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HIGHLIGHTS
OECD Chief
Economist Jean-Philippe Cotis Presents an Interim Economic Assessment:
Briefing
Paper (196 kb)
2004 Edition
of Education at a Glance Just Published
--Education Levels
Rising but Low Attainment Still Hampers Some: More
--OECD Study
Finds More Freedom for Schools to Decide How They Want to Teach:
More
Top
AGRICULTURE/FOOD/FISHERIES
Amid Volatile
Oil Prices, OECD Report Calls for Policy Changes to Promote Biomass:
Just
Published. Also see the related OECD
Observer article
Agriculture,
Trade, and the Environment: The Dairy Sector Just
Released!
Top
DEVELOPMENT
OECD Supports
Millennium Development Goals as Set Out by the UN after Last Year's
Millennium Summit: Press
Release
OECD Initiative
on Investment for Development: Towards a Policy Framework for Investment:
More.
Also see Global Forum on International Investment: Investment
for Development - Forging Partnerships: More
GrameenPhone
Revisited: Investors Reaching Out to the Poor Full
report (236kb)
ODA Eligibility
Issue for Expenditure under the Clean Development Mechanism
Proposal
(21 kb)
Italy Remains
Determined to Double its Aid More
The Desert
Locust Outbreak in West Africa More
Top
ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENTS
OECD Chief
Economist Jean-Philippe Cotis Presents an Interim Economic Assessment
Briefing
Paper(196 kb). Related Statement by OECD Secretary-General
Donald Johnston to IMFC, Washington, DC, 2 October 2004 Text
of Statement(13 kb)
The following
OECD Economic Surveys have been released. Policy
Briefs summarizing the findings of Surveys are available.
OECD Economics
Department Working Papers Released during the Past Month:
- No.
405: Reform of the Health Care System in Portugal (285 kb)
- No.
404: Accounting for Russia's Post-Crisis Growth (321 kb)
- No.
403: Restructuring Russia's Electricity Sector: Towards Effective
Competition or Fux Liberalisation? (266 kb)
- No.
402: Russia's Gas Sector: The Endless Wait for Reform?(219
kb)
- No.
401: One Money, One Cycle? Making Monetary Union a Smoother
Ride (192 kb)
- No.
400: Modelling Cyclical Divergence in the Euro Area: The Housing
Channel (115 kb)
- No.
399: Product Market Competition and Economic Performance in
Korea (255 kb)
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ECONOMIC
STATISTICS
OECD Organises
Forum on the Role of Statistics in Democracies More
OECD Composite
Leading Indicator Shows Continued Weak Performance More
OECD Quarterly
National Accounts, Second Quarter 2004 More
OECD Standardised
Unemployment Rates, September 2004 More
Main Economic
Indicators for Non-Member Countries More
(612 kb)
Joint BIS-IMF-OECD-World
Bank Statistics on External Debt More
IEA Monthly
Oil Market Report More
Top
EDUCATION
2004 Edition
of Education at a Glance Just Published:
- Education
Levels Rising in OECD Countries but Low Attainment Still Hampers
Some More
- OECD Study
Finds More Freedom for Schools to Decide How They Want to Teach
More
OECD Education
Committee Makes Recommendations on Irish Higher Education More
Science
for the Educated Mind Bruno Della Chiesa, who leads OECD's
Project on Learning Science and Brain Research, talks to Learning
Lab Online - Denmark's quarterly online magazine. More
Internationalisation
and Trade in Higher Education: Opportunities and Challenges. Just
Published
School Buses
Save Lives OECD
Observer Article
OECD Recommends
Reorientation of Teacher Policy in Germany. More
What Makes
School Systems Perform: Seeing School Systems through the Prism
of PISA Just
Published
Top
EMPLOYMENT
The Costs
and Benefis of Greater Job Security OECD
Policy Brief
(190 kb)
Ageing
and Employment Policies in Italy
Just Published
Ageing
and Employment Policies in the United Kingdom
Just Published
Top
ENERGY
IEA World
Energy Outlook Released on 26 October 2004 More
Amid Volatile
Oil Prices, OECD Report Calls for Policy Changes to Promote Biomass
Just
Published. Also see the related OECD
Observer article
Improving
District Heating Policy in IEA Countries Just
Published.
What's On
the T.V.: Trends in U.S. Set-Top Box Energy Use, Design, and Regulation
More
(226 kb)
IEA Monthly
Oil Market Report OMR Web
Page
IEA Statistics
Web Page Energy
Statistics Web Page
Monthly Oil,
Gas, Electricity and Energy Prices Reports Monthly
Energy Reports
Top
ENTERPRISE/INDUSTRY/SERVICES
OECD Recommends
Common Tax-Treaty Approaches to Employee Stock-Options More
OECD Guidelines
for Multinational Enterprises: 2004 Meeting of the National Contact
Points More
PDF - 336 kb)
OECD Anti-Bribery
Convention: OECD Issues Country Reports for Brazil, Chile, and Mexico
Reports
Top
ENVIRONMENT
Consensus
Documents on the Safety of Novel Foods and Feeds: Rice and Cotton
Access
to documents
OECD Review
of Spain's Environmental Performance
Just Published
OECD Review
of Sweden's Environmental Performance
Just Published
OECD Review
of Canada's Environmental Performance Just
Published
Top
FINANCE/INVESTMENT
OECD Initiative
on Investment for Development: Towards a Policy Framework for Investment
More
Top
HEALTH
Private Health
Insurance in OECD Countries: The Benefits and Costs for Individuals
and Health Systems OECD
Health Working Paper No. 15 (625 kb)
Top
INFORMATION/COMMUNICATIONS
TECHNOLOGY
OECD Launches
Anti-Spam Toolkit and Invites Public Contributions Press
Release
Top
PUBLIC MANAGEMENT
Senior Civil
Service Reform Report Summary
Report and Power Point Presentations
Public Sector
Modernisation: Changing Organisational Structures OECD
Policy Brief (121 kb)
Top
SCIENCE/INNOVATION
Patents,
Innovation, and Economic Performance Just
Published
Biotechnology
Statistics in OECD Member Countries: An Inventory STI
Working Paper 2004/8
Top
TAXATION
Comparing
OECD Tax Burdens: New Edition of Revenue Statistics Just
Published
OECD Recommends
Common Tax Treaty Approaches to Employee Stock Options More
Top
TRADE
Addressing
Market-Access Concerns of Developing Countries Arising for Environmental
and Health Requirements
OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No. 5 (210 kb)
Top
TRANSPORTATION
School Buses
Save Lives OECD
Observer Article
Top
URBAN, RURAL,
AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS
OECD Conference
on Innovation and Regional Development More
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