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What's New@OECD
April 2007
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| Topics Highlights | OECD Publishing News | Agriculture/Food/Fisheries | Business & Markets | Development | Economic Developments | Economic Statistics | Education | Employment & Social Affairs| Energy | Entrepreneurship/SMEs/Local Development | Environment & Sustainable Development | Health | Information/Communications Technology | Nuclear Energy | Public Management/Governance | Science/Innovation/Industry | Taxation | Trade | Transportation | Urban, Rural, and Regional Affairs | FORTHCOMING New OECD Factbook with special focus on migration launched in Rome on 2 April 2007: Press Release | Book Announcement | Web Book on SourceOECD | Book on Online Bookshop OECD Forum 2007 will be held 14-15 May 2007 in Paris with the theme Innovation, Growth and Equity. See the Website for the programme, speakers and registration information. The Meeting of the OECD Council at Ministerial Level will be held 15-16 May 2007 with the theme Innovation: Advancing the OECD Agenda for Growth and Equity. Announcement | Website OECD Factbook 2007 has been added as a free-access web book on SourceOECD: OECD Factbook 2007 OECD will attend the following events in the coming months:
See List of Forthcoming Books: Below AGRICULTURE / FOOD / FISHERIES The
Implementation Costs of Agricultural Policies: Book
on Online Bookshop | Book
on SourceOECD Ask the Economists: The Pensions Challenge - Financing Retirement. See the questions and answers from this online debate with OECD economists Monika Queisser, Ed Whitehouse, Fiona Stewart and Pablo Antolin: Pensions Challenge Q&As OECD Expresses Concern over Ireland’s Commitment to Foreign Bribery Convention: Announcement | Report (640 kb) OECD Welcomes China's New Enterprise Tax and Property Laws. See related book - OECD Investment Policy Review of China: Announcement (86 kb) | Book Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD OECD Countries Agree on Principles for Private Sector Role in Infrastructure Projects: Announcement | Principles (267 kb) Winning the Fight Against Corruption: OECD Observer Article Testing the (OECD Anti-Bribery) Convention: OECD Observer Article OECD steps up co-operation with the OAS to fight corruption in the Americas: Announcement Development Aid from OECD Countries Fell 5.1% in 2006: Announcement DACNews for April 2007 features articles on aid figures for 2006. It also looks at the Principles for Good International Engagement in Fragile States which Ministers and heads of agencies will agree in Paris, and it profiles the new OECD DAC Handbook on Security Sector Reform targeted at policy makers and field staff: Newsletter Financing Development: Aid and Beyond: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD African Economic Outlook 2007 to be released on 14 May 2007. It will have a special focus on water and sanitation: Announcement China has become an engine of growth for Latin America according to The Visible Hand of China in Latin America: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD * Economic
Growth versus Poverty Reduction: A “Hollow Debate”?
OECD
Observer Article Seminar on Monetary Policy in Emerging Markets. The OECD Economics Department organized jointly with the Bank of England’s Centre for Central Bank Studies on 28 February 2007 a seminar on challenges for monetary policymaking in emerging-market economies. Special attention was devoted to seven countries that have adopted inflation targeting as the institutional framework for the conduct of monetary policy: Brazil, Chile, Czech Republic, Indonesia, Mexico, South Africa, and Turkey: Agenda and Papers Presented 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.
OECD Economics Department Working Papers released during the past month:
New OECD Factbook with special focus on migration launched in Rome on 2 April 2007: Press Release | Book Announcement | Web Site on SourceOECD | Book on Online Bookshop The Second OECD World Forum on Statistics, Knowledge and Policy, "Measuring and Fostering the Progress of Societies," will be held in Istanbul 27-30 June 2007. For agenda, speakers, and other information, see: Website Marrying the Cook - Understanding National Accounts: OECD Observer Article Latest OECD Consumer Prices: Inflation edges up to 2.1% in OECD area: More Latest Purchasing Power Parities: More Latest OECD Composite Leading Indicators: Continuing Moderating Outlook Signaled for Major Global Economies: More Latest Standardised Unemployment Rates. Unemployment in the OECD area remains at 5.7%: More (40 kb) Quarterly GDP Growth: Quarterly Release | Spreadsheet Main Economic Indicators for Non-Member Countries: More (183 kb) IEA Monthly Oil Market Report: More OECD Statistics Portal: Website The Center for Educational Research and Innovation's (CERI) New Millennium Learners Project: Website OECD Economics Department Working Papers:
Ask the Economists: The Pensions Challenge - Financing Retirement. See the questions and answers from this online debate with OECD economists Monika Queisser, Ed Whitehouse, Fiona Stewart and Pablo Antolin: Pensions Challenge Q&As ENERGY (Also see Nuclear Energy) IEA Notes Significant Challenges on Market Reform and Energy Efficiency in Energy Policies of IEA Countries: Hungary 2006 Review: Press Release | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD * Energy
security and climate change mitigation are likely to be the
