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Librarians' Edition
March 2009

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HIGHLIGHTS

Governments must maintain reforms for long-term growth during crisis, says Economic Policy Reforms: Going for Growth: Press Release | Book Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD

OECD calls upon the international community to stand by its commitment to fight poverty and promote economic development in poor countries in Development Co-operation Report 2009: Press Release | Book Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD

Managing Water for All: Pricing and Financing: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD (to appear shortly)

OECD Publishing extracts the key findings of Education at a Glance and presents them in an easily understood OECD Factbook format in Highlights from Education at a Glance 2008: Book on Online Bookshop | Free Webbook on SourceOECD

OECD Forum 2009 is planned for 23-24 June 2009 with the theme "For a stronger, cleaner, fairer economy": Website | Registration

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SECRETARY-GENERAL GURRÍA'S ACTIVITIES

Improved tax cooperation a boost to restoring financial confidence, says Gurría: Press Release

Opening Remarks by Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General, delivered at the 5th World Water Forum in Istanbul: Press Release

Moves by financial centres boost OECD fight against tax evasion, says Gurría: Press Release

Gurría warns of “crisis of globalisation” if protectionism rises in speech to the International Chamber of Commerce: SG Speech

OECD’s Gurría calls for strong competition policy to speed recovery at OECD Global Forum on Competition: Press Release | SG Speech

The current crisis offers governments the opportunity to combine emergency action with the important structural reforms needed to improve long-term growth says Gurría at launch of Economic Policy Reform: Going for Growth: SG-Speech | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD

Official Visit to Spain: Visit

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OECD PUBLISHING NEWS

OECD Publishing makes the OECD Development Cooperation Report 2009 freely available in webbook form: Webbook

OECD Publishing extracts the key findings of Education at a Glance and presents them in an easily understood OECD Factbook format in Highlights from Education at a Glance 2008: Book on Online Bookshop | Free Webbook on SourceOECD

English and the French web editions of the OECD Observer are now optimised for mobile phones and iPhones. Now readers on the move can catch up on news stories, latest headline data, articles and video streams on their handsets more easily, without the inconvenience of having to scroll through the clutter of normal websites. The new mobile/iPhone sites open automatically with the usual URL. Also, the new e-alert service includes links to the mobile version of the stories. Sign up today at www.oecdobserver.org

Social media bookmark icons are now displayed at the bottom of all OECD Observer stories (all top social networks, including Facebook, Digg, Myspace, etc). This tool helps technophile users build their social networks by bookmarking pages of the site, store them, organize and share them with peers, and manage their own web pages/stories within their networks. View at www.oecdobserver.org

OECD publications will be on exhibit at the Following Events in the Coming Months:

• VI Coloquio Iberoamericano del Papiro a la Biblioteca Virtual Havana,  23-27 March 2009, Havana, Cuba
• Computers in Libraries, 7-9 April 2009, Arlington, VA, USA
• XIII Congreso Abracor Porto Alegre, 13-17 April 2009, Porto Alegre, Brazil
• 41ª Reunión Nacional de Bibliotecarios: Puentes Hacia Universos Culturales Más Amplios 20-23 April 2009, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Il Congreso Internacional de Investigación en Ciencia de la Información: "La Terminología y Los Usuarios de la Información", 4-6 May 2009, Medellin, Colombia
• 2º Congreso Mundial de Informacion Conocimiento: Aspectos Technologicos, 13-15 May 2009, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
• Jornadas Mexicanas de Biblioteconomía, 13-15 May 2009. Acapulco, Mexico
• Deutscher Bibliothekartag, 2-5 June 2009, Erfurt, Germany
• Special Libraries Association, 14-17 June 2009, Washington, DC USA
• 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
• Guadaljara International Book Fair 2009, 28 November-6 December 2009, Guadaljara, Mexico

See List of Forthcoming Books: Below

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AGRICULTURE / FOOD / FISHERIES

Freer trade and well targeted support are keys to food security in emerging markets says Agricultural Policies in Emerging Economies 2009: Monitoring and Evaluation: Press Release | Book Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD (to appear shortly)

Modelling Agricultural Trade and Policy Impacts in Less Developed Countries: Working Paper

Smallholder Adjustment in Middle-Income Countries: Working Paper

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BUSINESS & MARKETS

OECD’s Gurría calls for strong competition policy to speed recovery at OECD Global Forum on Competition: Press Release | SG Speech

