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April 2009
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GDP to plummet 4.3 percent across OECD countries in 2009 as unemployment climbs sharply says OECD Economic Outlook Interim Report: Press Release | Full Report
Following G20, OECD delivers on tax pledge. Following the G20 meeting and communiqué, the OECD Secretariat has provided a detailed report on progress by financial centres around the world towards implementation of an internationally agreed standard on exchange of information for tax purposes: Announcement | Progress Report (PDF - 27 kb) | Also see Taxation section below
OECD Regions at a Glance measures national and regional competitiveness: Press Release | Book Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book freely available on SourceOECD
OECD Factbook 2009: Economic, Environmental and Social Statistics brings you the latest key economic statistics from the OECD: Book on Online Bookshop | Book freely available on SourceOECD
OECD Forum 2009 is planned for 23-24 June 2009 with the theme "For a stronger, cleaner, fairer economy": Website | Registration
SECRETARY-GENERAL GURRÍA'S ACTIVITIES
Improve tax fairness and help the developing world: Article by Angel Gurría
Keynote speech by Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General, at the International Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Energy in the 21st Century held in Beijing, 20 April 2009: Speech
OECD's Gurría on the need to restore confidence in the financial system: Video
Massive rise in unemployment needs fast, decisive response, says OECD’s Gurría to G8 Labour and Employment Ministers in Rome: Press Release | Gurría Remarks
Beyond the crisis: for a stronger, cleaner, fairer world economy, Gurría remarks at the China Development Forum, 21 March 2009: Remarks
G20: Cleaning up the world economy: Guardian Article
The current crisis provides an impetus to push forward difficult reforms in the water sector, says Gurría at World Water Forum: Speech
A new role for regional policy: local responses for a global crisis. Remarks by Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General, delivered at the Ministerial meeting of the territorial development policy committee: Speech
Official Visit to China: Visit
OECD Publishing releases paper advocating bibliographic metadata standards for datasets and datatables: Paper
OECD Publishing makes OECD Factbook 2009 and Regions at a Glance 2009
freely available in webbook form: Factbook
| Regions at a Glance
OECD publications will be on exhibit at the Following Events in the Coming
Months:
See List of Forthcoming Books: Below
AGRICULTURE / FOOD / FISHERIES
Role, Usage and Motivation for Contracting in Agriculture: Working Paper (PDF - 401 kb)
Extensive Margins in Agriculture: Working Paper (PDF - 781 kb)
Annual Report on the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises 2008: Employment and Industrial Relations: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
Resist investment protectionism, countries meeting at OECD agree: Announcement | | Related Report (PDF- 342 kb)
Investment policies and economic crises: lessons from the past: Report (PDF - 309 kb)
Private Sector Participation in Water Infrastructure: OECD Checklist for Public Action: Book Announcement | SG Speech at WWF | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD | Related title: Managing Water for All on Online Bookshop | Related title: Managing Water for All on SourceOECD
Private pensions and policy responses to the financial and economic crisis: Working Paper (PDF - 518 kb)
Defined-Contribution (DC) Arrangements in Anglo-Saxon Countries: Working Paper (PDF - 535 kb)
Evaluating the Design of Private Pension Plans: Costs and Benefits of Risk-Sharing: Working Paper (PDF - 372 kb)
Development aid at its highest level ever in 2008: Press Release
Rising informal employment will increase poverty says OECD Development Centre in Is Informal Normal? Press Release | OECD Policy Brief (PDF - 577 kb) | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
Managing Development Resources: The Use of Country Systems in Public Financial Management: OECD Policy Brief (PDF - 262 kb) | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
Regional Challenges of West African Migration: African and European Perspectives: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
Mutual Review of Development Effectiveness: Report (PDF - 2.1 mb)
OECD review of Ireland’s development co-operation: Press Release (Full report to be published in a future issue of the OECD Journal on Development)
Extracting More From the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative: Policy Insight (PDF - 341 kb)
Sovereign Debt Crises and Early Warning Indicators: Policy Insight (PDF - 354 kb)
Regional Integration in Southeast Asia: Better Macroeconomic Co-operation Can Mitigate Risks: Policy Insight (PDF - 350 kb)
Taking Stock of the Credit Crunch: Implications for Development Finance and Global Governance: Working Paper (PDF - 517 kb)
GDP to plummet 4.3 percent across OECD countries in 2009 as unemployment climbs sharply, says OECD Economic Outlook Interim Report: Press Release | Full Report
Tackling the financial and economic crisis: OECD updates the website with commentary, analysis and statistics on the crisis we are facing: Updated Website
Regional action: What governments are doing. With regions bearing the brunt of the global downturn, politicians responsible for regional and territorial development in Australia, Brazil, the European Commission, Finland, Japan, Poland and the United States outline their response to the economic crisis: Website
A global standard for a stronger, cleaner, fairer economy? OECD and four other global institutions – the International Labour Organization, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and the World Trade Organization – have brought together the dense, far reaching and comprehensive set of policy rules that they have developed over decades of experience: Announcement | Inventory (PDF - 969 kb)
