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December 2009
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Chile invited to become a member of the OECD Announcement
OECD makes recommendations to boost the Latin American economy in Latin American Economic Outlook 2010: Press Release | Book Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
Expensive health care is not always the best health care, says OECD’s Health at a Glance 2009: Press Release | Book Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
OECD participates in COP15 Copenhagen UN Climate Change Talks: Overview | OECD Participation
OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2009 focuses on innovation: Press Release | Book Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
SECRETARY-GENERAL GURRÍA'S ACTIVITIES
Foreign Bribery: Who Pays the Price? Remarks on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention: Remarks
International investment for a stronger, cleaner, fairer global economy. Welcome address for the 8th OECD Global Forum on International Investment: Address
Growing co-operation between India and the OECD: Speech by Angel Gurría
OECD makes recommendations to boost Latin American Economy in Latin American Economic Outlook: Speech in Spanish
Meeting the governance challenges for a stronger, fairer and cleaner economy. Remarks by Angel Gurría at the Governance Forum of the third OECD-MENA Investment Ministerial Meeting: Remarks
MENA-OECD Ministerial Conference: Remarks
Innovation: the path to stronger, smarter and greener growth: Remarks by Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General at a Luncheon meeting with Keidanren: Remarks
Supporting Japanese Policy Objectives: The OECD Contribution: Remarks
The Korean G-20 leadership: Assessing the key issues for 2010: Remarks
OECD Factblog features the latest in OECD statistics: OECD Factblog
New Content now available on the OECD iLibrary: New Key Tables under Employment, Education, Health, Finance and Science & Technology | STI Scoreboard 2009 Webbook | Health at a Glance 2009 Webbook Also Available: OECD iLibrary Guided Tour | OECD iLibrary
In this time of economic crisis, OECD Publishing maintains 2009 pricing for 2010 subscriptions: Press Release | 2010 Subscriptions Price List
OECD publications will be on exhibit at the Following Events in the Coming Months:
- American Economics Association, 3-5 January 2010, Atlanta, GA USA
- American Library Association Midwinter Meeting, 15-19 January 2010, Boston, MA USA
- UKSG, 12-14 April 2010, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- European Business Schools Librarians' Group, 18-21 May 2010, Cologne, Germany
- American Library Association Annual Conference, 24-29 June 2010, Washington, DC USA
See List of Forthcoming Books: Below
AGRICULTURE / FOOD / FISHERIES
An Appraisal of the Chilean Fisheries Sector: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
A Cost-Benefit Framework for the Assessment of Non-Tariff Measures in Agro-Food Trade: Working Paper (PDF - 723 kb)
Governments agree to step up fight against bribery: Announcement
International investment collapses in 2009, says OECD in Investment News newsletter: Press Release | Newsletter
India needs to strengthen and liberalise its regulatory framework and invest more in infrastructure in order to attract increased foreign direct investment (FDI), according to the OECD Investment Policy Review: India: Press Release | Book Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
OECD sets out framework for overhaul of financial regulation: Announcement | Framework (PDF - 1.81 mb)
Morocco joins the OECD Declaration on International Investment: Announcement
MENA, OECD countries pledge new efforts to streamline public services, boost investment: Announcement | S-G Remarks
OECD DAC will monitor aid flows in support of climate change adaptation as of 1 January 2010: Announcement
What are donors doing to help developing countries address climate change? Webpage
OECD makes recommendations to boost the Latin American economy in Latin American Economic Outlook 2010: Press Release | Book Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
African Economic Outlook 2009: Country Notes Volumes review the recent economic situation and predict the short-term evolution of 47 African countries. Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD Overview volume also available: Overview on Online Bookshop | Overview on SourceOECD
Innovation and Growth: Chasing a Moving Frontier: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
Aid for health rises fourfold: some striking results and lessons for more effective aid in Aid to Better Health: Announcement | Report (PDF - 849 kb)
OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) welcomes Korean membership: Announcement
OECD Journal on Development, Volume 10 Issue 2 includes DAC Reviews for Norway and Australia as well as an article on Trading Out of Poverty: Issue on SourceOECD Note: This journal is being discontinued at the end of the current volume.
Pier Carlo Padoan appointed OECD Chief Economist: Announcement
Innovation and Growth: Chasing a Moving Frontier: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
Follow OECD on Twitter! OECDtweet | OECD Observer Article and on Facebook! OECD on Facebook and on YouYube! OECD on YouTube
Tackling the financial and economic crisis: OECD updates the website with commentary, analysis and statistics on the crisis we are facing: Updated Website
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:
- None during this period.
