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| Happy New Year! Topics Highlights | News for Librarians | Agriculture/Food/Fisheries | Business & Markets | Development | Economic Developments | Economic Statistics | Education | Employment | Energy | Environment | Health | Industry & Services | Information/Communications Technologies | Nuclear Energy | Public Management/Governance | Science/Innovation | Taxation | Trade | Transportation | Urban, Rural, and Regional Affairs | Forthcoming Geographical Distribution of Financial Flows, 2006 Edition Just Out! Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD The print version of the OECD Economic Outlook, December 2005 has just come off the presses in Paris and should be available for shipping from our warehouse in the UK the week of January 23. The web version was released at the end of November. Publication on Online Bookshop | Publication on SourceOECD Country Reports related to Implementing the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention are now available in the Reference area of SourceOECD. In print form, these have been available as part of a looseleaf service, but they are new to SourceOECD. STAN industry data are now available in Excel™ spreadsheet files by country on SourceOECD . They are listed via the STAN home page. SourceOECD Downloads were up 17% in 2005 to over 344,000 items. In particular, Book downloads were up 20%, with Development books up 69%, Science and Information Technology books up 49% and Education books up 47%. Periodical downloads were up 21% and statistics downloads were up 10%. Where's the Meat? OECD Observer Article The Doha Development Round of Trade Negotiations: Understanding the Issues: Web Site OECD Invites Public Comment on New Global Initiative to Boost Private Investment for Development: Announcement | Text of Policy Framework for Investment (400 kb) Corporate Governance of State-Owned Enterprises: A Survey of OECD Countries: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD Australia Should Introduce Harsher Sanctions to Better Combat Bribery of Foreign Public Officials, says OECD: Announcement | Report (502 kb) Preserving Competition: Keeping Predators at Bay: OECD Policy Brief (207 kb) OECD Anti-Bribery Convention and Germany: Report on Progress of the Implementation of the Phase 2 Recommendations since June 2003: Report (133 kb) Chile: Still a Latin Tiger? OECD Observer Article MENA, OECD countries look for ways to boost investment and jobs in Middle East, North Africa: Announcement OECD Reviews Germany's Development Aid: Announcement Miracle, Crisis and Beyond. A Synthesis of Policy Coherence Towards East Asia: Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD Geographical Distribution of Financial Flows, 2006 Edition: Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD Aid Extended by State and Local Governments: Report (4.5 mb) Global Convergence Scenarios: Structural and Policy Issues: Web Site with Conference Papers OECD Economics Newsletter focuses on Housing Markets, Oil Shocks, and China: Newsletter (205 kb) OECD Economic Outlook No. 78: Statistical Annex OECD Economic Surveys released in the past month. Policy Briefs summarising the findings of Surveys released this year are available. Please note that OECD Economic Surveys are now presented in a new larger format.
OECD Economics Department Working Papers Released during the past month:
National Accounts of OECD Countries, Volume IIIa: Financial Accounts Flows 1993-2004 and Volume IIIb: Financial Balance Sheets Stocks 1993-2004: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD National Accounts of OECD Countries, Volume IV: General Government Accounts 1993-2004: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD The 2006 Edition of National Accounts Main Aggregates will come out at the end of January 2006. Book on Online Bookshop Improving Timeliness for Short-Term Economic Statistics: Working Paper (94 kb) Latest OECD Consumer Prices: Inflation continues to ease: More Latest OECD Composite Leading Indicators: Moderate expansion continues: More Latest Standardised Unemployment Rates. Unemployment in the OECD area continues to hold at 6.5%: More (40 kb) Quarterly GDP Growth: Spreadsheet Main Economic Indicators for Non-Member Countries: More (183 kb) IEA Monthly Oil Market Report More OECD Statistics Portal: Web Site Literacy: Words Count: OECD Observer Article E-Learning in Tertiary Education: OECD Policy Brief (192 kb) Equity in Education in Norway: PISA Country Note (415 kb) Equity in Education in Sweden: PISA Country Note (334 kb) Ageing and Employment Policies: Ireland: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD Employment and Social Affairs Newsletter focuses on Older Workers: Newsletter (328 kb) ENERGY (Also see Nuclear Energy) Conclusion of IEA Response to Hurricane Katrina: Press Release Latest IEA Oil Market Report: Web Site IEA Monthly Surveys: Listing IEA Statistics Web Page Energy Statistics Web Page OECD Issues Environmental Report Card for the US: Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD Good Laboratory Practice: OECD Principles and Guidance for Compliance Monitoring: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD Climate Change and the OECD: Speech by Deputy Secretary-General Akasaka at UNFCCC Montreal Meeting: Speech (14 kb) Reports Prepared for Annex I Expert Group of the UNFCCC: Web Site Good Laboratory Practice: OECD Principles and Guidance for Compliance Monitoring: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD Good Laboratory Practice: OECD Principles and Guidance for Compliance Monitoring: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD INFORMATION/COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY Telecommunication Regulatory Institutional Structures and Responsibilities: Report (185 kb) The Promotion of a Culture of Security for Information Systems and Networks in OECD Countries: Report (828 kb) The Use of Authentication across Borders in OECD Countries: Report (94 kb) International Conference on the Future Digital Economy - Rome, 30-31 January 2006: Announcement The Regulatory Function and Radioactive Waste Management: Report (132 kb) Corporate Governance of State-Owned Enterprises: A Survey of OECD Countries: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD OECD-Asian Senior Budget Officials Meeting: Documentation Science, Man and the International Year of Physics: OECD Observer Article An Empirical Contribution to Knowledge Production and Economic Growth: Working Paper (195 kb) The Taxation of Employee Stock Options: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD Public Consultation Meeting on the Application of Article 15 of the OECD Model Tax Convention to Short-Term Foreign Assignments: Announcement Are the Current Treaty Rules for Taxing Business Profits Appropriate for E-Commerce? Report China and Fiscal Governance: OECD Observer Article The Doha Development Round of Trade Negotiations: Understanding the Issues: Web Site Intertwined: FDI in Manufacturing and Trade in Services: Working Paper (453 kb) Liberalisation of Trade in Renewable-Energy Products and Associated Goods: Charcoal, Solar Photovoltaic Systems, and Wind Pumps and Turbines: Working Paper (261 kb) Liberalisation of Trade in Environmentally Preferable Products: Working Paper (306 kb) Transport Services: The Limits of (De) Regulation: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD Time and Transport: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD Smoother Surface: The Cost of Maintaining Roads: OECD Observer Article ECMT Ministerial to be held 17-18 May 2006 in Dublin: Web Site Competitive Tendering of Rail Transport Services: Workshop Documentation URBAN, RURAL, AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS/ENTREPRENEURSHIP Global Summit on SME and Entrepreneurship Financing: Announcement (75 kb)
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