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Trade and Labour Market Adjustments

23-Apr-2008

OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No. 64. This study describes recent developments in international trade and OECD labour markets and the links between them. It studies OECD labour market impacts of offshoring, trade in tasks and the integration of emerging economies in the world economy.

Opening up Trade in Services: Key for Tourism Growth (Policy Brief)

28-Feb-2008

Tourism is one of the world’s largest and fastest-growing industries and its importance for economic development is widely acknowledged. What makes tourism different from many other services is that the supplier stays where he is, and the tourist comes to him rather than the supplier taking his services to the consumer. Tourism can thus play a key role in poverty alleviation, bringing jobs for unskilled or semi-skilled workers in hotels, resorts and at cultural sites, as well as encouraging job creation in supply industries.

Trade Liberalisation and Economic Performance: Latin America versus East Asia 1970-2006

08-Feb-2008

OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No. 70. This paper, with five other studies, is a follows up to the 2005 publication on Trade and Structural Adjustment, and compares the trade liberalisation experiences and outcomes in East Asia and Latin America.

Market structure in the distribution sector and merchandise trade

04-Feb-2008

OECD Working Paper No. 68. This study explores how recent developments in the retail sector affect trade in consumer goods. It focuses on three developments in the retail sector: i) internationalization; ii) market structure; and iii) the growing market share of retailers’ private labels, using the gravity model.

G7 merchandise trade volume growth picks up in fourth quarter 2007

30-Apr-2008

Quarterly trade volume growth on the fourth quarter 2007 turned negative in the Group of Seven countries with -0.2% for exports and -1.0% for imports. Quarterly volume growth of the EU-15 countries with third countries declined even more markedly with -1.5% for exports and -1.4% for imports. On a year-on-year basis, G7 trade slowed to 3.5% for exports and 1.6% for imports.

OECD countries agree sustainable lending principles for official export credits

28-Jan-2008

OECD Member Countries have agreed to adopt a set of principles and guidelines designed to ensure that loans supported by their Export Credit Agencies (ECAs) are in line with sustainable development objectives.

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