Editorial

-A New 'Mind Set' for Social Policy by Donald J. Johnston 4

Social Affairs

-Balancing Security and Sustainability in Social Policy by Mark Pearson and Peter Scherer 6

-Pension Policies and the Aging Society by Lans Bovenberg and Anja van der Linden 10

Development

-A Verdict on Aid to the Sahel by David Naudet and Jean-Marc Pradelle 15

Telecom

-A Bright Outlook for Communications by Sam Paltridge and Dimitri Ypsilanti 19

Agriculture

-Agricultural Trends and Issues to 2001 by Pierre Charlebois and Josef Schmidhuber 23

-How Agriculture Benefits the Environment by Wilfrid Legg and Luis Portugal 27

Science

Science and Society: Avoiding a Gulf by Jean-Éric Aubert 31

Fisheries

-Can Private Property Rescue Fisheries? by William Emerson 34

Finance

-The New OECD Members and Liberalisation by Robert Ley and Pierre Poret 38

Economy

-New Zealand's Radical Reforms by Paul E. Atkinson 43

-France - The Labour Market by Patrice Vergriete 48

-Norway - Education and Training by Paul van den Noord 50

-Indicators 53

Bookstore

-New OECD Publications 55

-Where to Obtain OECD Publications 62