Organisation

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Data portal

OECD broadband portal


This new portal provides access to a range of broadband-related statistics gathered by the OECD. Policy makers must examine a range of indicators which reflect the status of individual broadband markets in the OECD. The OECD has indentified five main categories which are important for assessing broadband markets.
Report

Health Care Quality Indicators Project: 2006 data collection update report


This report is an update of an earlier OECD Health Working Paper, and reports on the results of a second round of data collection from 32 countries. It reports on the results of that second round of data collection. Data is presented here on an augmented indicator set considered fit for the purpose of making...
Report

Higher education and regions: globally competitive, locally engaged


Universities could play a stronger role in the economic, cultural and social development of their regions, according to this report, which argues that regional engagement by universities is beneficial both to local development and the institutions themselves.
Report

Higher education and regions: globally competitive, locally engaged


Universities could play a stronger role in the economic, cultural and social development of their regions, according to this report, which argues that regional engagement by universities is beneficial both to local development and the institutions themselves.
Briefing paper

Consumption taxes: the way of the future?


This policy brief assesses the advantages and disadvantages of indirect taxes over direct taxes. The appropriate choice for individual countries depends on circumstances, but particularly on views about the relative importance of growth and inequality as well as the ability to offset the effects of inequality through other measures without harming growth.