Trends and recent developments in foreign direct investment

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25-Jun-2008

Each year, OECD publishes a report highlighting key developments and trends in the most recent annual FDI statistics released by OECD countries, as well as a forecast for the forthcoming year.

OECD work on patent statistics

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17-Jun-2008

The demand for patent-based indicators has been growing steadily over the past decades, both for macro and micro-economic analysis as well as for policy use.

Staying Competitive in the Global Economy: Compendium of Studies on Global Value Chains

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11-Jun-2008

This volume brings together several studies on globalisation carried out over the past few years. The work aimed at strengthening the evidence base on globalisation of value chains, which should ultimately enable the development of policies to address key concerns.

The OECD REGPAT Database: A Presentation (STI Working Paper 2008/2)

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06-Jun-2008

by Stéphane Maraut, Hélène Dernis, Colin Webb, Vincenzo Spiezia and Dominique Guellec

This database presents patent data linked to regions according to the addresses of the applicants and inventors. The data have been regionalised at a very detailed level so that more than 2000 regions are covered across OECD countries.

Passenger Cars Registrations for OECD Countries

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06-Jun-2008

Source: OECD Main Economic Indicators (updated continuously) - Passenger cars series refer to car registrations. The data are shown in indices and as seasonally adjusted.

Retail Trade for OECD Countries and Major Non-Member Economies

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06-Jun-2008

Source:  OECD Main Economic Indicators (updated continuously) - Retail trade (volume) series are shown as seasonally adjusted indices. For most countries, the volume indices are compiled by national sources. For the remaining countries...

Industrial Production for OECD Countries and Major Non-Member Economies

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06-Jun-2008

Source: OECD Main Economic Indicators (updated continuously) - Industrial production series are shown as seasonally adjusted indices. Industrial production refers to the goods produced by establishments...

Construction- Dwelling Permits for OECD Countries

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06-Jun-2008

Source: OECD Main Economic Indicators (updated continuously). Access full time series of dwelling permits issued (seasonally adjusted) as short-term indicators of Construction activity for available OECD countries.

Construction- Dwellings Started for OECD Countries

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06-Jun-2008

Source: OECD Main Economic Indicators (updated continuously) - Access full time series of dwellings started (seasonally adjusted) as short-term indicators of Construction activity for available OECD countries.

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