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New from the OECDOECD Economic Surveys: Canada 1999/2000The latest review of Canada’s economy and tax system produced by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. OECD Economic Surveys provide a solid analysis of developments in the subject country, special reports on topics of current interest, and extensive statistical information. This year’s review includes the special report: “Making growth more environmentally sustainable”. 102000011P (OECD) $48.00 Model Tax Convention on Income and Capital Condensed Version, 2000 Edition The fourth edition of the Model Tax Convention on Income and Capital: Condensed Version contains the full text of the Model Tax Convention as it read on April 29, 2000, but without the historical notes, the detailed list of tax conventions between OECD Member countries (including Canada), and the background reports that are included in the loose-leaf version. The OECD Model Tax Convention on Income and on Capital is the benchmark for negotiating, implementing and interpreting tax conventions. NB. An updated version of the two-volume binder edition is expected to be released in October. 232000551P (OECD) $64.20 Also New From The OECDBank Profitability Methodological Country Notes 2000: Finance and Investment212000071P $73.60 Coal Information 1999: 2000 Edition 612000131P $320.00 Electricity Information 1999: 2000 Edition 612000141P $208.00 Energy Balances of Non-OECD Countries 1997/1998: 2000 Edition 612000163P (OECD) $176.00 Energy Statistics of Non-OECD Countries 1997/1998: 2000 Edition 612000153P (OECD) $176.00 Natural Gas Information 1999: 2000 Edition 612000121P (OECD) $240.00 Oil Information 1999: 2000 Edition 612000113P (OECD) $240.00 |
International ReportsHuman Development Report 2000The latest assessment of the state of human development across the globe by the United Nations Development Programme. This year's Report explores the new rights agenda for the 21st century and proposes bold new approaches to political and economic governance that deliver social justice. Stronger international action is called for, especially to support disadvantaged people and to offset global inequalities. The Report concludes that the advances in the 21st century will be won by confronting entrenched economic and political interests. Data on a wide array of indicators, including the Human Development Index, provide for comparisons across countries. Human Development Report 2000 was prepared by a team of eminent economists and distinguished development professionals, lead by Richard Jolly, Special Advisor to the Administrator of United Nations Development Programme, and Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Director of the Human Development Report Office. 0-19-521678-4 (Oxford) $36.95 World Development Report 2000-2001: Attacking Poverty The World Bank’s latest report on poverty. The World Development Report 2000/2001: Attacking Poverty reports that of the world's 6 billion people, 2.8 billion live on less than $2 a day and 1.2 billion on less than $1 a day. Poverty is evident in poor people's lack of political power and voice, and in their extreme vulnerability to ill health, economic dislocation, personal violence and natural disasters. HIV/AIDS, civil conflicts, and rising disparities between rich countries and the developing world have increased the sense of deprivation and injustice for many. Nevertheless, the Report proposes that major reductions in poverty are possible if markets, state institutions, and civil societies can harness the forces of economic integration and technological change to serve the interests of poor people and increase their share of society's prosperity. This report is the standard for international social and economic data collected from over 200 countries. Co-published by the World Bank and Oxford University Press, 2000. 0-19-521129-4 (Oxford) $41.95 |
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