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FDI from OECD countries jumps 50% in 2007 but set to fall in 2008

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24-Jun-2008

Foreign direct investment (FDI) outflows from OECD countries in 2007 leapt to a record USD 1.82 trillion from USD 1.2 trillion in 2006 but are projected to fall sharply in 2008, according to estimates from the OECD.

FAIR 2006 - Weaving the Safety Net for an Aging World: Lessons Learned from the Pension and Insolvency Systems of the U.S., the U.K., and Germany

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27-Apr-2006

This document reproduces a report by Mr. Sprayregen written after the Fifth Forum for Asian Insolvency Reform (FAIR) which was held on 27-28 April 2006 in Beijing, China. It will form part of the forthcoming OECD publication “Legal & Institutional Reforms of Asian Insolvency Systems”.

Economic Survey of the United Kingdom 2005: Public Services and Infrastructure: Tracking the Improvements

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12-Oct-2005

This chapter evaluates improvements in outcomes from higher public expenditure on health, education and transport and considers how improvements can be sustained as spending growth slows in the future.

Economic Survey of the United Kingdom 2005: Housing: Raising responsiveness of supply

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12-Oct-2005

This chapter assesses the risk to macroeconomic stability from the housing market in the current conjuncture and considers measures to improve housing supply in the light of the recent Barker review.

Economic Survey - United Kingdom 2004: Reducing the risk of instability from the housing market

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20-Jan-2004

The OECD Economic Survey of the United Kingdom 2004 concludes that the housing market is a source of resilience but also of potential instability.

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