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This report presents a general review of the working of the European Conference of Ministers of Transport and its relations with other international organisations.  As well as detailing the sectoral studies undertaken by the Conference the report contains a general review of the transport situation in the ECMT area during the year 1954.

This report presents a general review of the working of the European Conference of Ministers of Transport and its relations with other international organisations.  As well as detailing the sectoral studies undertaken by the Conference, the report contains a general review of the transport situation in the ECMT area during the year 1957.

This report describes the activities of the European Conference of Ministers of Transport and sets out the Resolutions and Reports approved by the Council of Ministers during their 1968 sessions. The organisation chart of the Conference also features in an annex to the report.

This proceedings of the first topic covered during the Fourth International Symposium on theory and practice in transport economics covers choice between private and public transport, with papers covering the psychological factors, organization of transport facilties, and the role of cost.
 

This proceedings of the first topic covered during the Fourth International Symposium on theory and practice in transport economics covers choice between private and public transport, with papers covering the psychological factors, organization of transport facilties, and the role of cost.
 

This Round Table examines the volume, costs, and possible ways of improving freight collection and delivery in uban areas.

This Round Table examines foreseeable cost trends in road, rail, and inland waterway transport.

OECD's three-times-yearly analysis of trends and developments in national and international financial markets. This issue's special feature covers recent trends in privatisation.

OECD's three-time-yearly report on financial markets in its Member countries. This issue's special report focuses on recent trends in foreign direct investment. There are also some new statistics on institutional investment in OECD countries.

Financial Market Trends provides, three times each year, an assessment of trends and prospects in the international and major domestic financial markets of the OECD area. Each issue includes comprehensive commentary, statistics, and graphs on current developments in internationally syndicated medium-term euro-credits, other international bank lending, euro-bonds and traditional foreign bond issues, and a review of monetary and financial trends in major OECD Member countries. This issue's special features cover the Impact of Institutional Investors on OECD Financial Markets and the annual report of the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering.

OECD's Journal on financial markets. In addition to the usuual survery of recent developments, this issue includes chapters on shareholder value and the market in corporate control and on the new banking landscape in Central and Eastern Europe.

Major nuclear regulatory challenges will arise from government policies to liberalise energy sectors. In a context of growing competition and market deregulation, it is becoming increasingly important to reconcile commercial interests with safety requirements. For nuclear regulatory bodies, the first challenge will be to ensure that economic pressures do not erode nuclear safety. In their strive to maintain nuclear safety culture, regulatory bodies will also need to adapt to an increasingly market-oriented environment and new working relationships with operators. This report identifies the challenges that regulators are likely to be confronted with over the next ten years.

OECD's journal on international financial markets. In addition to it's assessment of recent developments, this issue includes article on ageing populations, trends in FDI, the development of securities markets in transition economies, and structural and regulatory developments.

This study examines the link between FDI and development in six dynamic non-Member economies: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines. These countries have all adopted different policies towards FDI in the past, but to a great extent they are all converging on a more open approach. This greater openness, and the overall economic reforms of which FDI liberalisation is but one part, will provide a more fertile environment in which to reap the potential benefits from FDI. FDI can play a key role in improving the capacity of the host country to respond to the opportunities offered by global economic integration, a goal increasingly recognised as one of the key aims of any development strategy. In an environment made more competitive by a decade of economic reforms, many restrictions to FDI in these host countries are at best ineffective and at worst counter-productive.

What is "entrepreneurship"? It is much more than the competition and risk taking of starting your own business. Enterprises create jobs and wealth. Without the dynamism they bring to the economy, the challenges of globalisation and structural change would be all but insurmountable. Fostering entrepreneurship means channelling entrepreneurial drive into a dynamic process which takes advantage of all the opportunities the economy can provide. This book analyses the factors that favour entrepreneurship and the obstacles that hinder it. It is the first to provide an international synthesis of entrepreneurship policies undertaken in countries as diverse as Australia, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and the United States. Despite varying degrees of entrepreneurship from one country to another, international comparisons show that success comes from a synergy between a conducive institutional environment, well-designed government programmes and supportive cultural factors. To flourish, entrepreneurship requires efficient financial markets, a flexible labour market, a simpler and more transparent corporate taxation system and bankruptcy rules better adapted to the realities of the business world. This book examines experiences in all of these fields, as well as addressing the increasingly important roles played by local and regional authorities, the contribution of entrepreneurship in the non-profit sector, and the emergence of entrepreneurship in transition economies. Clearly, the right balance between these factors is not easy to strike. But strike it we must, because fostering entrepreneurship is not only a major economic imperative but also an urgent challenge that must be met to reconcile the goals of economic growth and social cohesion. This book is the most recent in a series on the OECD Jobs Strategy and an integral part of this international organisation’s broader mission to develop public policies to help OECD economies adapt to structural change and globalisation. This publication was prepared under the supervision of the OECD’s Territorial Development Service.

OECD's journal on international financial markets. This issue includes articles on recent developments, structural and regulatory developments, financial market implications of ageing populations, financial security of private pension systems, development of capital markets in Asia, and FDI.

Rapid globalisation has brought substantial benefits to developing Asia, but it has also heightened the risks associated with policy mistakes, weak financial institutions, and problems in corporate and public governance. The 1997 Asian crisis has demonstrated the urgent need to rethink the sequencing and comprehensiveness of financial liberalisation. Would further opening of Asia's financial systems be helpful or counterproductive in fostering financial stability? What structural reforms do emerging economies need to undertake to ensure that capital inflows are transformed into productive investment? Which regulatory and other requirements would have to be attached to further financial liberalisation? And what role should international organisations and the private sector play in crisis resolution?
This volume seeks to provide answers to these questions by discussing the roots of the Asian financial crisis and suggesting some constructive approaches to crisis resolution. It was produced jointly by the Asian Development Bank and OECD Development Centre based on their fourth joint annual Forum on Asian Perspectives.

OECD's journal on financial markets. In addition to the analysis of recent trends, this issue includes articles on challenges for the euro area, reforming the Korean banking system, shrinking a government bond market, and privatisation trends.