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December
2008/January 2009
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OECD Economic Outlook forecasts sharp rise in unemployment as recession takes hold across OECD: Press Release | Book Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
Green publishing launch for OECD primer on Sustainable Development: Press Release | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
Financial Market Trends Volume 2008, Issue 2 says banking regulations must be strengthened and focuses on the causes and policy issues raised by the financial market crisis. It also contains articles on ageing, pensions and financial markets, as well as new statistical releases on household wealth and institutional investors’ assets: Announcement | Subscribe to the OECD Journal | Issue on SourceOECD
SECRETARY-GENERAL GURRÍA'S ACTIVITIES
The Monterrey Consensus is more relevant than ever, says Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General at the International Conference on Financing for Development in Doha, 29 November 2008: Remarks
The global dodgers: Commitment to aid flows must be combined with a crackdown on tax havens, and Britain can do more: Guardian Op-Ed
Why should Finance Ministers worry about climate change? Remarks by Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General, at a high-level meeting of Ministers of Finance in Poland: Remarks
Financing and pricing water: The roles of government policies, the private sector and civil society: SG's Opening Speech
Official Visit to Turkey: Visit
Green publishing launch for OECD primer on Sustainable Development: Press Release | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
The Multilingual Dictionary of Fish and Fish Products is now available in a special online form on SourceOECD: Fish Dictionary
A new set of Working Papers (152 papers) has been added to SourceOECD - The OECD Digital Economy Papers: Working Paper Series
OECD Will Attend the Following Events in the Coming Months
- American Library Association Midwinter Meeting, 23-28 January 2009, Denver, Colorado, USA
- International Bielefeld Conference, 3-5 February 2009, Bielefeld, Germany
- Deutscher Bibliothekartag, 2-5 June 2009, Erfurt, Germany
See List of Forthcoming Books: Below
AGRICULTURE / FOOD / FISHERIES
The Multilingual Dictionary of Fish and Fish Products is now available in a special online form on SourceOECD: Fish Dictionary
Global Change in African Fish Trade: Engine of Development or Threat to Local Food Security? Working Paper (PDF 270 kb)
IMF/OECD/World Bank Workshop on Food and Fuel Prices: Webpage
Financial Market Trends Volume 2008, Issue 2 focuses on the causes and policy issues raised by the financial market crisis. It also contains articles on ageing, pensions and financial markets, as well as new statistical releases on household wealth and institutional investors’ assets: Announcement | Subscribe to the OECD Journal | Issue on SourceOECD
Israel joins OECD Working Group on Bribery: Announcement
Pension fund losses highlight need for private pension reform, says OECD in Pension Markets in Focus newsletter: Newsletter (751 kb)
OECD Investment Policy Review: China tracks progress in China's regulatory framework: Book Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
OECD Investment Policy Review: Peru finds Peru to rank among most open economies: Book Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
Grim outlook for FDI and shifting global investment patterns says OECD Investment News: Newsletter (495 kb)
Remedies and Sanctions for Abuse of Market Dominance: Policy Brief (168 kb)
Norway gives the world’s highest level of official development assistance as a percentage of gross national income (0.95%) according to the OECD Review of Norway’s development co-operation (full report to be published in a future issue of the OECD Journal on Development): Press Release
DACnews, December 2008: How will aid fare with the financial crisis? Newsletter
Aid Statistics in a couple of clicks. The new Query Wizard for International Development Statistics (QWIDS) is designed to provide easy access to DAC and CRS statistics: QWIDS
Statistical Annex from the Development Co-operation Report 2008 (Book to be released early in 2009): Website
OECD countries affirm commitments to aid, open trade and investment markets: Announcement
Aid not increasing fast enough to meet commitments says Aid Targets Slipping Out of Reach? Announcement | Report (710 kb)
Creditor Reporting System on Aid Activities 2008: Aid Activities in Support of Water Supply and Sanitation: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
OECD Journal on Development, Volume 8, Issue 4 includes peer reviews for Canada, Denmark and the European Community: Subscribe on Online Bookshop | Issue on SourceOECD
OECD Journal on Development, Volume 8, Issue 3 includes articles on conflict prevention and peace building activities, delivery of Justice and Security, fragile states, and capacity development: Subscribe on Online Bookshop | Issue on SourceOECD