OECD Economics Department Working Papers released during the past month:
- No. 740: Improving the Policy Framework in Japan to Address Climate Change (PDF - 289 kb)
- No. 739: Health-Care Reform in Japan (PDF - 320 kb)
- No. 738: Financial Stability: Overcoming the Crisis and Improving the Efficiency of the Banking Sector (PDF - 290 kb)
- No. 737: Recent Oil Price Movements (PDF - 305 kb)
- No. 736: Promoting competition to strengthen economic growth in Belgium (PDF - 825 kb)
- No. 735: Prudential Regulation and Competition in Financial Markets (PDF - 807 kb)
OECD Factblog, a new OECD blog featuring the latest statistics: OECD Factblog
Journal of Business Cycle Measurement and Analysis: Volume 2009 Issue 1 includes articles on on qualitative survey data, business cycles in a small open economy, sectoral growth cycles, and turning points of growth cycles: Subscribe to the OECD Journal | Issue on SourceOECD
OECD Factbook 2009 - iPhone App now freely available to access the 100 top OECD indicators from anywhere: Factbook 2009 - iPhone App
Latest OECD Consumer Prices: Consumer prices rise 0.2% in OECD area: More
Latest OECD Composite Leading Indicators: OECD Composite Leading Indicators continue to signal recovery: More
Latest Harmonised Unemployment Rates. Unemployment in the OECD area stable up to 8.8%: More
Unit Labour Costs rise strongly in OECD countries during 2nd quarter: More
Quarterly GDP Growth. GDP in OECD countries grew by 0.8% in third quarter: Quarterly Release | Spreadsheet
Trade flows stabilise in Q2 2009: More (PDF -326 kb)
Main Economic Indicators for Enhanced Engagement Countries: More (PDF - 183 kb)
Key World Energy Statistics 2009: Pocket Book ( PDF - 4.76 mb)
IEA Monthly Oil Market Report: More
OECD Statistics Portal: Website
Higher Education to 2030, Volume 2, Globalisation. This book analyses recent trends in tertiary education systems that relate to globalisation and draws up several possible future scenarios for their evolution: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
Evaluating and Rewarding the Quality of Teachers: International Practices identifies good practices in the design and implementation of evaluation and teacher incentive systems: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
Beyond Textbooks: Digital Learning Resources as Systemic Innovation in the Nordic Countries reviews the vast range of opportunities that digital learning resources (DLRs) offer for systemic innovation in the school systems of the Nordic countries and how these opportunities are used by the main stakeholders: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
Working Out Change: Systemic Innovation in Vocational Education and Training looks at the ways in which educational systems encourage innovation, the knowledge base and processes used, and the procedures and criteria used to assess progress and evaluate outcomes: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
Higher Education Management and Policy, Volume 21 Issue 3 includes articles on academic standards, supra-national accreditation, university governance reform, academic values, ethical marketing of higher education, secondary markets of higher education, and allocating time resources for research among academic staff: Subscribe on Online Bookshop | See issue on SourceOECD
ICT in Initial Teacher Training: Research Review: Working Paper (PDF - 434 kb)
Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIACC) Working Papers:
- PIAAC Reading Component: A Conceptual Framework: Working Paper (PDF - 206 kb)
- PIACC Literacy: A Conceptual Framework: Working Paper (PDF - 310 kb)
- PIACC Numeracy: A Conceptual Framework: Working Paper (PDF - 670 kb)
- PIAAC Problem Solving in Technology-Rich Environments: A Conceptual Framework: Working Paper (PDF - 303 kb)
US should increase spending to help young people amid rising unemployment, says Jobs for Youth: United States: Press Release | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
Activation Policies in Finland: Working Paper (PDF - 1.97 mb)
Happiness and Age Cycles - Return to Start...? Working Paper (PDF - 433 kb)
ENERGY (Also see Nuclear Energy)
IEA urges all governments to send a strong signal to spur new investment for clean energy: Press Release
Cities, Towns and Renewable Energy: Yes In My Front Yard: Press Release | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
ENTREPRENEURSHIP / SMEs / LOCAL DEVELOPMENT
Community Capacity Building: Creating a Better Future Together: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
Designing Local Skills Strategies: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
6th Annual Meeting of the OECD LEED Forum on Partnerships and Local Governance to be held in Vienna, Austria 16-17 February 2010: Announcement
ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
OECD participates in Copenhagen Climate Change Talks: Announcement | Policy Brief on Cost-Effective Actions to Tackle Climate Change (PDF - 297 kb) | Factoids from the Economics of Climate Change book (PDF - 64 kb) | Financing Climate Change Action: Key OECD Messages (PDF - 152 kb) | Integrating Climate Change Adaptation in Development Co-operation (PDF - 159 kb) | Scaled-up Market Mechanisms: A Summary of OECD/IEA Analyses for COP-15 (PDF - 230 kb) | OECD's Recent Work on Climate Change (PDF - 1.16 mb)
