The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ) publishes an analysis of tax systems of member countries.

* OECD Average annual hours actually worked per worker

OECD economists estimate that cutting all agricultural tariffs and subsidies by 50 % would set off a chain reaction in realignments of production and consumption patterns that would add an extra $ 26 billion to annual world income.

The average annual hours actually worked per person in employment as reported by OECD countries in 2007, for example, ranged from a minimum of 1389 hours ( Netherlands ) to a maximum of 2316 hours ( South Korea ).

On 18 November 2008, WPP technically re-incorporated itself as an offshore entity in Jersey ( Jersey is considered as a fiscal paradise by the OECD ) in order to reduce an annual tax bill of more than £ 200million.

The best performing education systems internationally provide the benchmark for success ,” said OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría launching the annual ‘ education at a glance ’ report in Paris.

However the higher-education rate in the country still remains the lowest in the European Union, this rate was around 7 % in 2003 ( Source: OECD ( 2003 ) Education at a Glance and OECD Statistical Compendium ), and improved to 11 % in 2007-as compared to Slovakia's and Slovenia's around 16 %; Germany's, Estonia, Spain's and Ireland's 28 %; or Belgium's, Netherland's, Denmark's, Finland's, Cyprus's and UK's, over 30 % ( Source: EuroStat, March 2007 ).

* Sustainable Governance Indicators, first published in spring 2009 and updated in 2011, analyze and compare the need for reform in Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ) member countries, as well as each country's ability to respond to current social and political challenges

Indicators adopted by United Nations Environment Programme's World Conservation Monitoring Centre and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ) to measure natural biodiversity use the term in a slightly more specific way.

* OECD Economic Indicators

In June 1963, OECD experts met with the NESTI group ( National Experts on Science and Technology Indicators ) at the Villa Falconieri in Frascati, Italy.

* OECD Science and Technology Indicators ( report )

* OECD S & T Indicators ( list )

Additionally, in 2009 the Bertelsmann Foundation published the Sustainable Governance Indicators ( SGI ), which systematically measure the need for reform and the capacity for reform within the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ) countries.

For purposes of international statistical comparison, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ) defines a road as " a line of communication ( travelled way ) using a stabilized base other than rails or air strips open to public traffic, primarily for the use of road motor vehicles running on their own wheels ," which includes " bridges, tunnels, supporting structures, junctions, crossings, interchanges, and toll roads, but not cycle paths.

Beyond the traditional OECD aid donors, its data collection also includes other official and private flows to developing countries.

The strong U. S .- Luxembourg relationship is expressed both bilaterally and through common membership in NATO, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ), and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ( OSCE ).

The OECD and WTO both rank Mexican workers among the hardest working in the world, in terms of the amount of hours worked yearly.

Stimulus plans have been credited for contributing to a better than expected economic outlook by both the OECD

To some degree this is simply a stylistic change, similar to the decline in the use of " panic " to refer to financial crises, but it does also reflect that the economic cycle – both in the United States and in most OECD countries – though not in all – has been more moderate since 1945.

OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines state, “ Transfer prices are significant for both taxpayers and tax administrations because they determine in large part the income and expenses, and therefore taxable profits, of associated enterprises in different tax jurisdictions .”

Contractual terms and transactions between parties are to be respected under OECD rules unless both the substance of the transactions differs materially from those terms and following such terms would impede tax administration.

Further, an agreement between Malaysia and Indonesia, signed in 1969, had settled doubts and disputes about each country's claims over territorial waters and offshore resources at a time when both were heavily indebted to Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ) governments and banks as well as to the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) and the World Bank.

Wilson did not know Peccei, but he and Gvishiani both knew Alexander King, by then Director General for Scientific Affairs for the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ) in Paris, so Wilson appealed to him for information.

There also exist a wide range of other classifications because products are either a ) goods b ) service or c ) both ( see OECD and Eurostat, 2005: 48 ), thus you may refer to augmented product, whole product, or extended product as well.

The MAI was supported by both the Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD ( BIAC ) and the Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD ( TUAC ).

Comparison of average labor productivity levels between the OECD member states.

