The OECD Secretariat has prepared this note on “Fair Trade” as a contribution to discussion of trade-related issues of current interest that fall outside the Trade Committee’s normal work programme. The goals of this paper are twofold. First, the ...

This background paper should be read in conjunction with “The Contribution of ICTs to Pro-Poor Growth” (OECD Papers, Vol. 5, Issue 1, Document No. 379). It presents background details for each main point.

This background paper should be read in conjunction with “The Contribution of ICTs to Achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)” (OECD Papers, Vol. 5, Issue 1, Document No. 380). It presents background details for each main point.

This report considers the ways and means of optimising relations between levels of government (supranational, national and subnational) in terms of the quality of regulation. It draws on many OECD studies, though the information they contain has to ...

Environmental and investment policies have the potential to reinforce their respective goals while promoting the broader objective of sustainable development. Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) aim at changing the collective behaviour of ...