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Education: Korea and Finland top OECD’s latest PISA survey of education performance

07-Dec-2010

Korea and Finland top the OECD’s latest PISA survey of reading literacy among 15-year olds. Asia-Pacific economies made up six of the leading education systems, thanks to strong performances from Hong ...

Dispute Resolution: Country Mutual Agreement Procedure Statistics for 2008 and 2009

25-Nov-2010

As part of its ongoing work on the mutual agreement procedure (MAP) under tax treaties, the OECD makes available to the public annual statistics on the MAP caseloads of member countries and of certain non-OECD economies. MAP statistics have now been released for 2008 and 2009.

OECD and the Seoul G20 Summit 2010

11-Nov-2010

The Seoul G20 Summit on 11-12 November 2010 covered the key themes of the Toronto Summit - development, global trade, balanced growth, financial sector reform, employment and social policies, taxation ...

Developing countries exchange views on green growth policies

09-Nov-2010

Workshop on Green Growth Strategy: OECD Green Growth Strategy from the Perspective of Developing Countries, organised in Seoul, 28 October 2010.

Visit of the OECD Secretary-General to Korea (Gyeongju and Seoul, 22-25 October 2010)

22-Oct-2010

During his mission to Korea, Angel Gurría will attend the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting in Gyeongju. Back in Seoul, the OECD's Secretary-General will meet with members of the Korean goverment to discuss a range of key policies issues.

Taxation, Innovation and the Environment

13-Oct-2010

By putting a price on pollution, do environmentally related taxes spur innovation? What types of innovation result? Does the design of the tax play a critical role? What is the effect of this innovation? This publication also explores the use of environmentally related taxes in OECD countries.&l

Environmental Impacts of International Shipping: a Case Study of the Port of Busan

27-Sep-2010

Dong-Oh Cho, Institute of International Maritime Affairs, Korea Maritime University,

As part of the project “Environmental Impacts of International Shipping: the role of ports”, this case study focuses on the way the port of Busan and the Korean authorities address the environmental impacts of the port and its interactions with the hinterlands.

Obesity and the Economics of Prevention: Fit not Fat - Korea Key Facts

23-Sep-2010

OECD Health Division

Obesity rates in Korea are among the lowest in the OECD, but have been increasing steadily.

한국의 보건의료개혁 Korean version of Health-Care Reform in Korea

17-Sep-2010

Randall S. Jones

Korean version of Health-Care Reform in Korea
(Economics Department Working Papers No. 797)

PISA Computer-Based Assessment of Student Skills in Science

24-Aug-2010

This report analyses the results of an electronically-delivered test in science literacy pioneered by PISA in Denmark, Iceland and Korea. It presents 15-year-olds’ achievement scores and explains the impact of information communication technologies on both males’ and females’ science skills