Towards a Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI)

Barriers to trade in services block benefits for firms and consumers, and impede the international exchange of ideas, know-how and technology. The OECD Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI) gives policy makers the means to open up the international services trade.

OECD-WTO brief on Aid for Trade: Is It Working?

OECD-WTO brief on Aid for Trade: Is It Working?

How Imports Improve Productivity and Competitiveness

Trade in intermediate goods and services brings economic benefits but barriers can produce plant closures and job losses.

Trade, Policy and the Economic Crisis

Conclusions and recommendations from a major OECD study in response to the financial and economic crisis that started in 2008.

Trade and the Economic Recovery: Why Open Markets Matter

Trade can contribute on a sustained basis to productivity growth, quality job creation and increased consumer choice.

Policy Brief (Chinese) 全球化与新兴经济体

据增长与发展委员会的统计，在过去30年中，高增长经济体或人均收入达到经合组织（OECD）水平的国家的人口已经增加了四倍，即从10亿增加到40亿。六大非经合组织成员（巴西、俄罗斯、印度、印尼、中国及南非，统称BRIICS——“金砖六国”）融入世界市场之快速，是过去二十年间全球化的一个重要部分。整个世界市场尤其是BRIICS国家的经济动机与各国和各企业的真正优势更加协调一致。创业者因为其产品进入更大的潜在市场而获利，而消费者则由于获得众多较便宜的产品而获益。OECD 与

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Policy Brief: Globalization and Emerging Economies

The number of people living in high growth economies or in countries with per capita incomes at OECD levels has increased fourfold over the last 30 years – from 1 billion to 4 billion, according to the Growth Commission.

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Making Trade Work for Developing Countries

Adapting to change is vital for success in the modern global economy, for individuals, companies, industries and regions. New technologies breed new industries, and freer trade leads to new markets as well as global competition. “Structural adjustment” or adaptation to structural change is necessary for economies to reap the benefits of new technologies and emerging market opportunities. But such structural change can create losers as

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

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

Policy Brief: Biofuels for Transport: Policies and Possibilities

Bioenergy and biofuels are of growing public and private interest at a time of rapidly rising world energy demand and high oil prices. Amid concerns over climate change, they are also increasingly under the spotlight as a “cleaner” alternative to fossil fuels.But are biofuels for transport a viable alternative to power our cars, trucks and buses? Do they deliver the expected environmental benefits? And what role should public policy