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What's New@OECD
Librarians' Edition,
May 2009
Featuring links to important new information on OECD Websites. Feel free to forward this e-mail to interested colleagues.
Topics Highlights | Secretary-General's Activities | 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
Africa gravely affected by the global economic downturn, says the African Economic Outlook 2009: See next month's What's New for more information on the book release. Press Release | Website | Policy Brief
Society at a Glance reveals evolving social trends in OECD countries: Press Release | Book Announcement | Country Notes | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
OECD urges governments to avoid protectionism in International Trade: Free, Fair and Open? Press Release | Book Announcement | Page Viewer | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD (to appear shortly)
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
Remarks by Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General at an event on the "Global Standard" of the 21st Century: Remarks
Building a Cleaner World Economy: Remarks by Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General, at the Global Forum on Public Governance: Remarks
Tax haven crackdown will benefit developing countries, says OECD’s Gurría: Press Release | Article
Remarks by Angel Gurría, delivered following the OECD-FAO high level meeting: Remarks
Official Visit to China: Visit
OECD Publishing announces price freeze for 2010. Announcement
Previews of the new OECD iLibrary will be offered at the Deutscher Bibliothekartag in Berlin, the Crimea 2009 International Conference, the Special Libraries Association in Washington and Ebsco Open Day in Paris in early to mid-June.
OECD Publishing releases paper advocating bibliographic metadata standards for datasets and datatables: Paper
OECD publications will be on exhibit at the Following Events in the Coming months:
- Deutscher Bibliothekartag, 2-5 June 2009, Erfurt, Germany. Will feature a preview of the new OECD iLibrary!
- Crimea 2009, 6-14 June 2009, Crimea, Ukraine. Will feature a preview of the new OECD iLibrary!
- Special Libraries Association, 14-17 June 2009, Washington, DC USA. Will feature a preview of the new OECD iLibrary!
- Ebsco Open Day, 19 June 2009, Paris, France. Will feature a preview of the new OECD iLibrary!
- American Library Association, 9-15 July 2009, Chicago, IL USA
- Oesterreichischer Bibliothekartag, 15-18 September 2009, Graz, Austria
- Frankfurt Book Fair, 14-18 October 2009. Frankfurt, Germany
- International Guadaljara Book Fair 2009, 28 November-6 December 2009, Guadaljara, Mexico
See List of Forthcoming Books: Below
AGRICULTURE / FOOD / FISHERIES
Remarks by Angel Gurría, delivered following the OECD-FAO high level meeting: Remarks
Ensuring food security for the world’s poor: Questions and Answers
Extensive Margins in Agriculture: Working Paper (PDF - 781 kb)
China: Defining the Boundary between the Market and the State reviews regulatory reform in China: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
Financial Market Trends, June 2009 Preview of selected articles on corporate governance and retirement savings now posted. Pre-release of articles
The Final Financial Investment of French Households: Working Paper (PDF - 467 kb)
Do Financial Systems Converge? New Evidence from Household Financial Assets in Selected OECD Countries: Working Paper (PDF - 353 kb)
Islamic Banking: An Asset of Promise? OECD Observer Article
Africa gravely affected by the global economic downturn, says the African Economic Outlook 2009: See next month's What's New for more information on the book release. Press Release | Website | Policy Brief
OECD Journal on Development, Volume 9, Issue 3 includes articles on Service Delivery in Fragile Situations and State Building in Fragile Situations: Subscribe on Online Bookshop | Issue on SourceOECD
OECD Development Centre and ASEAN to collaborate on preparing a Southeast Asian Economic Outlook: Announcement
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. 697: Labour Market Flexibility in Estonia: What Can Be Done? (PDF - 597 kb)
- No. 696: Structural Policies to Overcome Geographic Barriers and Create Prosperity in New Zealand (PDF - 869 kb)
- No. 695: Ten Years of Product Market Reform in OECD Countries (PDF - 2.62 mb)
- No. 694: Structural Reforms and the Benefits of the Enlarged EU Internal Market (PDF - 519 kb)
Recently released data confirm productivity slowdown ahead of crisis: Webpage | Report
Productivity Measurement and Analysis: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
Latest OECD Consumer Prices: Inflation falls to 0.9% in OECD area: More
Latest OECD Composite Leading Indicators: OECD Composite Leading Indicators show pace of deterioration easing: More
Latest Harmonised Unemployment Rates. Unemployment in the OECD area up to 7.6%: More
Unit Labour Cost growth continued to rise in Fourth Quarter 2008: More
