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October 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 OECD Countries Take New Approach to Fostering Innovation, says STI Scoreboard 2007: Press Release | Book Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD Angus Maddison updates his bestselling Chinese Economic Performance in the Long Run. Virtually all chapters updated, with one entirely new chapter! Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD The Space Economy at a Glance reveals the economic impact of and potential of space and satellite technology: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD * | Related OECD Observer Article OECD in Figures 2007 - OECD's handy pocket book of statistics: Book on Online Bookshop | Freely available on SourceOECD SourceOECD users who have experienced "Server Busy" messages should no longer be inconvenienced with this problem, following adjustments made to the system. Should the problem persist, please notify us at sourceoecd@oecd.org A new Getting Started with SourceOECD user's guide has been posted on SourceOECD. Librarians can request quantities of print copies by sending a message to sourceoecd@oecd.org. STI Scoreboard Webbook added to SourceOECD: Webbook The first databases available on a new browser have been posted on SourceOECD. Social Expenditure Database and the Gender, Institutions and Development Database are now available for viewing. This new browser will be a new feature of SourceOECD. Other databases will be made available through this browser later in the year. The OECD in Figures 2007 web book has now been added to SourceOECD and is freely available to all users. 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 Website for more information. OECD will attend the following events in the coming months:
See List of Forthcoming Books: Below AGRICULTURE / FOOD / FISHERIES Effective Targeting of Agricultural Policies: Best Practices for Policy Design and Implementation: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD OECD Regional Meeting on Agricultural Policy Reform, 24-26 September 2007: Web Site with Links to Papers Structural Change in Fisheries: Dealing with the Human Dimension: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD The Cost of Implementing Agricultural Policy: OECD Policy Brief International Investment Perspectives 2007: Freedom of Investment in a Changing World contains two main analytic sections. The first addresses an apparent growth in discriminatory practices toward cross-border investment in recent years motivated by concerns about national security and related essential concerns. The second main section focuses on the new opportunities arising from FDI and the changing nature of the international economy in which investment takes place: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD OECD Codes of Liberalisation of Capital Movements and of Current Invisible Operations: User's Guide 2007: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD OECD Investment Policy Reviews: Egypt: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD | OECD Observer Article OECD Working Group on Bribery Concerned by Argentina's Postponement of On-Site Visit: Announcement Latin American Roundtable on Corporate Governance Launches Initiative to Promote More Active Institutional Investors: Announcement OECD Journal of Competition Law and Policy: Volume 9 - Issue 1. This issue features articles on competition law and policy in the European Union, predatory foreclosure, and resale below cost laws and regulations: Subscribe on Online Bookshop | Issue on SourceOECD Angus Maddison updates his bestselling Chinese Economic Performance in the Long Run. Virtually all chapters updated, with one entirely new chapter! Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD OECD Review of Canadian Development Co-operation Programme: Announcement (includes links to Main Findings Report - Full Report to be published in the future issue of the OECD Journal on Development). Aid Effectiveness: 2006 Survey on Monitoring the Paris Declaration - Overview of the Results: Website (Text available as OECD Journal on Development, Volume 8, Issue 2 on SourceOECD) Public-Private Dialogue in Developing Countries: Opportunities and Risks: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD Informal Institutions: How Social Norms Help or Hinder Development: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD The
Space Economy at a Glance reveals the impact of
and potential of space and satellite technology: Book
on Online Bookshop | Angus Maddison updates his bestselling Chinese Economic Performance in the Long Run. Virtually all chapters updated, with one entirely new chapter! Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD OECD Chief Economist Jean-Philippe Cotis appointed Director-General of INSEE: Announcement 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:
OECD in Figures 2007 - OECD's handy pocket book of statistics: Book on Online Bookshop | Freely available on SourceOECD Latest OECD Consumer Prices: Inflation down to 1.8% in OECD area: More Latest Purchasing Power Parities: More Latest OECD Composite Leading Indicators: Weakening Outlook Signaled for Major Global Economies: More Latest Standardised Unemployment Rates. Unemployment in the OECD area remains stable at 5.4%: More Quarterly GDP Growth: Quarterly Release | Spreadsheet Slower growth in G7 merchandise trade continues in second quarter 2007: More Main Economic Indicators for Non-Member Countries: More (183 kb) IEA Monthly Oil Market Report: More OECD Statistics Portal: Website Universities Could Play a Greater Role in Regional Development, according to Higher Education and Regions: Globally Competitive, Locally Engaged: Press Release | Book Announcement | Policy Brief | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD Poland Must Accelerate Reform of Tertiary Education, according to the OECD Review of Tertiary Education in Poland: Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD Keynote Speech by Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General - UNESCO Ministerial Round Table on Education and Economic Development (Paris, 19 October 2007): Speech Ask the Economists: Education - Learn more, Earn more? Q&A's from an Online Interview IMHE 2008 General Conference - Call for Papers: Announcement OECD Reviews of Tertiary Education Estonia: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD Addressing Labour Market Duality in Korea: Working Paper Life-Expectancy Risk and Pensions: Who Bears the Burden? Working Paper Audit du service public de l'emploi au Luxembourg: Working Paper Trends
