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Applying the OECD Principles on Water Governance to Floods: A Checklist for Action This report uses the OECD Principles on Water Governance as a tool for multi-stakeholder policy dialogue and practical assessment of the performance of flood governance systems. It applies the Principles to flood-prone contexts to help strengthen governance frameworks for managing risk. ISBN: 978-92-64-543-676, June 2019, 140 pages €19, $21, £14, ¥2300

Agricultural Policy Monitoring and Evaluation 2019 This annual report monitors and evaluates agricultural policies spanning all 6 continents, including the 36 OECD countries, the 5 non-OECD EU Member States, and 12 emerging economies. ISBN: 978-92-64-632-622 July 2019, 190 pages €46, $55, £36, ¥6000

Waste Management and the Circular Economy in Selected OECD Countries: Evidence from Environmental Performance Reviews This report provides a cross-country review of waste, materials management and circular economy policies in selected OECD countries, drawing on OECD’s Environmental Performance Reviews during the period 2010-17. It presents main achievements, common trends and policy challenges, and provides insights into the effectiveness and efficiency of policy frameworks. ISBN: 978-92-64-309-395, September 2019, 116 pages. €15, $18, £12, ¥1900

Recent Trends in International Migration of Doctors, Nurses and Medical Students This report describes recent trends in the international migration of doctors and nurses in OECD countries. It includes four case studies on the internationalisation of medical education in Europe (France, Ireland, Poland and Romania) as well as a case study on the integration of foreign-trained doctors in Canada. ISBN: 978-92-64-318-656, July 2019, 139 pages €21, $25, £16, ¥2700

Good Governance in Egypt This report looks at the role of legislative drafting manuals in enhancing legislative and regulatory quality. It presents examples from both OECD and MENA countries and discusses the preparation of Egypt’s legislative drafting guide, among the first of its kind in the region, offering tailored policy recommendations on maximising its potential. ISBN: 978-92 -64-311-442, August 2019, 49 pages €15, $18, £12, ¥1900

Linking Indigenous Communities with Regional Development There are 38 million Indigenous peoples living across 12 OECD countries. Supporting their economic inclusion at local and regional levels is essential to overcoming the significant gaps in well-being that continue to exist between Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations. This report provides recommendations for achieving vibrant local and regional Indigenous economies. ISBN: 978-92-64-167-940, July 2019, 344 pages €60, $72, £48, ¥7800

Digital Opportunities for Better Agricultural Policies Recent digital innovations provide opportunities to deliver better policies for the agriculture sector by helping to overcome information gaps and asymmetries, lower policyrelated transaction costs, and enable people with different preferences and incentives to work better together. This report explores opportunities to improve current agricultural and agri-environmental policies, and to deliver new, digitally enabled and information-rich policy approaches. ISBN: 978-92-64-887-885 €30, $36, £34, ¥3900 OECD Labour Force Statistics 2019 This annual edition of Labour Force Statistics provides detailed statistics on labour force, employment and unemployment, broken down by gender, as well as unemployment duration, employment status, employment by sector of activity and part-time employment. It contains participation and unemployment rates by gender and detailed age groups as well as comparative tables for the main components of the labour force. ISBN: 978-92-64-313-224, September 2019 €78, $94, £62, ¥10200 Working Better with Age People today are living longer than ever before, but what is a boon for individuals can be challenging for societies. If nothing is done to change existing work and retirement patterns, the number of older inactive people who will need to be supported by each worker could rise by around 40% between 2018 and 2050, on average in the OECD area. ISBN: 978-92-64-455-269, August 2019, 80 pages €15, $18, £12, ¥1900