Workshop on the Safety of Manufactured Nanomaterials

The main objective of the Workshop on the Safety of Manufactured Nanomaterials was to determine the “state-of–the–art” for the safety assessment of manufactured nanomaterials with a particular focus on identifying future needs for risk assessment within a regulatory context.

Growth in Services: Fostering Employment, Productivity and Innovation (STI Digital Economy Paper 94)

The services sector now accounts for over 70% of total employment and value added in OECD economies. It also accounts for almost all employment growth in the OECD area.

Workshop on the Globalisation of Production: Impacts on Employment, Productivity and Economic Growth, Paris, 15-16 November 2005

The OECD Workshop on the Globalisation of Production, to be held in Paris on 15-16/11/2005, aims to examine some of the major challenges related to measuring and analysing the impact of the globalisation of production on employment, productivity and economic growth

The Contribution of Foreign Affilliates to Productivity Growth: Evidence from OECD Countries (STI Working Paper 2005/8)

This study quantifies the contribution of foreign affiliates to productivity growth using a growth accounting approach and compares the presence of foreign affiliates across OECD countries. The analysis confirms that foreign affiliates can make an important contribution to productivity growth.

Governance of Innovation Systems, Vol. 1: Synthesis Report

Stimulating innovation is key to achieving sustainable economic growth, although recently prevailing practices and institutions of innovation governance have come under pressure. This publication examines the sources of these pressures, and provides lessons on how governance practices can adapt.

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• Governance of Innovation Systems, Vol. 2: Case Studies in Innovation Policy
• Governance of Innovation Systems, Vol. 3: Case Studies in Cross-Sectoral Policy
• OECD Reviews of Innovation Policy

Biotech Product Database (with Unique Identifiers)

This database includes information regarding products derived using modern biotechnology, e.g. transgenic plants, which have been approved for commerical application, as well as some plants with novel traits produced by conventional breeding or mutagenesis.

Special Session on the “potential implications of manufactured nanomaterials for human health and environmental safety”

The OECD’s Chemicals Committee held a Special Session on the Potential Implications of Manufactured Nanomaterials for Human Health and Environmental Safety, 7th June 2005.

Enhancing the Performance of the Services Sector

This report provides an overview of the role of services in economic performance, and the factors that affect services sector performance: labour and product markets, barriers to trade in services, innovation and impacts of information and communications technology on the services sector.

OECD Handbook on Economic Globalisation Indicators

The purpose of this handbook is to measure the extent and intensity of economic globalisation. It defines the concepts and puts forward guidelines for data collection and the fine-tuning of economic globalisation indicators.

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• Measuring Globalisation: OECD Economic Globalisation Indicators 2010
• Measuring Globalisation: OECD Economic Globalisation Indicators

Dynamics of Biotechnology Research and Industry in India: Statistics, Perspectives and Key Policy Issues (STI Working Paper 2005/6)

This paper provides an inventory of biotechnology data collection in India, including an assessment of how the need for biotechnology-related statistics is being addressed. It also presents an overview of the status of biotechnology in India, with a focus on the agricultural and health sectors.