determining drivers of the future energy policies of
OECD and non-OECD countries alike according to Energy Security
and Climate Policy: Assessing Interactions:
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) ENTREPRENEURSHIP / SMEs / LOCAL DEVELOPMENT Baltic Partnerships: Integration, Growth and Local Governance in the Baltic Sea Region: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD The
SME Financing Gap, Vol. II: Proceedings of the Brasilia Conference,
27-30 March 2006: Book
on Online Bookshop | Book
on SourceOECD * ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OECD Publishes its Environmental Performance Review of New Zealand: Book Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD OECD publishes its Environmental Performance Review of Belgium: Book Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD Institutionalising Sustainable Development: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD * Business and the Environment: Policy Incentives and Corporate Responses provides the results of a survey on business motivations and decision-making related to the environment: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD * OECD Welcomes the New Report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change on Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability: Press Note Trends in Severe Disability Among Elderly People: Working Paper (616 kb) INFORMATION / COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY ICT and Gender: Report (487 kb) Is China the New Centre for Offshoring of IT and ICT-Enabled services? Report (682 kb) The NEA and the Russian Federation sign a Joint Declaration on Co-operation: Press Release PUBLIC MANAGEMENT / GOVERNANCE / URBAN, RURAL AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS OECD Territorial Reviews: Randstad Holland, Netherlands: Book Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD * OECD International Conference on What Policies for Globalising Cities? Rethinking the Urban Policy Agenda: Keynote Address by Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General Sweden Should Continue Reforms to Strengthen its Economy, says OECD in Sweden: Achieving Results for Sustained Growth: Press Release | Book Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD | Policy Brief (170 kb) OECD International Conference on Innovation in Rural Areas: An Exception or a Must? Keynote Address by Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General Korea Should Maintain Pace of Regulatory Reform, finds OECD in Korea: Progress in Implementing Regulatory Reform: Press Release | Book Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD | Policy Brief (187 kb) Female Power (women in parliament): Observer Article OECD Journal on Budgeting: Volume 6 Issue 3 includes articles on Budgeting in Hungary, Competitiveness and Modernisation of Public Finances, The Medium-term Fiscal Framework in Sweden, Fiscal Rules for Subnational Government and Allocation of Taxing Powers: Subscribe to Journal | Issue on SourceOECD Linking Regions and Central Governments: Contracts for Regional Development: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD * SCIENCE / INNOVATION / INDUSTRY Workshop on the International Mobility of Researchers: Agenda and Papers Revised Field of Science and Technology (FOS) Classification in the Frascati Manual: Report (170 kb) OECD Strengthens Tax Co-operation with UAE and MENA Region: Announcement First Draft Working Papers on the Role of Tax Intermediaries from the Forum on Tax Administration are now available: Announcement Discussion Draft on a Revised Commentary on Article 7 (Business Profits) of the OECD Model Tax Convention: Announcement | Discussion Draft Regional Trade Agreements and Environment: Report (1.12. mb) Regulatory Reform and Market Openness: Processes to Assess Effectively the Trade and Investment Impact of Regulation: Working Paper (314 kb) Country Risk Classification under Export Credit Arrangement Updated: Report Trends in the Transport Sector: 1970-2005, 2007 Edition: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD Improving Access to Taxis: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD Transport
Infrastructure Investment and Economic Productivity: Book
on Online Bookshop | Book
on SourceOECD Agricultural Policies in Non-OECD Countries: Monitoring and Evaluation 2007: Book Listing Babies and Bosses: Synthesis Report Climate Policy Uncertainty and Investment Risk Book Listing Indicators for Industrial Energy Efficiency and CO2 Emissions: Book Listing Jobs for Youth: Spain Book Listing OECD Communications Outlook 2007: Book Listing OECD Economic Surveys: Greece 2007 OECD Economic Surveys: Korea 2007 OECD Economic Surveys: New Zealand 2007 OECD Economic Surveys Slovak Republic 2007 OECD Environmental Performance Review: China Book Listing OECD Environmental Performance Reviews: Switzerland: Book Listing Natural Gas Market Review 2007: Security in a Globalising Market to 2015 Book Listing Regions at a Glance, 2007 Edition: Book Listing Pensions at a Glance, 2007 Edition: Book Listing The Size of Government Procurement Markets The Space Economy at a Glance Tackling Investment Challenges in Power Generation: In IEA Countries: Book Listing Trusting the Internet Understanding the Brain, Volume 2: The Birth of a Learning Science * For a few books, SourceOECD links may not yet be live. They should be active within a few days |
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