See the OECD Observer articles on climate change: Articles listing | Subscribe to the OECD Observer
VOTE NOW in the OECD Observer's climate change poll at: http://www.oecdobserver.org/ | Subscribe to the OECD Observer
Cities, Climate Change and Multilevel Governance: Working Paper (PDF - 1 mb)
Promoting Biodiversity Co-Benefits in REDD: Working Paper (PDF - 430 kb)
OECD/IEA Annex I Expert Group releases five new papers for Copenhagen conference: Announcement
OECD publishes several new and revised Emission Scenario Documents (ESDs) and a Guidance Document on ESDs: Announcement
Expensive health care is not always the best health care, says OECD’s Health at a Glance 2009: Press Release | Book Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
Pharmacogenetics: Opportunities and Challenges for Health Innovation: Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
Health Care Quality Indicators Project: Patient Safety Indicators Report 2009: Working Paper
Improving Lifestyles, Tackling Obesity: The Health and Economic Impact of Prevention Strategies: Working Paper (PDF - 1.53 mb)
INFORMATION / COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
Innovation in the Software Sector: Book Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
Empowering E-Consumers: Strengthening Consumer Protection in the Internet Economy - An OECD Conference: Website
The Financing of Nuclear Power Plants: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
Research and Test Facilities Required in Nuclear Science and Technology: Report (PDF - 1.6 mb)
PUBLIC MANAGEMENT / GOVERNANCE / URBAN, RURAL AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS
Regions Matter: Economic Recovery, Innovation and Sustainable Growth: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
Trans-border Urban Co-operation in the Pan Yellow Sea Region, 2009: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
MENA, OECD countries pledge new efforts to streamline public services, boost investment: Announcement | S-G Remarks | OECD Observer Article
SCIENCE / INNOVATION / INDUSTRY
OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2009 focuses on innovation: Press Release | Book Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
Innovation in Firms: A Microeconomic Perspective: Book Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
Innovation and Growth: Chasing a Moving Frontier: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
Pharmacogenetics: Opportunities and Challenges for Health Innovation: Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
New policy recommendations on consumer education: Announcement | Report on Promoting Consumer Education (previously published)
OECD Journal: General Papers, Volume 2009 Issue 3 includes articles on biotechnologies in agriculture and human health biotechnologies: Subscribe to OECD Journal | Issue on SourceOECD
The tax treatment of tradable permits for greenhouse gas emissions: Webpage
Model Tax Convention on Income and on Capital: Volumes I and II (2008 Loose-leaf Edition): Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD (eMTC)
OECD issues updated Bribery Awareness Handbook for Tax Examiners: Announcement | Handbook (PDF - 2.84 mb)
OECD releases a discussion draft for Model Tax Convention commentary on granting of treaty benefits with respect to the income of Collective Investment Vehicles: Announcement | Draft MTC Commentary (PDF - 261 kb)
OECD releases discussion draft for Model Tax Convention commentary on the application of tax treaties to state-owned entities, including Sovereign Wealth Funds: Announcement | Draft MTC Commentary (PDF - 74 kb)
OECD releases discussion draft for Model Tax Convention commentary on tax treaty issues related to common telecommunication transactions: Announcement | Draft MTC Commentary (PDF - 74 kb)
OECD releases revised discussion draft of a new Article 7 (Business Profits) of its Model Tax Convention: Announcement | Draft MTC Article (PDF - 490 kb)
Costa Rica makes progress in international tax co-operation, signs TIEA with Argentina: Announcement
OECD Trade and Innovation Project: Website
ITF Identifies Opportunities for Cutting Transport CO2 Emissions: ITF Press Release
Russian road safety has improved significantly: ITF Press Release
Civil Society and Aid Effectiveness: Findings, Recommendations and Good Practice: Book Listing
Globalisation, Transport and the Environment: Book Listing
Handbook on Deriving Capital Measures of Intellectual Property Products: Book Listing
Learning Mathematics for Life: A Perspective from PISA Book Listing
Lobbyists, Government and Public Trust, Volume 1: Increasing Transparency through Legislation: Book Listing
National Accounts at a Glance 2009: Book Listing
OECD Economic Surveys: Switzerland 2009: Book Listing
OECD Environmental Performance Reviews, Greece: Book Listing
OECD Reviews of Regulatory Reform: Italy 2009: Better Regulation to Strengthen Market Dynamics: Book Listing
OECD Tourism Trends and Policies 2010: Book Listing
Post-Public Employment: Good Practices for Preventing Conflict of Interest: Book Listing
Strategies for Business, Government and Civil Society to Fight Corruption in Asia and the Pacific: Book Listing
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