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What's New@OECD
April 2008
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Topics Highlights | Secretary-General's Activities | OECD Publishing News | Agriculture/Food/Fisheries | Business & Markets | Development | Economic Developments | Economic Statistics | Education | Employment and Social Affairs | Energy | Entrepreneurship/SMEs/Local Development | Environment and Sustainable Development | Health | Information/Communications Technology | Nuclear Energy | Public Management/Governance | Science/Innovation/Industry | Taxation | Trade | Transportation | Urban, Rural, and Regional Affairs | FORTHCOMING Need for Policy Stimulus Stronger in US than in Europe, Says OECD's OECD Economic Outlook Interim Assessment: Press Release OECD Factbook 2008 Shows Wide Variations in Productivity across OECD Countries: Press Release | Book Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | USB Key on Online Bookshop | Web Book on SourceOECD SECRETARY-GENERAL GURRÍA'S ACTIVITIES Official Visit of the Secretary-General to the People's Republic of China (Beijing, 21 - 26 March 2008): Web Site Developing a Health Care System Benefiting All (Speech by Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General, delivered at the China Development Forum 2008, Beijing, March 23, 2008): Speech "We Must Do Better" says Secretary-General Gurría on Release of Latest Aid Figures: Speech Secretary-General Presents Findings of OECD Economic Survey of Japan 2008: Speech A European Approach to the Climate Change Challenge: Speech to the European
Commission Seminar on Climate Change OECD Will Attend the Following Events in the Coming Months
See List of Forthcoming Books: Below AGRICULTURE / FOOD / FISHERIES Major Challenges for Fishery Policy Reform: Working Paper (425 kb) Evaluation of Agricultural Policy Reforms in Korea: Report OECD Financial Markets Committee Calls for Fundamental Reform of Financial Markets Announcement OECD Countries Stay Open to Commercial Investments by Sovereign Wealth Funds: Announcement | Report (291 kb) OECD Urges Luxembourg to Introduce Liability of Legal Persons for Foreign Bribery: Announcement OECD Work on Preventing Investment Protectionism: Website OECD Publishes International Investment Law: Understanding Concepts and Tracking Innovations: Book Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD Best Practices in Promoting Investment for Development (Global Forum on International Investment VII) Paris, 27-28 March 2008: Web Site with Documentation Specialised Anti-Corruption Institutions: Review of Models: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD Debt Relief is Down: Other ODA Rises Slightly: Press Release | S-G Speech Lending to the Poorest Countries: Working Paper (619 kb) Need for Policy Stimulus Stronger in US than in Europe, Says OECD's OECD Economic Outlook Interim Assessment: Press Release India Looks Forward: OECD Observer Article Economic Reform: A Mixed Scorecard: OECD Observer Article The following OECD Economic Surveys were released during the past month. Policy Briefs summarising the findings of Surveys released during the past year are available.
OECD Economics Department Working Papers released during the past month:
OECD Statistics Newsletter for March 2008 includes articles on Wikigender: Initiating a bottom-up dialogue on gender statistics; 20th International Round Table on Business Survey Frames; The Eurostat-OECD Manual on Business Demography Statistics; Business Statistics Seminar, Dublin, 26 February 2008; A new way to visualize IMF data and Independence beckons for statistics in the United Kingdom: Newsletter(629 kb) Journal of Business Cycle Measurement and Analysis: Volume 3, No. 2, 2007 includes articles on the aggregate exit rate from unemployment across the business cycle, inventories and business cycle volatility, the economic sentiment indicator, Japanese leading indicators, and current period performance of the OECD Leading Indicator: Subscribe via the Online Bookshop | View Issue on SourceOECD National Accounts of OECD Countries: Volume IV: General Government Accounts, 1995-2006, 2007 Edition: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD The OECD System of Unit Labour Cost and Related Indicators: Working Paper (327 kb)
Latest OECD Consumer Prices: Inflation at 3.4% in OECD area: More Latest OECD Composite Leading Indicators: Slowdown phase in most major OECD economies: More Latest Standardised Unemployment Rates. Unemployment in the OECD area holds at 5.5%: More Unit Labour Costs growth slows in most OECD countries: More Quarterly GDP Growth: Quarterly Release | Spreadsheet G7 merchandise trade picks up in third quarter 2007: More Main Economic Indicators for Non-member Countries: More (183 kb) IEA Monthly Oil Market Report: More OECD Statistics Portal: Website Evaluating School Facilities in Brazil: PEB Article (547 kb) Implications of Curriculum Reform for School Buildings in Scotland: PEB Article (187 kb) US Academic Libraries: PEB Article (287 kb) Changing School Architecture in Zurich: PEB Article (537 kb) New Zealand: Modernising Schools in a Decentralised Environment: PEB Article (365 kb) Modernising Portugal’s Secondary Schools: PEB Article (719 kb) OECD Family Database. Following up on the OECD Babies and Bosses reviews, and in view of the strong demand for cross-national indicators on the situation of families and children, the OECD has developed an on-line database on family outcomes and family policies with indicators for all OECD countries: Website Women on the Move: The