Policy Coherence for Development – Lessons Learned: Policy Brief (224 kb)
How to Spend It: Commodity and Non-Commodity Sovereign Wealth Funds: Policy Brief (PDF 1.24 mb)
OECD Economic Outlook forecasts sharp rise in unemployment as recession takes hold across OECD: Press Release | Book Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
OECD’s annual ministerial meeting to be held in Paris on 24-25 June 2009: Announcement
A Long Recession: Managing the Global Financial Crisis and Economic Downturn by OECD Chief Economist Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel: OECD Observer Article
Tackling the crisis: OECD Observer Article
OECD Journal: Economic Studies: Volume 2008 includes articles on publicly provided services, health care spending, globalisation and employment, globalisation and inflation, globalisation policy challenges, economic resilience, carbon pricing, fiscal equalisation and economic geography: Subscribe to OECD Journal | Issue on SourceOECD
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:
- Euro Area: Press Release | Book Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
- Korea: Book Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
- Spain: Book Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
- Sweden: Book Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
- United States: Book Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
OECD Economics Department Working Papers released during the past month:
- No. 659: Fiscal Policy Responsiveness, Persistence, and Discretion (PDF 457 kb)
- No. 658: The Economics of Climate Change Mitigation (PDF 1.56 mb)
- No. 657: Maximising Mexico’s gains from integration in the world economy (PDF 1.01 mb)
- No. 656: How Do Taxes Affect Investment and Productivity? (PDF 433 kb)
- No. 655: Strategies for Countries with Favourable Fiscal Positions (PDF 1.44 mb)
- No. 654: Monetary Transmission Mechanism in Central and Eastern Europe (PDF 493 kb)
- No. 653: An Overview of the OECD ENV-Linkages Model (PDF 487 kb)
- No. 652: Reforming the Labour Market in Japan to cope with Increasing Dualism and Population Ageing (PDF 244 kb)
- No. 651 Enhancing the productivity of the service sector in Japan (PDF 1.14 mb)
- No. 650: Reforming the Tax System in Japan to Promote Fiscal Sustainability and Economic Growth (PDF 1.07 mb)
- No. 649: What Drives the NAIRU? Evidence from a Panel of OECD Countries (PDF 901 kb)
- No. 648: Short-term Distributional Effects of Structural Reforms: Selected Simulations in a DGSE Framework (PDF 905 kb)
- No. 647: Speed of Adjustment to Selected Labour Market and Tax Reforms (PDF 1.34 mb)
- No. 646: The Challenges of Monetary Policy in Turkey (PDF 954 kb)
- No. 645: Improving Cost-Effectiveness in the Health Care Sector in Iceland (PDF 1.43 mb)
OECD Statistics Newsletter, December 2008 includes articles on OECD eXplorer; the first meeting of the Working Party on Trade in Goods and Services; the ECB Inflation Dashboard; ISIC Rev. 4; plus Human Capital: From “Counting” to “Accounting”: Newsletter (PDF 1 mb)
New simplified access to the OECD National Accounts: Announcement/Access
Latest OECD Consumer Prices: Inflation drops to 3.7% in OECD area: More
Latest OECD Composite Leading Indicators: Deep Slowdown signaled in OECD and major non-OECD economies: More
Latest Standardised Unemployment Rates. Unemployment in the OECD area up to 6.5%: More
Unit Labour Cost growth decelerates in Second Quarter 2008: More
Quarterly GDP Growth: Quarterly Release | Spreadsheet
G7 merchandise trade growth slows in 2nd quarter 2008: More
Main Economic Indicators for Non-member Countries: More (183 kb)
IEA Monthly Oil Market Report: More
OECD Statistics Portal: Website
Higher Education to 2030, Volume. 1: Demography is the first in a series of books looking at the future of education: Book Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
Sickness, Disability and Work: Breaking the Barriers, Volume. 3: Denmark, Finland, Ireland and the Netherlands: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
Higher Education Management and Policy, Volume 20 Issue 3 includes articles on quality assurance, scholarly communication costs, entrepreneurship teaching, knowledge transfer, quality assessment, salary negotiation, and re-conceptualising the academy: Subscribe to Journal | View issue on SourceOECD
OECD says governments must continue reforms of disability systems in Sickness, Disability and Work: Breaking the Barriers: Press Release | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
Japan could do more to help young people find stable jobs says Jobs for Youth: Japan: Press Release | Book on Online Bookshop | Book to be available on SourceOECD shortly
Socio-Economic Differences in Mortality: Working Paper (PDF 408 kb)
Long time series for public expenditure on labour market programmes: Working Paper (PDF 1.03 mb)
Main Features of the Public Employment Service in the Czech Republic: Working Paper (PDF 521 kb)
Labour and the OECD: The Role of TUAC: Policy Brief (PDF 150 kb)
Asian countries should reform their pension systems, says OECD in Pensions at a Glance; Asia/Pacific: Announcement | Summary (385 kb)
