Development studies

This 1997 edition of OECD's periodic review of Mexico's economy includes chapters covering recent trends and prospects; fiscal policy, monetary management and the Mexican banking sector; and implementing the OECD Jobs Strategy.

This 2007 edition of OECD's periodic eonomic reviews of Australia includes chapters covering recent trends and short-term prospects, monetary and fiscal policy, implementing the OECD Jobs Strategy, and education and training.

This 1997 edition of OECD's periodic review of Turkey's economy examines recent economic developments, policies and prospects.

This 1997 edition of OECD's periodic review of Hungary's economy examines recent economic developments, policies and prospects.

This 1997 edition of OECD's periodic review of Norway's economy includes chapters covering recent developments and short-term prospects, fiscal and monetary policy and structural reform, implementing the OECD Jobs Strategy, and education and training.

This 1997 edition of OECD's periodic review of the Bulgarian economy examines recent economic developments, policies and prospects.

The balance of economic power is shifting.

The OECD Regional Outlook 2011 provides an overview of the main developments in performance among OECD regions and the challenges for regional policy after the crisis.

With more than two-thirds of the world's poor living in rural areas, higher rural incomes are a pre-requisite for sustained poverty reduction and reduced hunger.

This book demonstrates some of the pitfalls associated with services liberalisation but recommends perseverance and even acceleration of the reforms.

The OECD organised a conference on FDI, in Shanghai, China, in December 2002.

This book considers how development cooperation principles and practices can be made more inclusive and impactful.

This review of regional policy in Sweden finds that Sweden has recently renewed focus on promoting development opportunities in all regions and has introduced a gradual regionalisation process with a strong bottom-up approach.

Trends in bank profitability and factors affecting it are major indicators of changes in the state of health of national banking systems.

This yearbook gathers major official insurance statistics for all OECD countries, including extensive data on the number of insurance companies and employees, insurance premiums and investments by insurance companies as well as - this year for the first time -claims, expenses and commissions.

West African Perspectives: Resources for Development conducts a cross-cutting analysis of the main development challenges in the region and offers suggestions on how to meet them.

This publication provides comprehensive data on the volume, origin and types of aid and other resource flows to over 180 recipient countries, including countries in transition in eastern Europe.

This annual publication reflects recent efforts made by the OECD to improve the quality and availability of industrial R&D expenditure and researchers, scientists and engineers data.

Climate change poses a serious challenge to social and economic development.

This publication presents detailed data on the industrial activity of multinationals in OECD countries.

L'evolution de la configuration des echanges agricoles internationaux a de profondes implications pour l'Afrique.

Twice a year, the OECD Economic Outlook analyses the major trends and examines the economic policies required to foster high and sustainable growth in member countries.

The Swiss population enjoys good health and universal access to a comprehensive range of modern health services, but policy makers are faced with considerable policy challenges, particularly to contain fast-growing health spending and improve value for money.

This review of Austria's environmental conditions and policies evaluates progress in reducing the pollution burden, improving natural resource management, integrating environmental and economic policies, and strengthening international co-operation.

OECD's twice-yearly assessment of the major economic trends and policies in member countries and selected non-members.

This 2003 edition of OECD's Economic Survey of France examines recent economic developments, policies and prospects and includes special features on public expenditure management and policies to raise potential output.

Institutions whose goal is to help those at the margins have been a feature of social life for centuries.

Presents OECD's assessment of the economic outlook to the end of 2006 for the OECD area and China, Brazil, and the Russian Federation.

This book reviews Finland's success in achieving balanced development over the past decade and assesses the challenges that it faces in maintaining this success.

This report, part of a series covering around 20 OECD countries, contains a survey of Germany's main barriers to employment for older workers, an assessment of the adequacy and effectiveness of existing measures to overcome these barriers, and a set of policy recommendations to further action by public authorities and social partners.

The Inter-Agency Task Force Report will assess progress in the seven action areas of the Addis Ababa Action Agenda, such as (i) domestic public resources; (ii) domestic and international private business and finance; (iii) international development cooperation; (iv) international trade as an engine for development; (v) debt sustainability; (vi) addressing systemic issues; and (vii) science, technology, innovation and capacity building.

The Asia-Pacific Development Journal (APDJ) is published twice a year by the Macroeconomic Policy and Financing for Development Division of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific.

In September 2015, Governments worldwide adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including 17 wide-ranging Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

This year marks the start of the Decade of Action to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.

This is the United Nations definitive report on the state of the world economy, providing global and regional economic outlook for 2020 and 2021.

Criteria and indicators constitute an increasingly common policy tool to implement sustainable forest management (SFM) and to define clear priorities and targets.

Today, indoor mold and moisture, and their associated health effects, are a society-wide problem.

This book follows Tony Allan's journey through the maze of water management and global awareness of the risks of mismanagement, tracing the trajectory of the hydraulic mission from a time of infinite possibilities-fiat panis and piped water-to risk aversion, loss of confidence and political will, and post-water societies.

Feminism, Diversity and HRD aims to enhance critical understandings of feminism, diversity and HRD theorization and practice in the global political economy.

Commodity Derivatives: A Guide for Future Practitioners describes the origins and uses of these important markets.

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of gender equality and women's rights in Ukraine and the European Union, focusing on both political security and economic- social dimensions.

Urban engineers provide a physical definition of the urban habitat by planning, designing, building and constructing, operating, and maintaining infrastructure, applying the tools of engineering, science, and good management to address the complex problems associated with infrastructure, services, buildings, environment, and land-use generally encountered in cities.

This book offers a comprehensive analysis of how the developmental goals of Asian states are reflected in large-scale projects and how various actors both realize and challenge these goals.

Community Development in Sub-Saharan Africa explores the dynamics of community development thinking, processes, and approaches in contemporary sub-Saharan Africa.

The Routledge Handbook of the New African Diasporic Literature introduces world literature readers to the transnational, multivocal writings of immigrant African authors.

This ambitious and insightful book provides a unique regional perspective on health policy across South Asia, focusing on how the decentralization of policy and governance leads to differing health outcomes across different countries in the region.

Since the creation of the Department for International Development, the purpose of UK development policy and aid has changed significantly.

This book explores the causes of the current economic crisis, evaluates the foundational principles of capitalism that contribute to crises, and investigates how an Islamic economic and banking system could play a role in fostering global stability.

Tchad : franc CFA, dettes publiques, présence militaire française est un essai critique qui explore en profondeur les dynamiques postcoloniales au Tchad.