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Review of Fisheries in OECD Countries: Policies and Summary Statistics (2005 edition)

05-Feb-2008

This is a publication that is published biennially. This edition covers the years 2002, 2003 and some recent events of 2004.

Financial Support to Fisheries: Implications for Sustainable Development

05-Feb-2008

This report analyses the impacts of financial support to fisheries from a sustainable development perspective by addressing the economic, environmental and social dimensions of these transfers.

Information on Fisheries Management Systems of OECD Countries

05-Feb-2008

Follow this link and you will find detailed information on OECD countries' fisheries managements systems.

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.

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.

Structural Change in Fisheries: Dealing with the Human Dimension

30-Nov-2007

These conference proceedings analyse the social issues and policy challenges that arise from fisheries adjustment policies, and how OECD member countries are meeting those challenges.

Effective Targeting of Agricultural Policies: Best Practices for Policy Design and Implementation

25-Oct-2007

Agricultural Policies are dominated by broad measures such as market price support and general payments to all land, animals or farmers. As a result, it is often difficult to associate a particular policy with any specific objective and yet targeting policies to meet such objectives is necessary for improving the efficiency of govenment intervention.

Government support to farmers falls slightly amid higher world food prices

23-Oct-2007

Government support to farmers in OECD countries represented 27 % of total farm receipts in 2006, a slight fall from the 29% share the previous year, according to a new OECD report. The drop was due mainly to rising world food prices rather than changes in policies, as less support was provided to prop up domestic prices.




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