“Whole of government” approach needed to ensure competitiveness and sustainability in tourism, says OECD

Governments need to put in place comprehensive strategies to make their tourism industries more competitive and work with industry and regional and local authorities to promote sustainable tourism development.

OECD Economic Survey of Australia

The OECD’s latest economic survey of Australia, to be published on Friday 10 October 2008, identifies a number of challenges such as tackling inflation, increasing the number of people in work and raising public investment in infrastructure and education.

OECD Secretary-General presents review of Hungary’s environment policies

In the lead-up to joining the European Union, Hungary made significant progress in reducing air and water pollution and protecting its nature and biodiversity says OECD’s latest Review of the Environmental Performance of Hungary.

Related Documents

• Visit of the OECD Secretary-General to Hungary (Budapest, 2 October 2008)

OECD Revenue Statistics 2008 / briefing on tax policy – 11.00 a.m., Wednesday 15 October 2008

On October 15, OECD will publish the 2008 edition of its annual Revenue Statistics, which presents detailed comparable tax data in a common format for all OECD countries from 1965 onwards.

Isle of Man signs tax information pact with United Kingdom

The Isle of Man and the United Kingdom announced that they have signed a bilateral agreement for the exchange of information for tax purposes, bringing to 11 the number of such agreements entered into by the Isle of Man.

Soaring student numbers pose funding and quality challenges for universities in OECD countries

With more and more high-school graduates going on to university, governments face tough decisions on funding and quality standards to ensure that their education systems respond adequately to booming demand for degrees, a new OECD publication shows.

DAC invites France to continue to play its leading role

France is one of the international community’s key players in development co-operation. French Official Development Assistance was USD 9.94 billion in 2007, ranking France third among DAC member countries.

OECD proposes roadmap for the future of the Internet economy

The OECD is to work with developed and developing countries and international organisations to improve policies for the Internet economy and increase international co-operation on issues such as cybercrime and security.

Related Documents

• Summary of the Chair of the OECD Ministerial meeting on the Future of the Internet Economy
• Shaping Policies for the Future of the Internet Economy
• Shaping Policies for the Future of the Internet Economy; Annexes to main report
• Governments give consumers a boost at high-level OECD meeting on the future of the Internet
• Business applauds OECD Seoul Ministerial Meeting Declaration on the Future of the Internet Economy

Entrepreneurship and innovation are engines of economic growth, OECD workshop concludes

A three-day international workshop on innovation and the global impact of high-growth small and medium-sized firms (SMEs), organized by OECD with the Kauffman Foundation in Kansas City, hailed entrepreneurship and the fast growth of innovative small firms as the engines of economic growth.

OECD working party launches safety testing of nanomaterials

OECD member countries, as well as some non-member economies and other stakeholders, are pooling expertise and funding to test the human health and environmental safety effects of a number of nanomaterials.