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ICT Industry Growth Set to Increase by 6% in 2006, according to new OECD Information Technology Outlook: Press Release | Book Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD Tax Revenues on the Rise in many OECD Countries, according to OECD's annual Revenue Statistics: Press Release | Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD Almost half a million Excel™ spreadsheet files have been accessed so far in 2006 over via OECD's StatLinks, URL's that appear under graphs and tables in OECD publications and give access via the internet to the underlying data. When PDFs are viewed on SourceOECD, the links are clickable. The top five titles generating StatLink clicks are OECD in Figures, the OECD Factbook, Health at a Glance, the OECD Economic Outlook and the OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard. The 2006 edition of OECD in Figures will come out shortly. OECD will attend the following events in the coming months:
See List of Forthcoming Books: Below AGRICULTURE / FOOD / FISHERIES Supermarkets and the Meat Supply Chain discusses the impact on farmers, processors and consumers: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD Talks on Latin American Agricultural Trade Liberalisation Aim to Renew Doha Round Impetus: Announcement BUSINESS & MARKETS Corporate Governance is Improving in Turkey but Some Challenges Remain, according to Corporate Governance in Turkey: A Pilot Study: Press Release | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD * Competition Law and Policy in Argentina - Results of a Peer Review: Report (277 kb) | Policy Brief (170 kb) The October 2006 issue of Pension Markets in Focus, OECD's occasional newsletter on pension markets, features article on financial wealth accumulated under funded pension arrangements, trends in pension fund assets, pension fund markets in selected non-OECD countries, asset allocation, pension reserve funds, and OECD classification: Newsletter OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises Feature in UN Special Representative’s Survey of Business Practices: Announcement The OECD Global Forum on Trade and Competition held in Paris on10 February 2006 addressed key issues for developing countries: (i) how anti-competitive practices influence export competitiveness, (ii) the linkages between competition policy and socio-economic development to attain the Millennium Development Goals, and (iii) regional approaches to trade and competition found in bilateral and regional trading arrangements. See the Rapporteur's Report (132 kb) FDI
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Observer Article The October 2006 issue of DACNews, the newsletter of the OECD Development Assistance Committee, features an article by OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría on fighting corruption as well as an article by the Danish Minister for Development Co-operation on the Danish approach to fighting corruption. Newsletter Gender Equality Aid-at-a-Glance provides information on each donor country's aid programs for gender equality: Website OECD
Secretary-General Angel Gurría Notes the Risks to Economic
Growth and the Challenges Ahead in a speech to the Enlarged
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on 04-Oct-2006:
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Observer Article Home Dear Home: Are House Prices Peaking? OECD Observer Article OECD Economic Surveys 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:
Latest OECD Consumer Prices: Inflation down slightly to 3.o% in OECD Area: More Latest Purchasing Power Parities: More Latest OECD Composite Leading Indicators: Weakening Outlook for Major Global Economies: More Latest Standardised Unemployment Rates. Unemployment in the OECD area remains at 6.1%: More (40 kb) Quarterly GDP Growth: Quarterly Release | Spreadsheet Merchandise Trade Growth. G7 volume growth continued to slow in the second quarter: Quarterly Release Main Economic Indicators for Non-Member Countries: More (183 kb) IEA Monthly Oil Market Report: More OECD Statistics Portal: Web Site PISA - Assessing Scientific, Reading and Mathematical Literacy: A Framework for PISA 2006 outlines scope of the 2006 PISA survey: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD Boosting Jobs and Incomes - Lessons from Reassessing the OECD Jobs Strategy. Address by Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD to the meeting of G8 Employment and Labour Ministers, Moscow, 9-10 October 2006: Speech OECD Study in Risk Management Examines Safety of the Elderly in Sweden: Working Paper (2.39 mb) Globalisation and Jobs: What Policies? OECD Observer Article ENERGY (Also see Nuclear Energy) IEA's World Energy Outlook 2006 will be released on November 7, 2006. It examines two possible energy futures: under-invested, vulnerable and dirty or clean, clever and competitive? A special pre-publication offer is made on the Online Bookshop Ukraine’s Huge Energy Efficiency Potential is Key to Improving its Energy Security, according to Ukraine Energy Policy Review 2006: Press Release | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD * Bridging the Energy Gap, IEA Executive Director Claude Mandil's address to the Climate Change Conference in Monterey, Mexico: Speech with Graphics Angola: Towards an Energy Strategy: Press Release | 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, 2006 Edition: PDF Version (2.15 mb) The OECD Council agreed to the establishment of the Working Party on Manufactured Nanomaterials, as a subsidiary body of the Chemicals Committee on Thursday, 14 September. This working party is established to address human health and environmental safety aspects of manufactured nanomaterials in the chemicals sector. Performance Review of the State Environmental Protection Fund of Ukraine: Report OECD Reviews of Health Systems: Switzerland: Press Release | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD ICT Industry Growth Set to Increase by 6% in 2006, according to new OECD Information Technology Outlook: Press Release | Book Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD Handbook on Hedonic Indexes and Quality Adjustments in Price Indexes: Special Application to Information Technology Products: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD INFORMATION / COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY ICT Industry Growth Set to Increase by 6% in 2006, according to new OECD Information Technology Outlook: Press Release | Book Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD Handbook on Hedonic Indexes and Quality Adjustments in Price Indexes: Special Application to Information Technology Products: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD Latest OECD Broadband Statistics: Website OECD Foresight Forum on Next Generation Networks: Papers Presented Releasing the Sites of Nuclear Installations: A Status Report: Report PUBLIC MANAGEMENT / GOVERNANCE Investment Priorities for Rural Development: Conference being held in Edinburgh examine new policy options for boosting economic investment in rural regions: Website The Science of Science Policy: Developing our Understanding of Public Investments in Science: Summary of a Workshop (43 kb) Blue Sky Forum 2006 Sets Agenda for Work on Science and Technology Indicators: Agenda and Papers Presented Tax Revenues on the Rise in many OECD Countries, according to OECD's annual Revenue Statistics: Press Release | Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD Committee on Fiscal Affairs Releases Outcome of Review of Preferential Tax Regimes in OECD Countries: Announcement Talks on Latin American Agricultural Trade Liberalisation Aim to Renew Doha Round Impetus: Announcement Speed Management, a comprehensive study on how countries are trying to control the largest cause of road deaths: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD * Young Drivers: The Road to Safety examines concrete options to reduce risk: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD Preliminary Data on Road Safety in Europe 2005: Press Release Updated Stort-Term Transport Trends Data: Website Updated
Road Accident Statistics: Website URBAN, RURAL AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS / ENTREPRENEURSHIP Investment Priorities for Rural Development: Conference being held in Edinburgh examine new policy options for boosting economic investment in rural regions: Website CO2 Emissions from Fuel Combustion: 1971 / 2004 - 2006 Edition: Book Listing Education Policy Analysis - Focus on Higher Education -- 2005-2006 Edition: Book Listing Energy Policies of IEA Countries: Greece 2006 Review: Book Listing Environment, Water Resources and Agricultural Policies - Lessons from China and OECD Countries: Book Listing Sickness, Disability and Work: Breaking the Barriers: Book Listing Society at a Glance, 2006 Edition The Size of Government Procurement Markets The SME Financing Gap, Volume I: Theory and Evidence: Book Listing Trusting the Internet Understanding National Accounts: An OECD Manual. An excellent guide to national accounts by the OECD authorities on the topic: Book Listing Women in Scientific Careers: Unleashing the Potential World
Energy Outlook 2006. Always a bestseller! Book
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