This report, published by the OECD's International Futures Programme in co-operation with the Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre in Australia, aims to stimulate informed debate about the main integration issues facing the Asia-Pacific region in the decades ahead.&nbsp; It examines such issues as how the region compares to other regions of the world in terms of economic and political integration; regional co-operation on trade, investment and environment; and security and transportation concerns.&nbsp; The book concludes with Mike Moore's "Reflections on Asia Pacific Integration".

Regional Integration in the Asia Pacific: Issues And Prospects

Business & Money

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International

Organization for Economic

OECD's 2005 survey of the Swedish economy examines its key economic challenges including population ageing, maintaining the welfare system, increasing the labour supply, and achieving environmental objectives.  Individual chapters examine strength

Oecd Economic Surveys 2004-2005 Sweden: By Country 2004-2005 Sweden

Economics

Employee stock option plans have become a common component of remuneration packages in multinational enterprises. This publication presents and examines the many important tax issues that arise for beneficiaries and companies.   Focusing first on domestic tax issues, it considers what tax treatment would provide no tax-related incentives for a company to either increase or cut the use of stock options, and would be neutral regarding the choice of either granting stock options or paying ordinary salary. The approach is non-prescriptive and serves to provide a benchmark for policymakers. This is complemented by a survey of taxation of stock options in OECD countries in 2002 that calculates the effective rate of tax and compares it with tax on ordinary salary. Cross-border taxation issues are then discussed. Issues such as the timing of the benefits from stock options, the distinction between employment income and capital gains and the identification of the services to which they relate are relevant to the application of tax treaties, which are based on the OECD Model Tax Convention, and the resulting changes to the Model's Commentary are fully explained.  Finally, the effects on transfer pricing are analysed in three circumstances: when an enterprise grants stock options to employees of a subsidiary in another country, when using transfer pricing methods that are affected by remuneration costs, and when employees benefiting from stock options are involved in activities that are the subject of a cost contribution arrangement. This detailed study is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the intricacies of taxation of stock options.

OECD Tax Policy Studies The Taxation of Employee Stock Options

Org. for Economic Cooperation & Development

This 2005 Economic Survey of Korea's economy examines key challenges in Korea's shift to a more market-oriented and open economy. In particular, it covers public sector decentralisation, innovation and the education system, enhancing flexibility and participation in the labour market, and reforming the corporate and financial sectors.

Oecd Economic Surveys: Korea

Biofuels For Transport: An International Perspective

This comprehensive review of Mexican regulatory policy outlines progress made by Mexico since the 1999 review conducted by the OECD, and makes recommendations for further reforms aimed at promoting investment and boosting productivity and competitiveness. In particular, the review examines the government's capacity to assure high quality regulation, the extent of market openness, and the performance of regulatory agencies for energy, water, financial services, and telecommunications. A special chapter looks at electricity, for which OECD recommends important changes. Table of contents in English Summary Mexico Monitoring Exercise: Synthesis Government Capacity to Assure High Quality Regulation Market Openness Regulatory Agencies in Mexico: the Case of Energy, Water, Financial Services and Telecommunications Electricity ANNEX A

Oecd Reviews Of Regulatory Reform, Mexico: Progress In Implementing Regulatory Reform

<p>What happens in education today will affect the lives of individuals and the health of whole communities for decades to come. Yet educational decision-making is mostly about dealing with pressing immediate issues or seeking more efficient ways of maintaining established practice, rather than about shaping the long term. How to redress the balance? Scenario methods offer one highly promising answer. This latest volume in the Schooling for Tomorrow series goes beyond the OECD's own set of educational futures already published. It discusses how to develop scenarios and use them to address the challenges confronting policy and practice. Its chapters give both authoritative scholarly overviews and very practical lessons to be applied, including from Jay Ogilvy, a prominent exponent of scenario thinking for the business world, and school change expert Michael Fullan. Educational readers will benefit from the detailed coverage of scenario approaches from other sectors. They will be able to relate to examples of educational "futures thinking in action" initiatives in England, the Netherlands, New Zealand and Ontario, Canada. These initiatives, with OECD active involvement, have brought together leading stakeholders in fresh ways to inject long-term thinking into educational agendas. This book is relevant for the many - policy makers, school leaders and teachers - concerned with the long-term future of education.</p>

