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Market structure in the distribution sector and merchandise trade

04-Feb-2008

OECD Working Paper No. 68. This study explores how recent developments in the retail sector affect trade in consumer goods. It focuses on three developments in the retail sector: i) internationalization; ii) market structure; and iii) the growing market share of retailers’ private labels, using the gravity model.

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31-Jan-2008

Globalisation and Fisheries: Proceedings of an OECD-FAO Workshop

30-Jan-2008

This conference proceedings publication highlights the key risks and opportunities that policy makers need to address relative to fisheries globalisation so that on the one hand, the opportunities that are created are not missed while, on the other, the risks are addressed appropriately.

Services Trade Liberalisation and Tourism Development

30-Jan-2008

OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No. 57. This study analyses the role that services trade liberalisation could play in fostering tourism growth in developing countries.

OECD countries agree sustainable lending principles for official export credits

28-Jan-2008

OECD Member Countries have agreed to adopt a set of principles and guidelines designed to ensure that loans supported by their Export Credit Agencies (ECAs) are in line with sustainable development objectives.

Fisheries services provided to various elements of the fisheries value chain

21-Jan-2008

Information on services provided to the various elements of the fisheries value chain, both in harvesting and aquaculture sectors is presented here. Much of the information has been collected in 2007 and has been and will be updated as necessary.

Les approches bilatérales et régionales adoptées pour réduire les obstacles techniques au commerce convergent-elles vers le système commercial multilatéral

08-Jan-2008

Document de travail de l'OCDE sur la politique des échanges No.58. Cette étude examine les dispositions relatives aux « obstacles techniques au commerce » (autrement dit, les règlements techniques, les normes et les procédures d’évaluation de la conformité) d’un échantillon d’accords commerciaux bilatéraux et régionaux ainsi que leur degré de similarité et de convergence avec l'Accord de l’OMC sur les obstacles techniques au commerce

Global Forum on Agricultural Development and Poverty Reduction in Africa, 2007

20-Dec-2007

12-13 November 2007 - The OECD, IFAD, World Bank and FAO jointly held a Forum on African Agricultural Development and Poverty Reduction. The objectives were to disseminate and broaden the impact of new analytical work and to share reflections and deepen understanding on a number of constraints and policy issues of importance to the agricultural sector.

Germany awards OECD's Tangermann Order of Merit

10-Dec-2007

Stefan Tangermann, the OECD's Director of Trade and Agriculture, has been awarded Germany's Order of Merit (First Class) for his outstanding accomplishments as scientist and political adviser.