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The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development is a Paris-based intergovernmental organisation whose purpose is to provide its 29 Member countries with a forum in which governments can compare their experiences, discuss the problems they share and seek solutions which can then be applied within their own national contexts. The Organisation is thus entirely at the service of its Member countries. It forms a homogeneous entity in that each Member country is committed to the principles of the market economy and pluralistic democracy.

The fundamental task of the OECD is straightforward: namely to enable its members to consult and co-operate with each other in order to achieve the highest sustainable economic growth in their countries and improve the economic and social well-being of their populations.

The OECD offers advice and makes recommendations to its members to help them to define their policies. On occasion its also arbitrates negotiations of multilateral agreements and establishes legal codes in certain areas of activity.

The Organisation is a forum for objective, skilled and independent dialogue which permits a thorough understanding and true assessment of the problems posed in today’s increasingly complex world. The great comparative advantages of the OECD are its multidisciplinary approach—a capacity to cover all areas of government activity in a consistent way—and its system of consensus building through peer pressure. Within the different committees the peer pressure system encourages countries to be transparent, to provide explanations and justifications, and to be self-critical where necessary, the practice of self-assessment being the most original characteristic of the OECD.

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Policy Briefs

General Policy Briefs

Title: Prosecuting Cartels without Direct Evidence of Agreement
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Date: June 2007

Title: Economic Survey of Italy, 2007
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Date: June 2007

Title: Competition Policy and Concessions
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Date: June 2007

Title: Competition Law and Policy in Sweden
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Date: June 2007

Title: Fostering Regional Integration: Peer Review in Southeast Asia
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Date: May 2007

Title: Economic Survey of the United States, 2007
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Date: May 2007

Title: Economic Survey of Hungary, 2007
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Date: May 2007

Title: Economic Survey of Greece, 2007
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Date: May 2007

Title: Competitive Regional Clusters: National Policy Approaches
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Date: May 2007

Title: Qualifications and Lifelong Learning
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Date: April 2007

Title: Economic Survey of Slovak Republic, 2007
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Date: April 2007

Title: Economic Survey of New Zealand, 2007
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Date: April 2007

Title: Sweden: Achieving Results for Sustained Growth
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Date: March 2007

Title: OECD Territorial Reviews: Randstad Holland, Netherlands
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Date: March 2007

Title: Korea: Progress in Implementing Regulatory Reform
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Date: March 2007

Title: Economic Survey of Belgium, 2007
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Date: March 2007

Title: Creating Value from Intellectual Assets
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Date: March 2007

Title: Assessing Environmental Policies
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Date: March 2007

Title: The Political Economy of Environmentally Related Taxes
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Date: February 2007

Title: The OECD and Parliamentarians
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Date: February 2007

Title: Improving Recycling Markets
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Date: February 2007

Title: Economic Survey of Sweden, 2007
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Date: February 2007

Title: Peer Review: a Tool for Co-operation and Change
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Date: January 2007

Title: Economic Survey of the Euro Area, 2007
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Date: January 2007

Title: Economic Survey of Spain, 2007
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Date: January 2007

Title: Economic Survey of Norway, 2007
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Date: January 2007

Title: Cutting Red Tape: National Strategies
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Date: January 2007

Title: Competition and Barriers to Entry
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Date: January 2007

Title: New Actors in Health Financing: Implications for a donor darling
Authors: Denis Drechsler, Felix Zimmermann
Date: December 2006

Title: After Gleneagles: What role for loans in ODA?
Authors: Daniel Cohen, Pierre Jacquet, Helmut Reisen
Date: December 2006

Title: Economic Survey of the Russian Federation, 2006
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Date: November 2006

Title: Economic Survey of Brazil, 2006
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Date: November 2006

Title: OECD Territorial Reviews: Stockholm
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Date: May 2006

Title: Economic Survey of Germany, 2006
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Date: May 2006

Title: Economic Survey of Finland, 2006
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Date: May 2006

Title: Economic Survey of Denmark, 2006
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Date: May 2006

Title: OECD Territorial Reviews: Seoul, Korea
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Date: April 2006

Title: Reforming Personal Income Tax
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Date: March 2006

Title: Putting Climate Change Adaptation in the Development Mainstream
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Date: March 2006

Title: OECD and the WTO (Policy Brief compilation)
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Date: March 2006

Title: Keeping Water Safe to Drink
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Date: March 2006

Title: Improving Water Management: Recent OECD Experience
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Date: March 2006

Title: Economic Survey of Portugal, 2006
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Date: March 2006

Title: Economic Survey of Ireland, 2006
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Date: March 2006

Title: Competition Law and Policy in Switzerland
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Date: March 2006

Title: Challenges for China's Public Spending
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Date: March 2006

