Topics
Highlights | Agriculture/Food/Fisheries
| Development | Economic Developments
| Economic Statistics | Education
| Employment | Energy | Enterprise/Industry/Svcs
| Environment | Finance/Investment
| Health | Information/Communications
Technologies | Nuclear Energy | Public
Management | Science/Innovation | Taxation
| Trade | Transportation
| Urban, Rural, and Regional Affairs
HIGHLIGHTS
OECD
Economic Outlook: Growth Losing Balance and Momentum?
Press
Release | Order
on Online Bookshop | SourceOECD
Drug
Spending Up by Nearly a Third since 1988 according to new OECD Health
Data: Press
Release | Order
OECD Health Data CD-ROM | Access
Data on SourceOECD
Top
AGRICULTURE/FOOD/FISHERIES
Agricultural
Outlook and Agriculturual Policies Reports to be Released
on 21 June: Announcement
High-Level
Meeting of the OECD Committee on Agriculture: Chairman's
Summary
Brazil,
China, India and South Africa to tackle food and agriculture challenges
with OECD: Press
Release
OECD
Seed Schemes 2005: Rules and Directions: Web
Page
Top
DEVELOPMENT
Sweden
Commended for its Strong Global Development Commitment:
Press
Release |
Main Findings and Recommendations | Tables
and Graphs
New
Issue of DAC Newsletter looks at real vs. phantom aid,
UK survey on what the public thinks about aid, the MDG 2005 report,
and what OECD is doing to reduce poverty in poorer countries: Web
Page
Environmental
Fiscal Reform for Policy Reduction: DAC
Guidelines (1.87 mb)
Policy
Coherence Towards East Asia: OECD
Development Centre Policy Brief (362 kb)
Top
ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENTS
OECD
Economic Outlook: Growth Losing Balance and Momentum?
Press
Release | Order
on Online Bookshop | SourceOECD
Cutting
Barriers to Competition, Investment and Trade in US and EU Would
Boost GDP according to new OECD Working Paper: Working
Paper (474 kb)
Papers
from the Meeting of the Heads of National Economic Research Organisations.
See the Web
Site.
The following
OECD Economic Surveys have been released. Policy
Briefs summarizing the findings of Surveys 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:
- No.
429: Assessing the OECD Jobs Strategy (365 kb)
- No.
430: Fifteen Years of Economic Reform in Russia (440 kb)
- No.
431: Boosting Growth through Greater Competition in Denmark
(290 kb)
- No.
432: The Benefits of Liberalising Product Markets and Reducing
Barriers to International Trade and Investment: The Case of the
US and the EU (485 kb)
Top
ECONOMIC
STATISTICS
Latest OECD
Consumer Prices: Inflation in the OECD area is
up slightly due mostly to increase in oil prices. More
Latest OECD
Composite Leading Indicators: Latest data show
weakening performance. More
| OECD
Observer Article
Latest Standardised
Unemployment Rates: Little Change in the OECD Area:. More
Main
Economic Indicators for Non-Member Countries: More
(176 kb)
Quarterly
GDP Growth Rates: More
IEA
Monthly Oil Market Report More
Top
EDUCATION
OECD Urges
Governments to Work with Social Partners on Teacher Policy:
Announcement
| Book
on Online Bookshop | Book
on SourceOECD (To be posted shortly on SourceOECD)
Education
Policy Analysis 2004 looks at alternatives to universities,
returns from investments in education ICT, schools' contribution
to lifelong learning, and taxation and lifelong learning: Announcement
| Book
on Online Bookshop | Book
on SourceOECD (To be posted shortly on SourceOECD)
University
Education in Denmark Just Published: Book
on Online Bookshop | Book
on SourceOECD (To be posted shortly on SourceOECD)
E-Learning
in Tertiary Education Just Published: Book
on Online Bookshop | Book
on SourceOECD (To be posted shortly on SourceOECD)
From Education
to Work: A Difficult Transition for Young Adults with Low Levels
of Education Just Published: Book
on Online Bookshop | Book
on SourceOECD (To be posted shortly on SourceOECD)
Top
EMPLOYMENT
& SOCIAL AFFAIRS
OECD
Employment Outlook 2005 to be published on 28 June 2005:
