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Navigation tip: this heading lists OECD-wide documents in chronological order. Select a country, topic or department under "Browse" on the left of your screen, then choose "Publications and Documents". This will narrow your search.
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pdf,206Kb,English | View long abstract
10-Oct-2008
The performance of the Australian economy has remained remarkable inmost respects. However, after more than a decade and a half of rapid growththe economy has bumped into capacity constraints, while facing ...
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pdf,192Kb,English | View long abstract
30-Sep-2008
Nuclear energy has been used to produce electricity for more than half a
century. It currently provides about 15% of the world’s supply and 22% in OECD
countries.
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pdf,209Kb,English | View long abstract
30-Sep-2008
The fishing sector is a key concern in conserving our common but scarce global resources. It is vital for millions of people in developing countries, providing livelihoods, nutrition and protein, especially ...
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pdf,163Kb,English | View long abstract
19-Sep-2008
When two businesses join to form one company, their combination sometimes creates positive effects called efficiencies. Generally speaking, efficiencies are synergies that enable firms to improve their ...
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pdf,196Kb,English | View long abstract
19-Sep-2008
Bribing public officials to obtain advantages in international business raises serious moral and political concerns, undermines good governance and sustainable economic development, and distorts international ...
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pdf,158Kb,English | View long abstract
18-Sep-2008
How to apply competition laws to dominant firms? This question has raised much interest in recent years. While significant differences persist in the enforcement practices of competition regimes around ...
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pdf,805Kb,English | View long abstract
11-Sep-2008
Helmut Reisen
Sovereign wealth funds have become important players in global financial markets. But their investments have repeatedly raised concerns. This paper argues that the principal motivation for setting up SWFs should put such concerns into the appropriate perspective.
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pdf,3Mb,English | View long abstract
08-Sep-2008
Gøril Havro and Javier Santiso
It might seem obvious discovering an asset such as oil or copper would be wonderful news for the country making the find. Yet the opposite is often true. The windfall can bring poverty, civil strife, corruption, inequality, slower growth and undemocratic practices.
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pdf,173Kb,English | View long abstract
04-Sep-2008
As competition authorities have stepped up their efforts to detect and punish cartels, several cases have highlighted how differences in enforcement procedures between countries have a substantial impact ...
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pdf,178Kb,English | View long abstract
01-Sep-2008
World prices of wheat, coarse grains (in particular corn), rice and oilseedcrops nearly doubled between 2005 and 2007 and continued to rise in early2008. These prices, along with those of meat, sugar and ...
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Financial crisis: Save our savings
Amid the worst current financial crisis since the 1930s, EU leaders have pledged to protect savers’ deposits. Already most OECD countries have explicit deposit insurance schemes for savings up to certain limits. In a number of countries these have now been raised temporarily.
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