Israel joins OECD Anti-Bribery Convention: Announcement

Corporate Governance Lessons from the Financial Crisis: Report (6.44 mb)

Promoting Consumer Education: Trends, Policies and Good Practices: Book Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD

OECD Journal of Competition Law and Policy: Volume 9, Issue 3 includes articles on cartel sanctions by individuals, on prosecuting cartels with direct evidence of agreement, and on a monitoring review of Korea: Subscribe to OECD Journal | Issue on SourceOECD

OECD MNE Guidelines: A Responsible Business Choice: OECD Observer Article

Barriers to competition measured in new product market regulation indicators: Announcement

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DEVELOPMENT

OECD calls upon the international community to stand by its commitment to fight poverty and promote economic development in poor countries in Development Co-operation Report 2009: Press Release | Book Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD

Managing Water for All: Pricing and Financing: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD (to appear shortly)

Registration is now open for the 9th International Economic Forum on Africa, to be held in Paris 5 June 2009: Website | Registration

OECD International Development Statistics 2009 on CD-ROM: CD-ROM on Online Bookshop | Database on SourceOECD

What evaluation tells us about Gender Equality and Women in Development: Website

Preventing Violence, War and State Collapse: The Future of Conflict Early Warning and Response: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD

Armed Violence Reduction: Enabling Development: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD

Donor Approaches to Governance Assessments: Guiding Principles (805 kb)

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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS

Tackling the financial and economic crisis: OECD updates the website with additional commentary, analysis and statistics on the crisis we are facing: Updated Website

Debt Burdens: OECD Observer Article

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.683: The Macroeconomic Consequences of Banking Crises in OECD Countries (643 kb)
• No. 682: Adjusting Housing Policies in Slovakia in Light of Euro Adoption (484 kb)
• No. 681: Achieving Fiscal Flexibility and Safeguarding Sustainability - The Case of Slovakia (468 kb)
• No. 680: Raising Flexibility of the Slovak Economy during the Catch-Up Phase (731 kb)
• No. 679: Do Latin American Central Bankers Behave Non-Linearly? (1.13 mb)
• No. 678: Enhancing Educational Performance in Australia (1.26 mb)
• No. 677: Quantifying the Effect of Financial Conditions in the Euro Area, Japan, United Kingdom and United States (1.39 mb)
• No. 676: Taking Stock of Existing Structural Policy and Outcome Indicators (686 kb)
• No. 675: Stabilization Effects of Social Spending (343 kb)
• No. 674: Fiscal Convergence, Business Cycle Volatility and Growth (331 kb)
• No. 673: Boosting Productivity in Korea’s Service Sector (465 kb)
• No. 672: Sustaining Growth in Korea by Reforming the Labour Market and Improving the Education System (864 kb)
• No. 671: Reforming the Tax System in Korea to Promote Economic Growth and Cope with Rapid Population Ageing (786 kb)
• No. 670: Financial Market Stability in the European Union: Enhancing Regulation and Supervision (499 kb)
• No. 669: Overcoming the Financial Crisis in the United States (816 kb)
• No. 668: Financial Crises: Past Lessons and Policy Implications (979 kb)
• No. 667: Reforms to Open Sheltered Sectors to Competition in Switzerland (405 kb)
• No. 666: Raising Education Outcomes in Spain (823 kb)

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ECONOMIC STATISTICS

Barriers to competition measured in new product market regulation indicators: Announcement

OECD Journal: Journal of Business Cycle Measurement and Analysis, Volume 2008 Issue 2 features articles on real-time data analysis including forecasting Euro Area manufacturing, KOF indicators on Swiss Current Account data revisions, and Swiss GDP revision from a monetary policy perspective. Subscribe to the OECD Journal | Issue on SourceOECD

Uncrunching the Numbers: Review of Understanding Economic Statistics: OECD Observer Article | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD

The OECD System of Unit Labour Cost and Related Indicators: Working Paper (327 kb)

Latest OECD Consumer Prices: Inflation slows further to 1.3% in OECD area: More

Latest OECD Composite Leading Indicators: OECD Composite Leading Indicators fall to new low: More

Latest Harmonised Unemployment Rates. Unemployment in the OECD area up to 6.9%: 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)