Directory of Bodies of the OECD 2009. Your guide to country participation in OECD Committees and other bodies: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
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:
- Estonia: Book Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
- France: Book Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
- New Zealand: Book Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
OECD Economics Department Working Papers released during the past month:
- No. 693: Co-Benefits of Climate Change Mitigation Policies (PDF - 1.24 mb)
- No. 692: The Impact of Monetary and Commodity Fundamentals, Macro News and Central Bank Communication on the Exchange Rate: Evidence from South Africa (PDF - 440 kb)
- No. 691: Assessing the Impacts of Climate Change (PDF - 741 kb)
- No. 690: The Determinants of Employment and Earnings in Indonesia (PDF - 138 kb)
- No. 689: Inflation Responses to Recent Shocks: Do G7 Countries Behave Differently? (PDF - 1.42 mb)
- No. 688: Infrastructure Investment in Network industries (PDF - 168 kb)
- No. 687: Government Consumption Volatility and the Size of Nations (PDF - 232 kb)
- No. 686: Infrastructure Investment: Links to Growth and the Role of Public Policies (PDF - 888 kb)
- No. 685: Infrastructure and Growth: Empirical Evidence (PDF - 806 kb)
- No. 684: The Effects of Population Structure on Employment and Productivity (PDF - 784 kb)
OECD Factbook 2009: Economic, Environmental and Social Statistics brings you the latest key economic statistics from the OECD: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
The OECD Statistics Newsletter March 2009 includes articles on the SDMX Global Conference; the New Balance of Payments Manual; Measuring Entrepreneurship: a Digest of Indicators; and the OECD-Eurostat Entrepreneurship Indicators Program: Newsletter (PDF - 767 kb)
OECD Statistics Spotlight: Womens' Unequal World: Sudan and Afghanistan are among countries whose traditional social institutions result in the highest levels of discrimination against women, while Croatia and Paraguay are among those with the lowest levels of discrimination, according to the Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) of 102 non-OECD countries. How countries compare
Latest OECD Consumer Prices: Inflation remains at 1.3% in OECD area: More
Latest OECD Composite Leading Indicators: OECD Composite Leading Indicators continue to signal deep slowdown in the OECD area: More
Latest Harmonised Unemployment Rates. Unemployment in the OECD area up to 7.3%: More
Unit Labour Cost growth accelerated in Third Quarter 2008: More
Quarterly GDP Growth: Quarterly Release | Spreadsheet
G7 merchandise trade growth slows further in 3rd quarter 2008: More (PDF - 326 kb)
Main Economic Indicators for Non-member 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
Education Today: The OECD Perspective: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
Reviews of National Policies for Education: Tertiary Education in Chile: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
PISA Data Analysis Manual: SPSS, Second Edition: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
PISA Data Analysis Manual: SAS, Second Edition: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
The OECD Programme for Educational Building (PEB) has now become the OECD Centre for Effective Learning Environments (CELE). As a result the PEB Exchange now becomes the CELE Exchange: Announcement
Including Pupils with Special Educational Needs in Schools in Ireland: CELE Exchange Article (338 kb)
Campania Region’s Educational Quality Facilities Project: CELE Exchange Article (PDF - 328 kb)
An Australian Approach to School Design: CELE Exchange Article (PDF - 866 kb)
San Diego’s Capital Planning Process: CELE Exchange Article (PDF - 606 kb)
Australia should intervene quickly to avert a major rise in youth unemployment, says OECD in Jobs for Youth: Australia: Press Release | Book Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
Seminar on Employment Outcomes and Inequality: Brazil, China and India: Website
Chile should create more and better jobs to cut poverty and inequality, according to the OECD Review of Labour Market and Social Policies – Chile: Press Release | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
Managing Highly-Skilled Labour Migration: A Comparative Analysis of Migration Policies and Challenges in OECD Countries: Working Paper (PDF - 511 kb)
Main Features of the Public Employment Service in Poland: Working Paper (PDF - 621 kb)
A Good Time for Making Work Pay? Taking Stock of In-Work Benefits and Related Measures across the OECD: Working Paper (PDF - 1.02 mb)
Child Well-Being and Sole-Parent Family Structure in the OECD: Working Paper (PDF - 600 kb)
Work, Jobs and Well-Being across the Millennium: Working Paper (PDF - 378 kb)
Pension Schemes for the Self-Employed in OECD Countries: Working Paper (PDF - 444 kb)
Inequality, Poverty and Social Policy: Recent Trends in Chile: Working Paper (PDF - 355 kb)
Pension Reform in Chile Revisited: Working Paper (PDF - 857 kb)
ENERGY (Also see Nuclear Energy)
IEA briefs US Congress on Carbon Capture and Storage: Presentation (PDF - 1.73 mb) | CSS Roadmap
IEA Briefs G8 Environment Ministers on Low-Carbon Technologies: Presentation (PDF - 153 kb) | Slides (PDF - 1.05 mb) | Paper (PDF - 1.27 mb)
Cleaner Coal in China: Press Release | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD (To appear shortly)
Energy Policies of IEA Countries: Luxembourg 2008: Press Release | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
IEA Releases new Combined Heat and Power Study: Powerpoint (PDF - 970 kb) | Report (PDF - 1.51 mb) | Annexes (PDF - 890 kb)
ENTREPRENEURSHIP / SMEs / LOCAL DEVELOPMENT
Presentations at the Turin Round Table on the Impact of the Global Crisis on SME and Entrepreneurship Financing and Policy Responses: Website
ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
The current crisis provides an impetus to push forward difficult reforms in the water sector, says Gurría at World Water Forum: Speech
The price of saving water: OECD Observer Article
Water and the Economic Crisis: OECD Observer Article
Private Sector Participation in Water Infrastructure: OECD Checklist for Public Action: Book Announcement | SG Speech at WWF | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD | Related title: Managing Water for All on Online Bookshop | Related title: Managing Water for All on SourceOECD | OECD Observer Article
Economic Aspects of Adaptation to Climate Change: Integrated Assessment Modelling of Adaptation Costs and Benefits: Working Paper (PDF - 445 kb)
Coherence for Health: Innovation for New Medicines for Infectious Diseases: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
INFORMATION / COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
Online Identity Theft: Book Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
UK-OECD Workshop on Innovation and Policy for Virtual Worlds: Website
Considering Timescales in the Post-closure Safety of Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
Strategic and Policy Issues Raised by the Transition from Thermal to Fast Nuclear Systems: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
Natural Tracer Profiles Across Argillaceous Formations: The CLAYTRAC Project: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
Stability and Buffering Capacity of the Geosphere for Long-term Isolation of Radioactive Waste: Application to Crystalline Rock: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
Improving Nuclear Regulation: Report (PDF - 1.58 mb)
PUBLIC MANAGEMENT / GOVERNANCE / URBAN, RURAL AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS
OECD Regions at a Glance measures national and regional competitiveness: Press Release | Book Announcement | OECD Policy Brief (273 kb) Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
Regional action: What governments are doing. With regions bearing the brunt of the global downturn, politicians responsible for regional and territorial development in Australia, Brazil, the European Commission, Finland, Japan, Poland and the United States outline their response to the economic crisis: Website
Private Sector Participation in Water Infrastructure: OECD Checklist for Public Action: Book Announcement | SG Speech at WWF | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD | Related title: Managing Water for All on Online Bookshop | Related title: Managing Water for All on SourceOECD | OECD Observer Article
A new role for regional policy: local responses for a global crisis. Remarks by Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General, delivered at the Ministerial meeting of the territorial development policy committee: Speech | OECD Observer Article
OECD Principles for Integrity in Public Procurement: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
Economic crisis threatens China’s rural strategy says OECD Rural Policy Review of China: Press Release | Book Announcement | OECD Policy Brief (PDF - 275 kb) | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD (Book to appear shortly)
OECD e-Government Studies: Belgium 2008: Book Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
Governing Regional Development Policy: The Use of Performance Indicators: Book Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
OECD Journal on Budgeting: Volume 2009 Issue 1 includes articles on budgeting in Brazil, Indonesia,and the UK, budgeting in public-private partnerships, and accrual budgeting: Subscribe to OECD Journal on Online Bookshop | View issue on SourceOECD
Urban Trends and Policy in China: Working Paper (PDF - 2.53 mb)
OECD Territorial Reviews: Copenhagen, Denmark: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
SCIENCE / INNOVATION / INDUSTRY
The Bioeconomy to 2030: Designing a Policy Agenda suggests that non-medical applications have much potential and may be easier and faster to bring to market: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
Trademarks as an Indicator of Product and Marketing Innovations: Working Paper (PDF - 593 kb)
Who Licenses out Patents and Why? Working Paper (PDF - 362 kb)
Developments in Steelmaking Capacity of Non-OECD Economies 2008: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
Registration now open for the conference "Transfer Pricing and Treaties in a Changing World," to be held at OECD in Paris 21-22 September 2009: Announcement
International tax information standards win further support: Press Release
Following G20 OECD delivers on tax pledge. Following the G20 meeting and communiqué, the OECD Secretariat has provided a detailed report on progress by financial centres around the world towards implementation of an internationally agreed standard on exchange of information for tax purposes: Announcement | Progress Report (PDF - 27 kb)
Related Announcements:
- Bermuda: Announcement
- Cayman Islands: Announcement
- Gibraltar: Agreement
- Guernsey, Jersey and Isle of Man: Announcement
- Macao, China: Announcement
- Monaco: Announcement
- San Marino: Announcement
- Uruguay: Announcement
Globalisation and Emerging Economies: Brazil, Russia, India, Indonesia, China and South Africa: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
Coordination of export credit support agreed to help boost trade flows: Announcement | Statement
Trade Impacts of Selected Regional Trade Agreements in Agriculture: Working Paper (674 kb)
Keeping Markets Open at Times of Economic Crisis: OECD Policy Brief (PDF - 395 kb)
International Transport Forum 2009 to be held 26-29 May 2009 in Leipzig with theme "Challenges and Opportunities in the Downturn": Programme (PDF - 854 kb) | Registration
New US Secretary of Transport to Join other Ministers at 2009 International Transport Forum: Press Release
ITF News: Newsletter (PDF - 531 kb)
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