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News & Events
News
Tractors: Expanding safety standards worldwide – experts meet 23-24 February 2012
23-Mar-2012
The Annual Meeting of the OECD Tractor Codes will look at ensuring technical aspects of the tests are adapted to the latest machinery and conditions; promote effective implementation of the standards and develop communication and cooperation with all interested bodies.
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09-Mar-2012
The OECD Technical Workshop on the Economics of Regulation brought together experts to discuss how developments in the economics of regulation could inform the construction of the STRI in network industries and sectors involving two-sided platforms. This report provides the meeting highlights.
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06-Apr-2012
The Margin benchmark applicable as of 15 April 2012 has been published. It shall be applied to all official financing support for export credits for civil aircraft pursuant to Article 8 of Appendix III of the 2011 Sector Understanding on Export Credits for Civil Aircraft (the 2011 ASU), annexed to the 2011 Arrangement for Officially Supported Export Credits (the Arrangement).
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12-Apr-2012
The Export Credits interest rates (CIRR, ASU, Renewable Energy, Nuclear) valid from 15 April to 14 may 2012 have been published (Ctrl+F5 to obtain the latest rates).
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23-Feb-2012
Experts, manufacturers and government officials meeting in Paris this week reaffirmed their commitment to maintaining safety standards in farm machinery by expanding and updating the OECD’s harmonised tests and codes. China, India and Russia are among the 26 countries which adhere to the OECD’s Tractor Codes.
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20-Apr-2012
This is the current list of countries that are currently subject to concessionality requirements from the IMF and/or IDA.
For those IDA-only countries without concessionality requirements to the IMF and to IDA,the provision of official export credits should take into account the results of the most recent IMF/World Bank country-specific debt sustainability analyses (DSAs) conducted within the joint Debt Sustainability Framework.
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21-Feb-2012
Ces dernières années ont connu une forte hausse des prix de nombreuses matières premières. Ce rapport examine la question de savoir si la volatilité des prix des matières premières a sensiblement évolué avec la rapide montée des prix mondiaux en 2006-09, suivie par une baisse tout aussi marquée des prix de nombreuses matières premières.
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08-Feb-2012
Market thinness, where there are few buying or selling offers, can contribute to price volatility. Contrary to general assumptions, agricultural commodity markets have not become 'thinner', according to this study of trade in selected commodities from 1970 to 2010.
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01-Feb-2012
The 2012 edition of the OECD Standard Codes for the Official Testing of Agricultural and Forestry Tractors is now available on our website.
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Events
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from 28-Mar-2011 to 29-Mar-2011
On 28-29 March 2011, an expert workshop will take place at the OECD Paris headquarters to focus on sequencing policy reform and making policies complementary to trade reform in order to help developing countries turn trade opportunities into trade flows, and trade flows into economic growth. Consult the draft agenda.
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from 19-Apr-2011 to 20-Apr-2011
The next meeting on trade in services will cover the audiovisual sector, including: production, distribution and projection of motion pictures; broadcasting services; and sound recordings.
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A second update on developments in the field of regional trade agreements and the environment covering the period late 2007 to December 2008. It complements the 2007 publication “Environment and Regional Trade Agreements”, and the first update presented to the JWPTE in December 2007.
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from 06-Jul-2009 to 07-Jul-2009
This second monitoring report will examine recent developments, present a comprehensive analysis of donor and partner country engagement, address the regional dimension of Aid for Trade, and present country factsheets assessing the outcomes and impacts of the initiative. OECD Secretary-General A.Gurria and WTO Director-General P.Lamy will launch the report during the Second Global Review of Aid for Trade (Geneva, 06-07 July).
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