Measuring globalisation

The globalisation of science and technology poses increasing economic challenges. The OECD provides governments with reliable and internationally comparable data, backed by sound methodological and empirical analysis, to inform their decisions and guide their actions.

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New working paper: Compilation of Bilateral Trade Database by Industry and End-use Category

21-Dec-2011

The OECD STAN Bilateral Trade Database by Industry and End-use Categor (BTDIxE) presents international trade in goods flows broken down both by industry sectors and by end-use categories, allowing insights into the patterns of trade in intermediate goods between countries to track global production networks and supply chains as well as helping to address other trade-related policy issues such as trade in value added and tasks.

Recent Developments in Asian Economic Integration (STI Working Paper 2011/3)

14-Dec-2011

This paper analyses the contribution to and engagement in global supply chains of Asian emerging economies by measuring several globalisation indicators based on the harmonised input-output and bilateral trade databases developed by the OECD. It focuses on major structural changes in the Asian trade network from the perspective of integration and fragmentation in global supply chains.

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