost-effective Manner: Working Paper (PDF - 4.67 mb)
Assessing Environmental Management Capacity: Towards a Common Reference Framework: Working Paper (PDF - 658 kb)
Integrating Public Environmental Expenditure within Multi-year Budgetary Frameworks: Working Paper (PDF - 409 kb)
Facilitating Trade in Selected Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Energy Supply, Buildings, and Industry Sectors: Working Paper (PDF - 2.72 mb)
OECD participates in UN Climate Change Talks in Bonn: Webpage
New OECD-IEA work to support the UN climate change negotiations leading up to COP-15: Announcement with links to papers
The OECD High Level Meeting on Environment and Development discussed key issues related to adaptation to climate change, water supply and sanitation, as well as capacity development for environmental management and low-carbon development paths: Website
Sustainable Manufacturing and Eco-innovation: Towards a Green Economy: OECD Policy Brief (PDF - 197 kb)
High-Level OECD Conference on ICTs, the Environment and Climate Change: Key Messages and Conclusions
Managing Chemicals Through OECD – New brochure on the OECD Environment, Health and Safety Programme: Brochure(PDF - 2.32. mb)
Three new data sources participate in eChemPortal: Announcement
OECD Health Data 2009 will be released on SourceOECD 30 June 2009.
INFORMATION / COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
High-Level OECD Conference on ICTs, the Environment and Climate Change: Key Messages and Conclusions
Internet Address Space: Economic Considerations in the Management of IPv4: Working Paper (PDF - 1.27 mb)
Broadband and the Economy: Working Paper (PDF - 882 kb)
The Seoul Declaration for the Future of the Internet Economy: Working Paper (PDF - 315 kb)
Shaping Policies for the Future of the Internet Economy: Working Paper (PDF - 2.3 mb)
OECD Policy Guidance for Addressing Emerging Consumer Protection and Empowerment Issues in Mobile Commerce: Working Paper (PDF - 798 kb)
RFID Guidance and Reports: Working Paper (PDF - 1.57 mb)
Mobile Fission and Activation Products in Nuclear Waste Disposal: Report(PDF 10 mb)
PUBLIC MANAGEMENT / GOVERNANCE / URBAN, RURAL AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS
Focus on Citizens: Public Engagement for Better Policy and Services: Book Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
OECD Reviews of Regulatory Reform: China 2009: Defining the Boundary between the Market and the State: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
Evolutions in Budgetary Practice: Allen Schick and the OECD Senior Budget Officials: Book on Online Bookshop (This book will not be available on SourceOECD as all its components are already on it.)
How Regions Grow: Trends and Analysis: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
OECD Reviews of Regional Innovation: Piedmont, Italy: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
OECD Reviews of Regional Innovation: 15 Mexican States: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD (Book to be available shortly)
Measuring Government Activity: Book Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
Multi-Level Regulatory Governance: Working Paper (PDF - 526 kb)
SCIENCE / INNOVATION / INDUSTRY
Sustainable Manufacturing and Eco-innovation: Towards a Green Economy: OECD Policy Brief (PDF - 197 kb)
OECD Biotechnology Statistics 2009: Report (2.51 mb)
OECD Reviews of Regional Innovation: Piedmont, Italy: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
OECD Reviews of Regional Innovation: 15 Mexican States: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD (Book to be available shortly)
OECD Model Tax Convention on Income and on Capital, Electronic Version July 2008 is now available on SourceOECD. USB Flash Memory Key version to be available shortly: Web Version on SourceOECD | USB Key on Online Bookshop
Tax collectors worldwide to co-operate in revenue-raising to offset fiscal deficits at the fifth meeting of the OECD’s Forum on Tax Administration, in Paris on 28-29 May 2009 Announcement
Building Transparent Tax Compliance by Banks sets out the conclusions of the OECD study that examined the role of banks in the provision of aggressive tax planning arrangements: Report (PDF - 1.33 mb)
Engaging with High Net Worth Individuals on Tax Compliance finds that by focusing resources on the HNWI segment, significant improvements in compliance can be achieved: Report (PDF - 1.36 mb)
The OECD’s evolving role in shaping international tax policy. Opening remarks by Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General at the USCIB conference, Washington, 1st June 2009. Remarks
Luxembourg strengthens tax information exchange provisions: Announcement
Bermuda signs tax information accord with the Netherlands: Announcement
Luxembourg, U.S. agree to exchange bank information for tax purposes: Announcement
Bermuda signs tax information agreements with Nordic economies: Announcement
Andorra, Liechtenstein and Monaco removed from OECD List of Unco-operative Tax Havens: Announcement
Public comments received on Reports Relating to Claims for Treaty Benefits by Portfolio Investors: Comments
Recovering VAT/GST incurred abroad: Survey. The OECD has launched a new survey into the VAT “lost” by businesses due to the difficulties of recovering tax incurred in countries other than their own. Businesses are invited to complete the survey by 17 July 2009. Announcement and Survey
Register now for the conference "Transfer Pricing and Treaties in a Changing World," to be held at OECD in Paris 21-22 September 2009: Announcement
India's Trade Integration, Realising the Potential: Working Paper (PDF - 735 kb)
Facilitating Trade in Selected Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Energy Supply, Buildings, and Industry Sectors: Working Paper (PDF - 2.72 mb)
International Transport Forum 2009 brought together more than 800 delegates from around the world, including Transport Ministers, industry leaders, and representatives of stakeholder groups, academia and civil society to discuss the impacts of the economic crisis on transport and the sector's role in recovery: Website
Transport Outlook 2009: Globalisation, Crisis and Transport (Preliminary): Discussion Paper (PDF - 467 kb)
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Potential from International Shipping: Discussion Paper (PDF - 837 kb)
Policy Instruments to Limit Negative Environmental Impacts from Increased International Transport: Discussion Paper (PDF - 388 kb)
Integration and Competition between Transport and Logistics Businesses: Discussion Paper (PDF - 195 kb)
Competitive Interaction between Airports, Airlines and High-Speed Rail: Discussion Paper (PDF - 277 kb)
African Economic Outlook 2009: Overview: Book Listing
Clusters, Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Book Listing
Improving Incentives in Donor Agencies (First Edition): Good Practice and Self-Assessment Tool: Book Listing
Innovation in Firms: A Microeconomic Perspective: Book Listing
International Migration Outlook: SOPEMI 2009: Book Listing
Natural Gas Market Review 2009: Book Listing
OECD Economic Surveys: Austria 2009: Book Listing
OECD Economic Surveys: Belgium 2009: Book Listing
OECD Economic Surveys: United Kingdom 2009: Book Listing
OECD Environmental Performance Reviews, Greece: Book Listing
OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2009: Book Listing
OECD Insights International Migration: The Human Side of Globalisation: Book Listing
OECD Rural Policy Reviews: Italy: Book Listing
OECD Territorial Review of Chile: Book Listing
Pensions at a Glance 2009: Retirement-Income Systems in OECD Countries: Book Listing
Port Competition and Hinterland Connections: Book Listing
Regional Atlas on West Africa: Book Listing
Review of Fisheries in OECD Countries: Policies and Summary Statistics 2008: Book Listing
Trends in the Transport Sector 2009: Book Listing
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