Editorial

-The Employment Challenge by Emile van Lennep, Secretary-General of the OECD  5

Employment

-Communique of the Meeting of the OECD Manpower and Social Affairs Committee at Miniserial Level 3

-A humanistic approach to employment by Michel Durafour, French Minister of Labour and Miniserial Chairman 6

-Report by the Manpower and Social Affairs Commitee 8

-OECD Recommendation on a General Employment and Manpower Policy 9

-The range of employment and manpower measures 12

-Policy measures in current use  14

-Some indication for the future - Reflections by Ministers as to necessary action 16

OECD Member Country Statistics 19

Energy

-Reducing dependence on imported oil by Dr. Ulf Lantzke, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency and Special Counsellor to the Secretary-General of the OECD on Energy Questions 27

Economy

-Anti-recession policies in Sweden 31

Environment

-Low-cost imporovement of the urban environment 33

Education

-Building for educational change 36

Trade and Development

-UNCTAD IV 40

-Inaugural meeting of the "Club des amis du Sahel"  41

New OECD publications 42