in International Migration Flows and Stocks, 1975-2005:
Working
Paper La politique migratoire française à un tournant: Working Paper Closing the Pensions Gap: The Role of Private Pensions: OECD Policy Brief Pension
Reform: The Unfinished Agenda:
OECD
Policy Brief ENERGY (Also see Nuclear Energy) Mind the Gap: Quantifying Principal-Agent Problems in Energy Efficiency: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD Energy Use in the New Millennium: Trends in IEA Countries: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD Switching On: OECD Observer Article ENTREPRENEURSHIP / SMEs / LOCAL DEVELOPMENT Call for Experts for an International Review of Local Development Policies: Announcement ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OECD Urges Former Soviet States to Accelerate Environmental Reforms in Policies for a Better Environment - Progress in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia: Press Release | Book Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD Making Environmental Spending Count: OECD Policy Brief OECD / EAP Task Force at the 6th "Environment for Europe" Ministerial Conference, 10-12 October 2007, Belgrade: Website with Reports Health Care Quality Indicators Project - 2006 Data Collection Update Report: Working Paper INFORMATION / COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY Participative Web and User-Created Content: Web 2.0, Wikis and Social Networking: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD Catching Up in Broadband: What Will It Take? Report China is Becoming One of the World’s Fastest Growing Players on the Global Information and Communications Technology Market: OECD Observer Article 2007 edition of the International Handbook of Evaluated Criticality Safety Benchmark Experiments has now been released: More PUBLIC MANAGEMENT / GOVERNANCE / URBAN, RURAL AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS Governance Initiative Launched: OECD Observer Article Cutting Red Tape: Comparing Administrative Burdens across Countries: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD Cutting Red Tape Administrative Simplification in the Netherlands: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD Performance Budgeting in OECD Countries: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD Universities Could Play a Greater Role in Regional Development, according to Higher Education and Regions: Globally Competitive, Locally Engaged: Press Release | Book Announcement | Policy Brief | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD OECD Territorial Reviews Madrid, Spain: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD * OECD Territorial Reviews Yucatan, Mexico: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD SCIENCE / INNOVATION / INDUSTRY OECD Countries Take New Approach to Fostering Innovation, says STI Scoreboard 2007: Press Release | Book Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators in a Changing World: Responding to Policy Needs: Book Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD OECD Reviews of Innovation Policy: South Africa: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD Innovation and Growth: Rationale for an Innovation Strategy: Report Compendium of Patent Statistics, 2007 Edition: Report The
Space Economy at a Glance reveals the impact of
and potential of space and satellite technology: Book
on Online Bookshop | OECD Countries’ Tax Burdens Back up to 2000 Historic Highs, says 2007 edition of Revenue Statistics: Press Release | Book Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD Consumption Taxes: The Way of the Future? OECD Policy Brief OECD Reports Progress in Fighting Offshore Tax Evasion, but Says More Efforts Are Needed in Improving Access to Bank Information for Tax Purposes: The 2007 Progress Report and Tax Co-operation: Towards a Level Playing Field – 2007 Assessment: Press Release | Improving Access Report | Tax Co-operation Book Announcement | Tax Co-operation on Online Bookshop | Tax Co-operation on SourceOECD Taxation of Small and Medium Enterprises: Getting it Right: Press Release following Buenos Aires Conference Counterfeiting and Piracy: Fakes, Facts and Figures: OECD Observer Article Business Perceptions of Non-Tariff Barriers (NTBs) Facing Trade in Selected Environmental Goods and Associated Services: Part I: Survey Results | Part II: Findings of Ten Country Cases 2007 Sector Understanding on Export Credits for Ships: Text Estimation and Evaluation of Transport Costs (ECMT Round Table No. 136): Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD Biofuels: Linking Support to Performance: Report Taxi
Burden:
OECD
Observer Article Babies
and Bosses: Synthesis Report Competitive Tendering of Rail Services OECD DAC Handbook on Security System Reform: Supporting Security and Justice Development Aid at a Glance 2007: Statistics by Region OECD Economic Surveys: Chile 2007 OECD Economic Surveys: The Netherlands 2007 OECD Economic Surveys: Switzerland 2007 OECD Environmental Performance Reviews Australia Book Listing OECD Environmental Performance Reviews Denmark Book Listing Fundamental Reform of Corporate Income Tax Genetic Testing: A Survey of Quality Assurance and Proficiency Standards Globalisation and Fisheries: Proceedings of an OECD-FAO Workshop Globalisation
and Regional Economies: Can OECD Regions Compete in Global Industries? Health at a Glance 2007: Focus on Quality of Care Book Listing Latin American Economic Outlook 2008 No More Failures: Ten Steps to Equity in Education Protecting
Pensions: Policy Analysis and Examples from OECD Countries 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 Trusting the Internet Women and Men in OECD Countries World Energy Outlook 2007: China and India Insights * For a few books, SourceOECD links may not yet be live. They should be active within a few days |
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