Title: Agricultural Policy Reform in South Africa
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Date: March 2006

Title: Advancing Sustainable Development
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Date: March 2006

Title: Labour and the OECD: the Role of TUAC
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Date: February 2006

Title: China and the OECD
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Date: February 2006

Title: Making Sure Fish Piracy Doesn't Pay
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Date: January 2006

Title: E-learning in Tertiary Education
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Date: January 2006

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Authors: 2006 Economic Survey of Switzerland
Date: January 2006

Title: Subsidies: a Way Towards Sustainable Fisheries?
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Date: December 2005

Title: Preserving Competition: Keeping Predators at Bay
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Date: December 2005

Title: Tackling Trade in Agriculture
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Date: November 2005

Title: Public Sector Modernisation: The Way Forward
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Date: November 2005

Title: Formative Assessment: Improving Learning in Secondary Classrooms
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Date: November 2005

Title: Economic Survey of Chile, 2005
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Date: November 2005

Title: Agricultural Policy Reform in China
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Date: November 2005

Title: The Costs and Benefits of Trade Facilitation
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Date: October 2005

Title: Solutions in Space
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Date: October 2005

Title: Making open markets work for development
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Date: October 2005

Title: Economic Survey of United Kingdom, 2005
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Date: October 2005

Title: Economic Survey of the United States, 2005
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Date: October 2005

Title: Competition Law and Policy in Brazil
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Date: October 2005

Title: Agricultural Policy Reform in Brazil
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Date: October 2005

Title: Opening Up Trade in Services: Crucial for Economic Growth
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Date: September 2005

Title: Opening Markets for Environmental Goods and Services
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Date: September 2005

Title: OECD Territorial Review of Japan
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Date: September 2005

Title: OECD Guidelines for Managing Conflict of Interest in the Public Service
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Date: September 2005

Title: Economic Survey of Slovak Republic, 2005
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Date: September 2005

Title: Economic Survey of Mexico, 2005
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Date: September 2005

Title: Economic Survey of China, 2005
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Date: September 2005

Title: Competition Law and Policy in Turkey
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Date: September 2005

Title: China's Governance in Transition
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Date: September 2005

Title: Economic Survey of Norway, 2005
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Date: August 2005

Title: Economic Survey of New Zealand, 2005
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Date: July 2005

Title: Economic Survey of Hungary, 2005
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Date: July 2005

Title: Economic Survey of Greece, 2005
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Date: July 2005

Title: Economic Survey of euro area, 2005
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Date: July 2005

Title: Intellectual property and competition policy in the biotechnology industry
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Date: June 2005

Title: Helping workers to navigate in globalised labour markets
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Date: June 2005

Title: From unemployment to work
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Date: June 2005

Title: Economic Survey of Sweden, 2005
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Date: June 2005

Title: Economic Survey of France, 2005
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Date: June 2005

Title: Preserving Biodiversity and Promoting Biosafety
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Date: May 2005

Title: Policy Coherence Towards East Asia: Development Challenges for OECD Countries
Authors: K. Fukasaku, M. Kawai, M.G. Plummer, A. Trzeciak-Duval
Date: May 2005

Title: Paying for Performance: Policies for Government Employees
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Date: May 2005

Title: Economic Survey of Italy, 2005
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Date: May 2005

Title: Economic Survey of Austria, 2005
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Date: May 2005

Title: Public Sector Modernisation: Modernising Accountability and Control
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Date: April 2005

Title: Solving the Pensions Puzzle
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Date: March 2005

Title: Ensuring quality long-term care for older people
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Date: March 2005

Title: Economic Survey of Spain, 2005
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Date: March 2005

Title: Economic Survey of Brazil, 2005
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Date: March 2005

Title: Economic Survey of Belgium, 2005
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Date: March 2005

Title: Combating Poverty and Exclusion through Work
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Date: March 2005

Title: Babies and Bosses: Balancing work and family life
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Date: March 2005

Title: Public Sector Modernisation: Open Government
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Date: February 2005

Title: Nuclear Energy Today
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Date: February 2005

Title: Economic Survey of Iceland, 2005
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Date: February 2005

Title: Economic Survey of Denmark, 2005
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Date: February 2005

Title: (Danish) Economic Survey Denmark 2005
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Date: February 2005

Title: Economic Survey of Japan, 2005
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Date: January 2005

Title: Economic Survey of Australia, 2004
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Date: January 2005

Title: Export Credits and the Environment
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Date: December 2004

Title: Public Sector Modernisation: Governing for Performance
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Date: November 2004

Title: Economic Survey of the Czech Republic, 2004
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Date: November 2004

Title: Competition Law and Policy in the Russian Federation
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Date: November 2004