Neglected Gender Dimension of the Brain Drain: Report (954 kb) Counting the Hours: OECD Observer Article Balance with Care: OECD Observer Article Annual Hours Worked: OECD Observer Graph ENERGY (Also see Nuclear Energy) The IEA Praises Finland’s Commitment to Balanced and Realistic Energy Policy, and Urges the Government to Continue to be Vigilant on Energy Security in Energy Policies of IEA Countries: Finland 2008: Press Release | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD IEA Urges Overcoming Market Barriers to Increased Energy Efficiency in Buildings in Promoting Energy Efficiency Investments: Case Studies in the Residential Sector: Press Release | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD The IEA Expert Roundtable on Oil Price Formation Heard a Wide Range of Views from industry, traders, regulators, banks, funds, governments and international organisations: Announcement OPEC Secretary General’s Visit to IEA Underscores Shared Commitment to Dialogue:Announcement ENTREPRENEURSHIP / SMEs / LOCAL DEVELOPMENT More Than Just Jobs: Workforce Development in a Skills-Based Economy: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD Removing Barriers to SME Access to International Markets: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD* Capacity Building Seminar for Partnerships on "Designing and Delivering Skills Strategies for Cities", Trento, Italy, 11-13 June 2008: Announcement ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Environment Ministers to meet at OECD, 28 – 29 April, 2008: Announcement OECD Urges Australia to Strengthen its Environmental Efforts in the OECD Environmental Performance Review: Australia 2008: Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD Measuring Sustainable Production: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD Ask the Economists: Environment - What Price a Clean Planet? Summary of the Online Debate OECD-UNEP Conference on Resource Efficiency: Announcement Health and the Environment: OECD Policy Brief(211 kb) A European Approach to the Climate Change Challenge, remarks by the Secretary-General to the European Commission Seminar on Climate Change: Speech Release of the OECD (Q)SAR Application Toolbox, a software application intended to be used by governments, the chemical industry and other stakeholders to fill gaps in (eco)toxicity data needed for assessing the hazards of chemicals: Announcement Developing a Health Care System Benefiting All (Speech by Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General, delivered at the China Development Forum 2008, Beijing, March 23, 2008): Speech Facilitating Cross-National Comparisons of Indicators for Patient Safety: Working Paper (1.32 mb) The Prevention of Lifestyle-Related Chronic Diseases: Working Paper (650 kb) INFORMATION / COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY Developments in Fibre Technologies and Investment: Report (1010 kb) Public Rights of Way for Fibre Deployment to the Home: Report (490 kb) Utilisation and Reliability of High Power Proton Accelerators: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD* PUBLIC MANAGEMENT / GOVERNANCE / URBAN, RURAL AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS Hungary Must Consolidate its Public Finances and Persist with Structural Reforms to Ensure Stronger Growth, says Reforms for Stability and Sustainable Growth: An OECD Perspective on Hungary: Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD* OECD Rural Policy Reviews Finland: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD Measuring Regulatory Quality OECD Policy Brief (233 kb) Performance Budgeting: A Users’ Guide: OECD Policy Brief (171 kb) OECD Territorial Reviews Istanbul, Turkey: OECD Policy Brief (255 kb) SCIENCE / INNOVATION / INDUSTRY OECD Launches Public Consultations on Draft Guidelines for Human Biobanks and Genetic Research Databases: Announcement Chinese Innovation: OECD Observer Article Intergovernmental Transfers: Update of National Accounts Data: Website OECD Statistics on International Trade in Services: Volume II: Detailed Tables by Partner Country, 2002-2005, 2007 Edition: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on SourceOECD OECD Regional Forum on Trade Facilitation to be held in Capetown, June 2008: Website 2008 International Transport Forum in Leipzig: Preliminary Programme Latest Short-Term Data: Website Agricultural Support, Farm Land Values and Sectoral Adjustment: The Implications for Policy Reform: Book Listing Brazil: Strengthening Governance for Growth: Book Listing CO2 Capture and Storage: Book Listing Deploying Renewables: Principles for Effective Policies: Book Listing OECD Economic Surveys: Czech Republic 2008: Book Listing Energy Policies of IEA Countries Japan: 2008: Book Listing Energy Policies of IEA Countries Sweden: 2008: Book Listing Local Development Benefits from Staging Major Events: Book Listing Long-Life Surfaces for Busy Roads: Book Listing Monetary Policies and Inflation Targeting in Emerging Economies: Book Listing Multifunctionality in Agriculture: Evaluating the Degree of Jointness, Policy Implications: Book Listing People and Biodiversity Policies: Impacts, Issues, and Strategies for Policy Action: Book Listing Public-Private Partnerships: In Pursuit of Risk Sharing and Value for Money: Book Listing Remaking the Movies: Digital Content and the Evolution of the Film and Video Industries: Book Listing OECD Rural Policy Reviews Netherlands: Book Listing The Western Balkans Energy Policy Survey: Challenges and Opportunities:
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