Announcement
Top
ENERGY
Saving
Electricity in a Hurry: A toolbox of measures to help governments:
Press Release
/ Online
Bookshop / SourceOECD
(To be posted shortly on SourceOECD)
Latest IEA
Oil Market Report: Web
Site
IEA
Monthly Surveys: Listing
IEA
Statistics Web Page Energy
Statistics Web Page
Here Comes
the Sun: OECD
Observer Article
Top
ENTERPRISE/INDUSTRY/SERVICES
OECD Handbook
on Economic Globalisation Indicators: Announcement
| Book
on Online Bookshop | Book
on SourceOECD (To be posted on SourceOECD shortly)
Good Neighbors
are Good for Business: OECD
Observer Article
Conference
on Fostering Entrepreneurship: The Role of Higher Education,
Trento, Italy, 23-24 June 2005 Announcement
Better
Boardrooms: OECD
Observer Article
Top
ENVIRONMENT
Preserving
Biodiversity and Promoting Biosafety: OECD
Policy Brief (165 kb)
Top
FINANCE/INVESTMENT
Cutting
Barriers to Competition, Investment and Trade in US and EU Would
Boost GDP according to new OECD Working Paper: Working
Paper (474 kb)
Hungary's
Implementation of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention: Phase
II Report (398 kb)
Top
HEALTH
OECD
Health Data 2005 now available! SourceOECD now has interactive
online version! CD-ROM
on Online Bookshop | Online
Access via SourceOECD
Consumer
Direction and Choice in Long-Term Care for Older Persons: OECD
Health Working Paper (322 kb)
Top
INFORMATION/COMMUNICATIONS
TECHNOLOGY
Online
Music Distribution Providing both Opportunities and Challenges
according to OECD: Report
(1.21 mb)
Spam Issues
in Developing Countries: Report
(158 kb)
Anti-Spam
Law Enforcement: Report
(481 kb)
OECD Broadband
Statistics: Web
Page
E-Street:
OECD
Observer Article
Top
NUCLEAR
ENERGY
New
Nuclear Data Released: Press
Release | Book
on the OECD Online Bookshop | Book
on SourceOECD (Book to be posted shortly on SourceOECD)
Top
PUBLIC
MANAGEMENT
Performance-Related
Pay Policies for Government Employees Just Published: Policy
Brief (192 kb) | Book
on OECD Online Bookshop | Book
on SourceOECD
OECD Review
of Russian Regulatory Reform to be published June 20: Announcement
Top
SCIENCE/INNOVATION
A Framework
for Biotechnology Statistics: Announcement
| Report
(912 kb)
OECD Handbook
on Economic Globalisation Indicators: Announcement
| Book
on Online Bookshop | Book
on SourceOECD (Book to be posted shortly on SourceOECD)
Star Business:
OECD
Observer Article
Top
TAXATION
OECD
and Italian Government Announce 2005 Fellowship in Memory of Alessandro
Di Battista: Announcement
Two
Guidance Notes Approved on Tax Compliance for Business and Accounting
Software and on Standard Audit Files: Announcement
Tax
Reform: An International Perspective. Presentation by Jeffrey
Owens at the OECD-IEF Seminar on Tax Reform Trends: PowerPoint
Presentation
Electronic
Version of Model Tax Convention now available on the OECD
Online Bookshop. Availability on SourceOECD to be announced
on SourceOECD home page shortly. Announcement
| Online
Bookshop | SourceOECD
Top
TRADE
Revised
Text for Ex Ante Guidance for Tied Aid: Announcement
Cutting
Barriers to Competition, Investment and Trade in US and EU Would
Boost GDP according to new OECD Working Paper: Working
Paper (474 kb)
Service
that Deficit: OECD
Observer Article
Top
TRANSPORTATION
European
Conference of Ministers of Transport (ECMT) holds Ministerial in
Moscow:
Press Release and Documents Approved
Top
URBAN,
RURAL, AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS
Conference
on Local Development and Governance in Central, East and South-East
Europe: Conference
Papers and Presentations
Conference
on Fostering Entrepreneurship: The Role of Higher Education,
Trento, Italy, 23-24 June 2005 Announcement
Conference
on The Social Economy in Central, East and South-East Europe:
Emerging Trends of Social Innovation and Local Development to be
held in Trento, Italy, in September 2005: Information
and Registration
Top
|