2005 Annual Report on Sustainable Development Work in the OECD

This annual report contains the review of 2005 OECD activities and studies relating to sustainable development. Although cross-cutting work is increasing, the OECD could do more to integrate the three pillars of sustainable development – economic, environmental and social – in its analyses.

Subsidy Reform and Sustainable Development: Economic, Environmental and Social Aspects

These proceedings present an overview of approaches for assessing subsidies and associated taxes and look at country experiences in reforming subsidies in agriculture, fisheries, industry and transport.

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• Chair's Summary of Workshop on Reforming Environmentally Harmful Subsidies
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Using Market Mechanisms to Manage Fisheries: Smoothing the Path

This study advises policy makers on how to use market mechanism instruments (such as transferable access rights and individual transferable quotas) in fisheries management.

Environmental Fiscal Reform in the Commercial Fisheries Sector

Excerpt from the DAC Guidelines and References Series: Environmental Fiscal Reform for Poverty Reduction, OECD/DAC, 2005

Policy Brief : Advancing Sustainable Development

What is sustainable development and why is it important? Most people support the idea of sustainable development, but without fully understanding what it is. Most would agree that it implies a better balance between economic, environmental and social goals, and greater fairness in distributing the gains from growth among people and countries. It also concerns preserving the environment and natural resources as a basis for progress.

The valuation of environmental health risks to children: methodological and policy issues

The report proposes an in-depth analysis of the main methodological difficulties associated with estimating the social value of a reduction in risk to children. It also underlines key policy implications and inputs for further research.

EPR Policies and Product Design: Economic Theory and Selected Case Studies

This document discusses the Design for Environment impacts of Extended Producer Responsibility policies.

Workshop on Policy Coherence for Development in Fisheries

Joint Workshop on Policy Coherence for Development in Fisheries by Development Assistance Committee (DAC) and the Committee for Fisheries (COFI) of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Cost-Benefit Analysis and the Environment: Recent Developments

An in-depth assessment of the most recent conceptual and methodological developments in cost-benefit analysis and the environment.

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• Executive summary of Cost-Benefit Analysis and the Environment: Recent Developments

The Distributional Effects of Environmental Policy

This book builds upon existing literature to simultaneously examine disparities in the distribution of environmental impacts of environmental policy and in the distribution of financial effects among households.

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• Executive summary: The Distributional Effects of Environmental Policy