Title: OECD Territorial Reviews: Mexico City
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Date: October 2004

Title: Farm Household Income: Towards Better Informed Policies
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Date: October 2004

Title: Economic Survey of Turkey, 2004
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Date: October 2004

Title: Economic Survey of Finland, 2004
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Date: October 2004

Title: Economic Survey of Canada, 2004
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Date: October 2004

Title: Clocking in and Clocking out: Recent Trends in Working Hours
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Date: October 2004

Title: A New World Map in Textiles and Clothing
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Date: October 2004

Title: Which Policies Can Reduce the Cost of Capital in Southern Africa?
Authors: Martin Grandes, Nicolas Pinaud
Date: September 2004

Title: Public Sector Modernisation: Changing Organisational Structures
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Date: September 2004

Title: Private Health Insurance in OECD Countries
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Date: September 2004

Title: Employment Protection: Costs and Benefits of Greater Job Security
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Date: September 2004

Title: Economic Survey of Portugal, 2004
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Date: September 2004

Title: Competition Law and Policy in Japan
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Date: September 2004

Title: The OECD Principles of Corporate Governance
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Date: August 2004

Title: Internationalisation of Higher Education
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Date: August 2004

Title: Economic Survey of Germany, 2004
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Date: August 2004

Title: The Significance of Knowledge Management in the Business Sector
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Date: July 2004

Title: Public Sector Modernisation: Modernising Public Employment
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Date: July 2004

Title: Economic Survey of the Russian Federation, 2004
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Date: July 2004

Title: Economic Survey of the Euro Area, 2004
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Date: July 2004

Title: Economic Survey of Poland, 2004
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Date: June 2004

Title: Economic survey of Korea, 2004
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Date: June 2004

Title: Competition Law and Policy in Mexico
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Date: June 2004

Title: Agricultural Support: How is it Measured and What does it Mean?
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Date: June 2004

Title: Access Pricing in Telecommunications
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Date: June 2004

Title: Security System Reform and Governance:Policy and Good Practice
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Date: May 2004

Title: Mobilising Public Opinion Against Global Poverty
Authors: Jude Fransman, Henri-Bernard Solignac Lecomte
Date: May 2004

Title: Keeping Children Safe in Traffic
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Date: May 2004

Title: Economic Survey of the Netherlands, 2004
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Date: May 2004

Title: The OECD Environmental Strategy: Progress in Managing Water Resources
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Date: April 2004

Title: OECD Environmental Strategy: 2004 Review of Progress
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Date: April 2004

Title: Innovative Approaches to Funding the Millennium Development Goals
Authors: Helmut Reisen
Date: April 2004

Title: Economic Survey of the United States, 2004
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Date: April 2004

Title: Public Sector Modernisation
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Date: March 2004

Title: Economic Survey of Norway, 2004
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Date: March 2004

Title: The Quality of the Teaching Workforce
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Date: February 2004

Title: Raising the Quality of Educational Performance at School
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Date: February 2004

Title: OECD Territorial Review of Montreal
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Date: February 2004

Title: Lifelong Learning
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Date: February 2004

Title: Education and Equity
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Date: February 2004

Title: Economic Survey of Sweden, 2004
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Date: February 2004

Title: Economic Survey of Slovak Republic, 2004
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Date: February 2004

Title: Corporate Governance in Developing, Transition and Emerging–Market Economies
Authors: Willem Buiter, Steven Fries, Charles Oman
Date: February 2004

Title: Science and Innovation Policy: Key Challenges and Opportunities
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Date: January 2004

Title: Economic Survey of the United Kingdom, 2004
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Date: January 2004

Title: Economic Survey of Switzerland, 2003
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Date: January 2004

Title: Economic Survey of Hungary, 2004
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Date: January 2004

Title: Peer review: a tool for co-operation and change
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Date: December 2003

Title: Economic Survey of New Zealand, 2003
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Date: December 2003

Title: Economic Survey of Japan, 2003
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Date: December 2003

Title: The Economic Consequences of Violent Conflict in West Africa
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Date: November 2003

Title: Poverty and Health in Developing Countries: Key Actions
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Date: November 2003

Title: Policy coherence: Vital for global development
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Date: November 2003

Title: Integrating Information and Communication Technologies in Development Programmes
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Date: November 2003

Title: Fighting Bribery in International Business Deals
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Date: November 2003

Title: Economic Survey of Mexico, 2003
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Date: November 2003

Title: Economic Survey of Chile, 2003
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Date: November 2003

Title: Public Sector Modernisation
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Date: October 2003

Title: OECD Health at a Glance - How France Compares
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Date: October 2003

Title: Economic Survey of Luxembourg, 2003
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Date: October 2003

Title: Economic Survey of Austria, 2003
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Date: October 2003