Quarterly GDP Growth: Quarterly Release | Spreadsheet
Trade flows collapse in Q4 2008 but signs of fall are easing in early 2009: 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
Schools must do more to motivate tomorrow’s scientists, Top of the Class shows: Press Release | Book Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
OECD/IMHE presents an international conference on Higher Education at a Time of Crisis: Challenges and Opportunities, 29-30 June: Announcement | Registration
The first results from the OECD Teaching and Learning International survey (TALIS) will be released on 16 June 2009: Announcement
Society at a Glance reveals evolving social trends in OECD countries: Press Release | Book Announcement | Country Notes | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
Unemployment : The Language of the Crisis: OECD Observer Article
ENERGY (Also see Nuclear Energy)
IEA expects energy use by new electronic devices to triple by 2030 but sees considerable room for more efficiency in Gadgets and Gigawatts: Press Release | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD (to appear shortly)
ENTREPRENEURSHIP / SMEs / LOCAL DEVELOPMENT
Capacity Building Seminar for Local Development Practitioners on "Routes out of the Crisis – New Strategies for Skills and Employment", Trento, Italy, 10-12 June 2009: Website
Higher Education Institutions, Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Good Practice Workshop, Halle, Germany, 12 June 2009: Website
ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
OECD Conference on Household Behaviour and Environmental Policy (Paris, 3-4 June 2009): Website
OECD Health Data 2009 will be released on SourceOECD 13 June 2009.
INFORMATION / COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
OECD Broadband Statistics: Frequently Asked Questions: Webpage
Network externality premiums and international telecommunication traffic exchange: Report (PDF - 502 kb)
Universal Access Funds with Minimum-Subsidy Auctions: Report (PDF - 337 kb)
Piracy of Digital Content: Report (PDF - 863 kb)
OECD Nuclear Energy Agency Annual Report 2008: Report (Website)
PUBLIC MANAGEMENT / GOVERNANCE / URBAN, RURAL AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS
OECD Rural Policy Reviews: China: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
Building a Cleaner World: OECD Forum on Public Governance discussed tools and good practices for fostering a culture of integrity: Forum Website | Papers
Measuring Government Activity: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
SCIENCE / INNOVATION / INDUSTRY
Report on Mechanisms for Promoting Mathematics-in-Industry: Report (PDF - 414 kb)
OECD’s Taxing Wages shows small reduction in taxes on individual wage earners in 2008: Press Release | Book Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
Tax haven crackdown will benefit developing countries, says OECD’s Gurría: Press Release | Article
Bahrain moves forward to strengthen tax information exchange provisions: Announcement
Mr Stephen Matthews of the UK appointed Chief Tax Economist/Head of the Tax Policy and Statistics Division of the OECD Centre for Tax Policy and Administration: Announcement
Register now for the conference "Transfer Pricing and Treaties in a Changing World," to be held at OECD in Paris 21-22 September 2009: Announcement
OECD urges governments to avoid protectionism in International Trade: Free, Fair and Open? Press Release | Book Announcement | Page Viewer | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD (to appear shortly)
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
Intermodal Transport: National Peer Review: Turkey: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
Terrorism and International Transport: Towards Risk-based Security Policy: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
Ensuring Environmental Compliance: Trends and Good Practices: Book Listing
Evolutions in Budgetary Practice: Allen Schick and the OECD Senior Budget Officials: Book Listing
Flexible Policy for More and Better Jobs: Book Listing
Green at Fifteen?: How 15-Year-Olds Perform in Environmental Science and Geoscience in PISA 2006: Book Listing
Improving Incentives in Donor Agencies (First Edition): Good Practice and Self-Assessment Tool: Book Listing
Innovation in Firms: A Microeconomic Perspective: Book Listing
Managing Aid: Practices of DAC Member Countries: Book Listing
OECD Environmental Performance Reviews: Finland: Book Listing
OECD Insights - International Migration: The Human Side of Globalisation: Book Listing
OECD Reviews of Regional Innovation: 15 Mexican States: Book Listing
OECD Rural Policy Reviews: Italy: Book Listing
OECD Territorial Review of Chile: Book Listing
Review of Fisheries in OECD Countries: Policies and Summary Statistics 2008: Book Listing
Sector Specific Sources of Competitiveness in the Western Balkans: Recommendation for a Regional Investment Strategy: Book Listing
* For a few books, SourceOECD links may not yet be live. They should be active within a few days
