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Education: Korea and Finland top OECD’s latest PISA survey of education performance07-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 ... Also available: |
Dispute Resolution: Country Mutual Agreement Procedure Statistics for 2008 and 200925-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. Also available:Related documents: |
OECD and the Seoul G20 Summit 201011-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 ... Also available:Related documents: |
Developing countries exchange views on green growth policies09-Nov-2010 Workshop on Green Growth Strategy: OECD Green Growth Strategy from the Perspective of Developing Countries, organised in Seoul, 28 October 2010. Related documents: |
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 Environment13-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 Also available: |
Environmental Impacts of International Shipping: a Case Study of the Port of Busan27-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. Also available: |
Obesity and the Economics of Prevention: Fit not Fat - Korea Key Facts23-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 Korea17-Sep-2010 Randall S. Jones Korean version of Health-Care Reform in Korea |
PISA Computer-Based Assessment of Student Skills in Science24-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 |