OECD in figures 2008.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Staff, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Series:

OECD Observer: Volume 2008 Supplement 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Europe--Economic conditions--1945---Statistics.

Europe.

OECD countries--Economic conditions--Statistics.

OECD countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (98 p.)

Edition:

20th anniversary ed.

Place of Publication:

Paris, France : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This 20th edition of OECD in Figures is an original, simple to use, pocket data book. It is a primary statistical source. As with all OECD data, it is compiled and checked by our experts, so that decision-makers in government, research and business know they can rely on it. Thanks to the web edition, available via www.oecd.org/infigures , OECD in Figures is now more than ever the public gateway to one of the richest and most respected economic, financial, social and environmental databases around. The 2008 edition of OECD in Figures contains key data ranging from economic growth and employment

Contents:

Preliminaries; Contents; Demography and health; Demography; Health spending and resources; Health status; Economy; Gross domestic product; Economic growth and performance; Sectoral contributions to gross value added; Business statistics; Services value added; Transport; Energy; Energy supply; Energy production; Energy consumption and electricity generation; Labour; Employment; Part time and self employment; Unemployment; Services employment; Science and technology; Research and development I; Research and development II; Patents and trade in technology; Environment; Resources

Emissions and pollutionCO2 emissions; Education; Expenditure; Performance; Public finance; Agriculture support estimates; Government sector; Taxation; Development aid; International trade and investment; Direct investment; Trade; Trade in services; Prices and finance; Prices and interest rates; Insurance and pensions; Financial balance sheets and institutional investment; Domestic and foreign finance; OECD in graphs; GDP growth; GDP per capita; Upwardly mobile; Inflation; Population growth; Migration; Public debt; Female employment rates; Health spending; Road fatalities

Aid for the environmentClimate change; Trading partners; General notes; Glossary

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Related Work:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. OECD Observer.

ISBN:

1-281-92226-9

9786611922269

92-64-05565-7

OCLC:

630531698