Title: Economic survey of Canada, 2003
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Date: September 2003

Title: E-Government in Finland: An Assessment
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Date: September 2003

Title: Checklist for e-Government Leaders
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Date: September 2003

Title: Attracting Investment to China
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Date: September 2003

Title: Trade Facilitation: The Benefits of Simpler, more Transparent Border Procedures
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Date: August 2003

Title: Trade Capacity Building: Critical for Development
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Date: August 2003

Title: The Doha Development Agenda: Tariffs and Trade
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Date: August 2003

Title: Service Providers on the Move
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Date: August 2003

Title: Regionalism and the Multilateral Trading System
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Date: August 2003

Title: Policy coherence: Vital for global development
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Date: August 2003

Title: Opening up Trade in Services Opportunities and Gains for Developing Countries
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Date: August 2003

Title: Environmentally Sustainable Buildings: Challenges and Policies
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Date: August 2003

Title: Civil Society and the OECD - November 2002 update
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Date: August 2003

Title: Economic Survey of France, 2003
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Date: July 2003

Title: Economic Survey of euro area, 2003
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Date: July 2003

Title: The OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises: A Key Corporate Responsibility Instrument
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Date: June 2003

Title: MAgricultural Policies in OECD Countries: A Positive Reform Agenda
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Date: June 2003

Title: From Red Tape to Smart Tape: Administrative Simplification in OECD Countries
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Date: June 2003

Title: Economic Survey of Italy, 2003
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Date: June 2003

Title: Feasible Financing Strategies for Environmentally Related Infrastructure
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Date: May 2003

Title: Public-Private Partnerships in the Urban Water Sector
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Date: April 2003

Title: The e-government imperative: main findings
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Date: March 2003

Title: Territorial review of Oresund, 2003
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Date: March 2003

Title: Improving Water Management: Recent OECD Experience Water management - a serious challenge for sustainable development
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Date: March 2003

Title: Engaging Citizens Online for Better Policy-making
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Date: March 2003

Title: Disability programmes in need of reform
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Date: February 2003

Title: Territorial Review on Helsinki, 2002
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Date: November 2002

Title: Measuring the Non-Observed Economy
Authors: Derek Blades, David Roberts
Date: November 2002

Title: Civil Society and the OECD - update November 2002
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Date: November 2002

Title: Measuring Student Knowledge and Skills: The PISA 2000 Experience
Authors: OECD
Date: June 2002

Title: Purchasing Power Parities - Measurement and Uses
Authors: OECD
Date: March 2002

Title: Creation of the Euro Area: Implications for Economic Statistics
Authors: OECD
Date: February 2002

Title: Trade in Goods and Services: Statistical Trends and Measurement Challenges
Authors: OECD
Date: October 2001

Title: Local Development and Job Creation
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Date: December 1999

Title: EMU One Year On
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Date: December 1999

Title: Economic Survey of the Russian Federation, 2000
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Date: December 1999

Title: Economic Survey of the Netherlands, 2000
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Date: December 1999

Title: Economic Survey of Iceland, 1999
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Date: December 1999

Title: Economic Survey of Germany, 1999
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Date: December 1999

Title: Open Markets Matter: The Benefits of Trade and Investment Liberalisation
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Date: October 1999

Title: Environmental Trends in Transition Economies
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Date: October 1999

Title: Money Laundering
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Date: July 1999

Title: OECD Economic Projections
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Date: June 1999

Title: Fostering Entrepreneurship
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Date: September 1998

Title: Sustainable Development: A Renewed Effort by the OECD
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Date: August 1998

Title: Agriculture Policy Reform
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Date: July 1998

Title: Open Markets Matter: The Benefits of Trade and Investment Liberalisation
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Date: June 1998

Title: OECD Latest Short Term Indicators
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Date: June 1998

Title: Maintaining prosperity in an ageing society
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Date: June 1998

Title: Maintaining Prosperity in an Ageing Society
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Date: May 1998

Title: Regulatory Reform
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Date: April 1998

Title: New Directions for Industrial Policy
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Date: March 1997

Title: Economic Survey of the Netherlands, 2005
Authors:
Date: (Date Not Available)

Title: Economic Survey of Korea, 2005
Authors:
Date: (Date Not Available)

Title: Civil Society and the OECD
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Date: (Date Not Available)

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Economic Indicators

Title: OECD Short Term Indicators: November 1998
Date: November 1999

Title: OECD Short Term Indicators: March 1999
Date: March 1999

Title: OECD Short Term Indicators Databank: March 1999
Date: March 1999

Title: OECD Short Term Indicators: January 1999
Date: January 1999

Title: OECD Short Term Indicators Databank: January 1999
Date: January 1999

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