Mexican laws mandate a maximum of 48 hours of work per week, but they are rarely observed or enforced due to loopholes in the law, the volatility of labor rights in Mexico, and its underdevelopment relative to other members countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ).

Moreover the report argued that labor market discrimination continues to be a problem and that " 30 % of the variation in gender wage gaps across OECD countries can be explained by discriminatory practices in the labour market.

* In June 2009, the OECD released a position paper on child labor on West African Cocoa Farms, and launched a website on its Regional Cocoa Initiative.

A study of international health care spending levels in the year 2000, published in the health policy journal Health Affairs, found that while the U. S. spends more on health care than other countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ), the use of health care services in the U. S. is below the OECD median by most measures.

Each country measures its economic output according to the System of National Accounts ( SNA ), sponsored mainly by the United Nations ( UN ), but implemented mainly by other organizations such as the European Commission, the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ), the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ), and the World Bank.

Since that time, the majority of the OECD countries which are signatories of the convention have revised their tax policies according to this recommendation and some have extended the measures to bribes paid to any official, sending the message that bribery will no longer be tolerated in the operations of the government .< ref >“ Tax Treatment of Bribes: About ”, < u > OECD Centre for Tax Policy and Administration </ u >, OECD. org, 17 July 2007 < http :// www. oecd. org / about / 0, 3347, en_2649_34551_1_1_1_1_1, 00. html >.</ ref >

According to OECD, Gross Domestic Product per capita measures economic activity or income per person and is one of the core indicators of economic performance.

Under the Quebec plan, the government can control its human resources in various ways, whether by using the time of professionals who have already reached the maximum for payment by the state, by applying the provision that authorizes it to compel even non? participating physicians to provide services ( s. 30 HEIA ) or by implementing less restrictive measures, like those adopted in the four Canadian provinces that do not prohibit private insurance or in the other OECD countries.

Nevertheless, after these measures, the OECD stated in its latest ( 2007 ) report on Italy that " tax rates are high compared to other countries ".

* OECD estimates of labour productivity levels

According to Maureen Walsh, only around 4 % of hazardous wastes that come from OECD countries are actually shipped across international borders.

The OECD Council also has its own control system that governs the trans-boundary movement of hazardous materials between OECD member countries.

This allows, among other things, the OECD countries to continue trading in wastes with countries like the United States that have not ratified the Basel Convention.

Not yet in force, but considered morally binding by signatories, the Amendment prohibits the export of hazardous waste from a list of developed ( mostly OECD ) countries to developing countries.

In May 2010 Chile became the first South American country to join the OECD.

The Czech Republic participates in the United Nations ( UN ); World Trade Organization ( WTO ); International Monetary Fund ( IMF ); Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ); International Energy Agency ( IEA ); North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ) and the International Whaling Commission.

In a 2004 OECD comparison, high-technology manufacturing in Finland ranked second largest after Ireland.

Social spending such as health or education is around OECD median.

Social transfers are also around OECD median.

Port logistics prices were among the lowest in OECD.

Germany is a member of the Council of Europe, European Union, European Space Agency, G4, G8, International Monetary Fund, NATO, OECD, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, UNO, World Bank Group and the World Trade Organization.

Referred to as an International Finance Centre, Gibraltar was among 35 jurisdictions identified by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ) as a tax haven in June 2000.

However, in its April 2009 progress report, the OECD listed Gibraltar in the list of jurisdictions which, although committed, had not " substantially implemented " yet the internationally agreed tax standard.

Following Gibraltar's signing of 12 additional Tax Information Exchange Agreements ( TIEAs ), as of October 2009, with jurisdictions including the UK, US and Germany, to sum 13, Gibraltar is currently listed in the OECD " white list ", and is considered a jurisdiction that has substantially implemented the tax standard.

It therefore shares the same status as OECD member states such as the UK, the US, Spain or Germany.

For OECD countries, in the late 2000s, considering the effect of taxes and transfer payments, the income Gini coefficient ranged between 0. 24 to 0. 49, with Slovenia the lowest and Chile the highest.