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More than 100 indicators covering a wide range of areas. Click on the red i beside each indicator to obtain the unit of measure, a definition of the indicator and a list of references. To compare with other OECD countries, tables and charts are provided at the end of each row. More...

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Selected Online Documents - PDF:

• OECD Biotechnology Statistics 2006 (850kb)
  
  
• Net Social Expenditure - 2005 Edition - OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers No. 29 (480kb)
  
  
• OECD Compendium of Productivity Indicators 2005 (513kb)
  
  
• The Benefits Of Liberalising Product Markets And Reducing Barriers To International Trade and
  Investment: The Case of The United States and the European Union - Economics Department Working Papers No. 432 (474kb)
  
  
• Security in Maritime Transport: Risk Factors and Economic Impact (622kb)
  
  
• The US Health System: an Assessment and Prospective Directions for Reform - Economics Department Working Papers No. 350 (340kb)
  
  
• OECD Guidelines for the Security of Information Systems and Networks (270kb)
  
  
• The Economic Consequences of Terrorism - Economics Department Working Papers No. 334 (302kb)
  
  
• Working Together Towards Sustainable Development - The OECD Experience (902kb)
  
  
• Increasing Efficiency and Reducing Complexity in the Tax System in the United States - Economics Department Working Papers No. 313 (424kb)
  
  
• STI Working Paper 2001/7: ICT Investment and Economic Growth in the 1990s: Is the United States a Unique Case? A Comparative Study of nine OECD Countries (206kb)