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Outsourcing in East Asia and its impact on the Japanese and Korean Labour Markets

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28-Jan-2008

OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No. 65. This study describes the changing patterns of intermediate goods trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) in East Asia and investigates the impacts of international outsourcing on the Japanese and the Korean labour markets.

OECD work with G8 (2008 Summit)

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21-Jan-2008

For the Summit in Japan, the top priorities laid down by Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukada wer environment and climate change; development and Africa; the world economy; and political issues including non-proliferation.

Creditor Reporting System (CRS) Profile for Japan

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03-Jan-2008

A CRS profile details the information the OECD holds on the DAC members' Official Development Assistance commitments and briefly describes the CRS codes used to proxy aid-for-trade categories. The CRS codes record the sector of destination of an activity and not the nature of the activity per se

A New Challenge for the OECD

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04-Dec-2007

Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General

Addressing Japanese business representatives, Angel Gurría underlined that the OECD is gradually turning into a genuine engine of convergence between developed and developing economies. He stressed important ...

PISA 2006 - country note on Japan

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04-Dec-2007

In the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2006, 2.6% of Japanese 15-year-olds reach Level 6 (the highest level) on the science scale. The OECD average is 1.3%.

Launch of PISA 2006

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04-Dec-2007

Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General

In his speech launching the PISA 2006 results, Angel Gurría shows where countries stand in terms of the science knowledge and skills of their 15-year-olds. He then highlights where education systems can ...

PISA 2006: Video on science learning in Japan

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04-Dec-2007

Watch a short video on how students in Japan approach and learn science. Japan is one of the participating countries of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2006.

Babies and Bosses - Highlights - Japan

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29-Nov-2007

Parents in Japan find it hard to combine work and family commitments. The result is a low female employment and a very low fertility rate of below 1.3 children per woman. Social policies to help parents (leave arrangements, childcare, etc) are relatively well-developed...

Official visit of the Secretary-General to Japan (3 - 4 December 2007)

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27-Nov-2007

During his official visit, Angel Gurría met with government officials and business leaders, and held a press conference to launch the PISA 2006 report.

Aid for Trade at a Glance 2007 - Country chapter for Japan

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15-Nov-2007

This country chapter is extracted from the report "Aid for Trade at a Glance 2007" which provides the first comprehensive global picture of aid for trade and will enable the international community to assess what is being achieved, what is not, and where improvements are needed.