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Taxation and Social Security in Agriculture

06-Feb-2006

This study catalogues the treatment of farmers within the tax and social security systems of a large number of OECD countries.

Multifunctionality in Agriculture: What Role for Private Initiatives?

03-Feb-2006

This report sheds light on potential alternative non-government solutions to resolving problems created by agriculture practices. The approaches analysed include market mechanisms, the promotion of private transactions, and voluntary approaches.

Seventh Informal Consultation between the OECD Trade Committee and Civil Society Organisations

31-Jan-2006

The Seventh Informal Consultation between the OECD Trade Committee and Civil Society Organisations took place on 24 October 2005, back to back with the 142nd Session of the Trade Committee. 
See Summary Record .

 

Quantifying the trade and economic effects of non-tariff measures

23-Jan-2006

OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No. 28. Significant progress has been made in quantifying the effects of non-tariff measures since OECD commissioned its last major review of this topic in 1997.  This paper reviews the literature of NTMs and assesses the different methods available. 

Subsidies: A Way Towards Sustainable Fisheries ?

08-Dec-2005

This Policy Brief presents the key findings from the Committee for Fisheries work on the impacts of financial support on the sustainable development of the fisheries sector. 

2005 Arrangement on Officially Supported Export Credits

06-Dec-2005

The Participants to the Arrangement on officially supported export credits have agreed to modifications to the text of the Arrangement. This text contains new provisions applicable to repayment profiles, to project finance-type transactions and to projects in the renewable energy and water sectors; the revised text came into effect at the beginning of December 2005 and is now the prevailing text applicable for officially supported export credits.

OECD in Figures 2005 - Trade statistics

05-Dec-2005

Click here  to get a complete table on this issue from the OECD in Figures 2005. OECD in Figures is an original, simple to use, pocket data book, compiled and checked by our experts, so that decision-makers in government, research and business know they can rely on.

Policy Brief: Civil Societies and the OECD

30-Nov-2005

Globalisation leaves few people indifferent. OECD ministers take the view that the OECD’s role is to enable globalisation, make it inclusive and sustainable, and to seize the opportunities of open markets.

Trade Policy Working Paper No. 23: Trade Interests Of The Tsunami Affected Countries OECD

24-Nov-2005

Since a catastrophic Tsunami hit coastal areas around the Indian Ocean on 26 December 2004, many have suggested that trade could be a more useful instrument to assist the recovery of affected countries than aid transfers alone. This paper examines the economies of the affected countries and identifies their overall trade interests and market access concerns. It summarizes EU and US trade measures which aim to help the recovery. Even when trade measures benefit the tsunami-affected countries, they may have limitations in delivering benefits directly to the affected people and region.




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