OECD Economics & the World Today 2003

The 30 countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) represent the heart of the developed world. The OECD's database of economic, environmental and social statistics is respected as a guide to global development. This publication draws out trends from the statistics and looks at future prospects through a series of authoritative commentaries from leading members of the OECD, relevant NGOs and some of the world's leading professional service firms, banks and international corporations. Planned as an annual overview, the yearbook should be a useful reference source for boardrooms, government strategists, and decision-makers world-wide. Draws out trends from the statistics of one of the richest and most respected databases of economic, environmental and social statistics, and looks at future prospects through a series of authoritative commentaries from leading members of the OECD, relevant NGOs and some of the world's leading professional service firms, banks and international corporations.

Performance of OECD economies; emerging and transition economies; finance, investment and privatization; sustainable development; corporate governance and accountability; competition; regulatory reform; tax; money laundering; bribery and corruption; enterprise; e-commerce; information and communications technology; science and innovation; education and skills; employment; migration and mobility; health; social inclusion; pensions and the ageing society; management of public services; energy; environment; transport.