CIAO DATE: 07/01

The OECD Observer

 

Summer 2000, No. 221/222

 

• Editorial: The new economy: technology is not enough by Donald J. Johnston

• The new economy: fact or fiction? , Ignazio Visco, Chief Economist, OECD

• World economic prospects are bright , Ignazio Visco, Chief Economist, OECD

• Which model of capitalism? , Richard Bronk, Visiting Fellow, London School of Economics

• Case study: France and the new economy , Michel Gurfinkiel, Chief Editor, Valeurs Actuelles, Paris

• Responsible business conduct in a global economy , Maria Livanos Cattaui,Secretary-General of the International Chamber of Commerce

• Managing financial crises: public and private roles , Ngaire Woods, University College, Oxford University

• Corporate governance: a basic foundation for the global economy , William Witherell, Directorate of Fiscal, Financial and Enterprise Affairs

• ADVOCACY BRIEF: Corporate governance: the role of market forces, Ira M. Millstein, Senior Partner,Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

• The WTO: moving forward , Mike Moore, Director-General, World Trade Organisation

• ADVOCACY BRIEF: ICME viewpoint: WTO rules and the trade and environment interface, Gary Nash, Secretary-General, InternationalCouncil on Metals and the Environment (ICME)

• Sustainable development and governance, Chris Patten, Member of the European Commission

• Sustainable development and business , Björn Stigson, President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)

• ADVOCACY BRIEF: The present status and future prospects of the Hungarian economy, György Matolcsy, Minister, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Hungary

• ADVOCACY BRIEF: OECD and Hungary, Béla Kádár, Ambassador, Permanent Delegation of the Republic of Hungary to the OECD

• Making the new economy work for human rights , Mary Robinson, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

• Seattle: failure or new departure? , Jean-Marie Metzger, Director of Trade, OECD

• Seven goals for world development , Brian Hammond, Development Co-operation Directorate, OECD, and Eric Swanson, Data Development Group, World Bank

• ADVOCACY BRIEF: Sustainable chemical management: a challenge for government and industry, Elaine J. Dorward-King, Ph.D. , Global Executive Environment, Health and Safety, Rio Tinto Borax

• We the People! An NGO view , Martin Khor, Director of the Third World Network

• Forum 2000: OECD First International Conference and Knowledge Fair Programme

• 2020: a clearer view for the environment , Joke Waller-Hunter, Director for Environment

• Bearded men in mountain cabins , Douglas C. Worth, Secretary-General of the Business and Industry; Advisory Committee to the OECD (BIAC)

• ADVOCACY BRIEF: Making recycling an integral part of the economy of the future, Wolfram Brück, CEO, Duales System Deutschland AG

• Workers in the new economy , John Evans, General Secretary of the Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD (TUAC)

• Going mobile? Jobs in the new economy , Norman Bowers and John P. Martin, Directorate for Education, Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, OECD

• Immigration in the European Union: problem or solution? , Ben Hall, Centre for European Reform, London

• E-commerce: a revolution with power , Risaburo Nezu, Director for Science, Technology and Industry, OECD

• ADVOCACY BRIEF: Society and technology: managing change, Bernard Vergnes, Chairman, Microsoft Europe, Middle East and Africa

How safe is genetically modified food?

• Principal Conclusions of the OECD Edinburgh Conference on the Scientific and Health Aspects of Genetically Modified Foods, 28 February - 1 March 2000, Sir John Krebs, Chairman of the OECD Edinburgh Conference and of the UK Food Standards Agency

• ADVOCACY BRIEF: Challenging the food crisis: is there a place for biotechnology in agriculture?, Willy De Greef, Head of Regulatory and GovernmentAffairs, Novartis Seeds AG, Basel, Switzerland

• SPONSORED FEATURE: Biotech isn't a luxury in some nations, Jennifer A. Thomson, Head of the Department of Microbiology, University of Cape Town; and Zhang-Liang Chen, Director of the National Laboratory of Protein Engineering and Plant Genetic Engineering, China

• Towards world tax co-operation , Interview with Jeffrey Owens, Head of Fiscal Affairs, OECD

• ADVOCACY BRIEF: The British Virgin Islands: taking the high road, Robert Mathavious, Director of Financial Services

• ADVOCACY BRIEF: The Isle of Man: competitive but co-operative, The Hon. R. K. Corkill, Mhk, Minister for the Treasury,Isle Of Man

• ADVOCACY BRIEF: OECD harmful tax competition report: developed countries' gain, Caribbean pain, Caribbean Community Secretariat

• Innovation in the new economy , Martin Baily, Chairman, US Council of Economic Advisers

• ADVOCACY BRIEF: Estonia on its way, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Estonia

• What's new? Some answers from ancient Greece , Armand D'Angour, Fellow and Tutor in Classics, Jesus College, Oxford University

• Alternative futures AD 2000-2025 , Walter C. Clemens Jr., Professor of Political Science,Boston University