Schooling for Tomorrow Think Scenarios, Rethink Education

Education & Reference

KOREA Topics covered: Pollution Management , Nature and Biodiversity Management , Environmental-Economic Interface , Environmental-Social Interface , International Co-operation This book is part of the OECD Environmental Performance Reviews Programme which conducts peer reviews of environmental conditions and progress in each member country. It scrutinises efforts to meet both domestic objectives and international commitments. The analyses presented are supported by a broad range of economic and environmental data and lead to recommendations for further environmental and sustainable development progress. A first cycle of Environmental Performance Reviews, covering all member countries was completed in 2000. The second cycle focuses on environmental management, sustainable develop-ment and international commitments. Latest Reviews Available : Russian Federation* 1999 , Turkey 1999 , Hungary 2000 , Greece 2000 , Ireland 2000 , Luxembourg 2000 ,OECD Countries 2001 , Germany 2001 , Iceland 2001 , Norway 2001 , Portugal 2001 , Slovak Republic 2002 , Japan 2002 , United Kingdom 2002 , Italy 2002 , Netherlands 2003 , Poland 2003 , Mexico 2003 , Austria 2003 , Canada 2004 , Sweden 2004 , Spain 2004 , France 2005 , Chile* 2005 , Czech Republic 2005 , United States 2006 , Korea 2006

Korea: Oecd Environmental Performance Reviews

The Baltic Sea Region is rapidly becoming one of the worlds more competitive regions. The region is capitalising on its strengths and making the most of its diversity to stimulate innovation, build a strong pool of skilled labour and foster entrepreneurship. A deep spirit of co-operation and integration has led the Baltic Sea countries to set up ambitious governance frameworks to pursue economic development objectives jointly from Oslo to St. Petersburg. Yet major challenges at the local level lie ahead for the Eastern shores of the Baltic, where economic transition still needs to be accompanied by more innovative strategic planning, new forms of governance and dynamic civic entrepreneurship. This book analyses the new developments in the Baltic States and Northwest Russia and provides suggestions on how to speed up this progress.Table of Content : Chapter 1. Integration, Growth and Governance in the Baltic Sea Region by Silvain Giguère Chapter 2. The Governance of Employment and Economic Development in the Baltic States by Alf Vanags Chapter 3. Enhancing the Development Process in Lithuania: Toward Truly Participative Governance by Micheál Ó. Cinnéid Chapter 4. Reforming Both Local Government and Local Governance: The Challenge to Latvia by Mike Geddes Chapter 5. Consolidated Local Governments in Partnerships: A Key to Promoting Economic Development in Estonia by Jussi s. Jauhiainen Chapter 6. The Governance of Economic and Employment Development in North West Russia by Irina Denisova and Marcus Svedberg Chapter 7. Area-Based Partnerships as Forms of Collaborative Governance in Germany by Holger Kuhle Chapter 8. Cross-Border Co-operation and Local Governance - The Case of Kaliningrad by Alexey Ignatiev Chapter 9. The Possibility of Creating Regional Governments in the Baltic States: The Case of Latvia by Ligita Zacesta and Maris Pukis Chapter 10. Regional Co-operation on Innovation and Cluster Development by Emily Wise Hansson

Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Baltic Partnerships: Integration, Growth and Local Governance in the Baltic Sea Region

The OECD Data and Metadata Reporting and Presentation Handbook contains guidelines and recommended best practice for the presentation of statistical data and metadata disseminated by national agencies and international organisations in various dissemination media. The Handbook brings together in one publication relevant presentation guidelines embodied in existing international statistical standards where they exist. The Handbook also presents for the first time a standard set of terminologies and guidelines for the presentation of growth rates, indices and seasonally adjusted data developed by the OECD Short-term Economic Statistics Working Party.&nbsp;

Data and Metadata Reporting and Presentation Handbook 2007

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

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