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Policy makers in OECD countries are concerned about whether they can maintain their current levels of corporate income tax revenues and how they can create an attractive investment climate for domestic and foreign investors. This report presents the recent trends in the taxation of corporate income in OECD countries and discusses the main drivers of corporate income tax reform and evaluates the gains of fundamental corporate tax reform. The corporate tax-induced distortions are discussed from a domestic and international tax point of view. This study also considers tax revenue and tax complexity issues. The book also explains a series of alternative systems that might be implemented.

L’étude réévalue la portée et le sens du renouveau de la Chine depuis une cinquantaine d’années, en se servant de techniques quantitatives couramment utilisées dans les pays de l’OCDE. À partir d’une approche comparative, l’auteur explique pour quelles raisons le rôle de la Chine dans l’économie mondiale a fluctué aussi fortement au cours du dernier millénaire. Il conclut que la Chine devrait retrouver en 2015 la place de première économie mondiale qui lui revient naturellement et qu’elle a occupé jusqu’en 1890. Chaque tableau et graphique comporte un lien dynamique (StatLink) vers une page Web qui met à la disposition de l’utilisateur les données correspondantes en format Excel®. À l’exception de l’appendice A, cette édition a été révisée et mise à jour et le chapitre 4 est nouveau.

This is a translation of the 2001 edition of the Transfer Pricing Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and Tax Administrations, which was substantially revised; see the July 2010 edition available in English and French

L'édition 2005 de l'Étude économique consacrée au Chili porte sur les principaux enjeux de la politique économique, à savoir favoriser l'innovation, continuer à réformer la réglementation de manière à renforcer la concurrence, et mieux utiliser les ressources en main-d'œuvre.

One of the main missions of nuclear regulators is to protect the public, and this cannot be completely achieved without public confidence. The more a regulatory process is transparent, the more such confidence will grow. Despite important cultural differences across countries, a number of common features characterise media and public expectations regarding any activity with an associated risk. This workshop identified a common understanding of transparency and main stakeholders' expectations together with a number of conditions and practices aimed at improving the transparency of nuclear regulatory activities.

In recent years Italy has moved towards greater devolution of regulatory powers at regional level, in a European context where this dimension becomes increasingly important. This review analyses first the institutional set-up for multi-level regulation, the specifics of power sharing between the State and the regions, as well as the horizontal and vertical co-ordination mechanisms in place in the country, before turning to the use of policy instruments and regulatory tools in four Italian regions: Veneto, Calabria, Campania and Tuscany.  

Dans cette édition de l'examen périodique qu'elle consacre à l'économie danoise, l'OCDE conclut que ses performances sont globalement satisfaisantes, mais met en exergue des risques de surchauffe et des perspectives médiocres. Elle examine de manière plus approfondie les mesures à prendre en vue d'accroître l'offre de main-d'œuvre pour préserver la protection sociale, d'améliorer les prestations de services d'enseignement et de mieux faire coïncider les incitations individuelles avec les besoins de la société en matière d'enseignement supérieur, ainsi que de réduire les subventions et d'instaurer une plus grande souplesse dans le secteur du logement.

Despite concern about the negative impacts of globalisation on the economies of OECD regions, notably the loss of manufacturing jobs and enterprise relocation, this report presents evidence that region-specific advantages – embedded in specialised firms, skilled labour and innovation capacity – remain a significant source of productivity gain for firms, even for the largest multinational enterprises.  A new geography of production is emerging, based around both old and new regional hubs in OECD and non-OECD countries. National and regional governments in OECD countries are looking for ways to ensure that regions maintain a competitive edge in industries that generate wealth and jobs. This report looks at how different regions are responding to these challenges and the strategies they have adopted to support existing competitive advantages and to transform their assets to develop new competitive strengths.

World leaders have pledged to act to change the energy future. Some new policies are in place. But the trends in energy demand, imports, coal use and greenhouse gas emissions to 2030 in this year’s World Energy Outlook are even worse than projected in WEO 2006.  China and India are the emerging giants of the world economy. Their unprecedented pace of economic development will require ever more energy, but it will transform living standards for billions. There can be no question of asking them selectively to curb growth so as to solve problems which are global. So how is the transition to be achieved to a more secure, lower-carbon energy system?  WEO 2007 provides the answers. With extensive statistics, projections in three scenarios, analysis and advice, it shows China, India and the rest of the world why we need to co-operate to change the energy future and how to do it.

The data in this book are designed to assist in understanding the evolution of the emissions of CO₂ from 1971 to 2005 for more than 140 countries and regions by sector and by fuel. Emissions were calculated using IEA energy databases and the default methods and emission factors from the Revised 1996 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories.

Local development strategies represent an important response to the challenges of globalisation, while providing a mechanism for seizing the new opportunities that globalisation offers. Nearly two decades after the fall of the Berlin wall, this book evaluates progress made and identifies what needs to be done to speed up the drive towards prosperity in Central and Eastern Europe. It demonstrates that the success of local development strategies depends on the capacity of the government and its partners to accelerate change within the policy and governance aspects of economic and social development.