Publications & Documents

Promoting consumer interest

The OECD Committee on Consumer Policy guides its Member economies in the development of policies aimed at promoting consumer interest.

Enhancing Information Sharing on Consumer Product Safety

This report reviews the types of information being collected on consumer product safety and the ways that the information is shared with stakeholders and across jurisdictions.

ICT Sector in India: Performance, Growth and Key Challenges (OECD Digital Economy Paper 174)

This report provides an overview of the recent performance and growth of the Indian ICT sector and related policies, focussing both on the software and hardware segments, and discusses the short- and longer-term outlook.

Summary of action points on product safety

This is a summary of ten action points that will be undertaken by the OECD Working Party on Consumer Product Safety.

Geographically Segmented Regulation for Telecommunications (OECD Digital Economy Paper 173)

The aim of this paper is to appraise the case for, and developments in, the use of sub-national geographically segmented regulation for fixed telecommunications networks.

OECD-Norway Workshop on Performance-based Funding for Public Research in Tertiary Education Institutions

Many governments are working to develop improved methods of distributing public funds for research, in order to raise research quality and support the development of research in strategically important areas.

Expert Workshop on The Role of Internet Intermediaries in Advancing Public Policy Objectives (Paris, 16 June 2010)

The workshop’s goal was to discuss and identify lessons learned from experience to date of Internet intermediaries in helping to advance public policy objectives, namely their roles and responsibilities for actions by users of their platforms.

Industrial and Environmental Biotechnology

The key goal of the current work is to identify further means (e.g. international guidelines, policy recommendations) to implement the 2004 OECD Science and Technology Ministers mandate on “Biotechnology for Sustainable Growth and Development” .

The OECD Innovation Strategy - Getting a Head Start on Tomorrow

Measuring Innovation - A New Perspective