ENERGY (Also see Nuclear Energy)
IEA calls Indonesia a major player in global energy economy and praises increasingly progressive energy policies in Energy Policy Review of Indonesia: Press Release | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
Price Caps and Price Floors in Climate Policy: Report (PDF 5.86 mb)
IEA Statement on OPEC Decision to cut output levels: Statement
ENTREPRENEURSHIP / SMEs / LOCAL DEVELOPMENT
Entrepreneurship Review of Denmark: Report (PDF 2.2 mb)
The Impact of Culture on Tourism: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Turkey does well in forestation but faces big environmental challenges according to OECD Environmental Performance Review: Turkey: Press Release | Book Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
Space Technologies and Climate Change: Implications for Water Management, Marine Resources and Maritime Transport: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
Why should Finance Ministers worry about climate change? Remarks by Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General, at a high-level meeting of Ministers of Finance in Poland: Remarks
The Economics of Climate Change Impacts and Policy Benefits at City Scale: A Conceptual Framework: Working Paper (PDF 586 kb)
OECD Participation in UN Climate Change Conference in Poland, "COP14 Poznan": Announcement
OECD Global Forum calls for more investment in water and sanitation: Press Release
Climate Change Mitigation: What Do We Do? Report (1.93 mb)
Financing and pricing water: The roles of government policies, the private sector and civil society: SG's Opening Speech
Overview of Recent and Ongoing OECD Work on Climate Change: Report(PDF 734 kb)
Economics Climate: Markets must be used to
help fight climate change: OECD Observer Article
The US Physician Workforce: Working Paper (PDF 722 kb)
Migration of Health Workers: Working Paper (PDF 580 kb)
Pharmaceutical Pricing and Reimbursement Policies in Germany: Working Paper (PDF 774 kb)
International Mobility of Health Professionals and Health Workforce Management in Canada: Working Paper (PDF 1.73 mb)
The Remuneration of General Practitioners and Specialists in 14 OECD Countries: Working Paper (PDF 352 kb)
INFORMATION / COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
Tough year ahead for IT industry, warns OECD in Information Technology Outlook 2008: Press Release | Book Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
A new set of Working Papers (152 papers) has been added to SourceOECD - The OECD Digital Economy Papers: Working Paper Series
Release of Radioactive Materials and Buildings from Regulatory Control: Report (PDF 1 mb)
NEA 50th Anniversary Historical Review: Report (PDF 3 mb)
PUBLIC MANAGEMENT / GOVERNANCE / URBAN, RURAL AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS
The State of the Public Service examines how governments are contracting out, improving management, and adapting to demographic change: Book Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
Making Life Easy for Citizens and Businesses in Portugal: Administrative Simplification and e-Government: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
SCIENCE / INNOVATION / INDUSTRY
Short-term outlook for steel demand exceptionally weak, say industry experts: Conference Press Release
Space Technologies and Climate Change: Implications for Water Management, Marine Resources and Maritime Transport: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
The Geography of Inventive Activities in OECD Regions: Working Paper (PDF 1.98 mb)
Open Innovation in a Global Perspective: What Do Existing Data Tell Us? Working Paper (PDF 631 kb)
Open Innovation in Global Networks: Policy Brief (PDF 269 kb)
2008 Edition of STAN Bilateral Trade Database now available within OECD.Stat: Announcement
Consumption Tax Trends 2008: VAT/GST and Excise Rates, Trends and Administration Issues: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
Liechtenstein signs Tax Information Exchange Agreement with the United States: Announcement (PDF 47 kb)
Consultation with Business on Comparability and Profit Methods for Transfer Pricing Purposes: Summary
India joins major exporters pledging ongoing credit support for developing country imports during financial crisis: Press Release
2008 OECD Global Forum on Trade: Rapporteur's Report (PDF 113 kb)
Highlights of the International Transport Forum 2008: Transport and Energy: The Challenge of Climate Change: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD
The Cost and Effectiveness of Policies to Reduce Vehicle Emissions: Book on Online Bookshop | Book to be available on SourceOECD shortly
Development Aid at a Glance 2008: Statistics by Region: Book Listing
Economic Policy Reforms: Going for Growth 2009
Energy Policies of IEA Countries: Netherlands 2008: Book Listing
Governing Regional Development Policy: The Use of Performance Indicators: Book Listing
OECD Economic Surveys: Slovak Republic 2009: Book Listing
Tertiary Education in Chile: Book Listing
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