While China's economy has shown impressive dynamism following the increased reliance on market-based policies, the governance structures themselves will have to be reformed deeply for this growth to be sustainable. This report examines the many challenges of governance which China is facing. In...

Colombia is somewhat unique in this series, in that it was never a centralised, communist state. Nonetheless, it does share some of the characteristics of the centralised socialist economies since the reins of power remained in a small clique which denied access to other parts of the society....

Egypt is lagging behind other countries in the Mediterranean region in reforming its economy. This book explains why. The authors contend that the Egyptian political system, based to a large extent on discrete patronage and dominated by powerful interest groups was inherently resistant to...

Governments and private sector actors are increasingly recognising the potential of harnessing markets to help arrest the degradation of biodiversity. The private provision of biodiversity products and services is proving to be quite feasible in some circumstances

Les pouvoirs publics et les opérateurs du secteur privé s’accordent de plus en plus à reconnaître qu’il est possible de stopper l’érosion de la biodiversité en mobilisant les marchés. Certains de ces produits et services sont déjà commercialisés et procurent des bénéfices. Le...

The OECD Competition Committee discussed pro-active policies for green growth and the market economy in October 2010. This document includes an executive summary of that discussion and the documents from the meeting: an analytical note by Resources for the Future (USA), written submissions from...

The loss of biodiversity affects us in many ways. For some of us, its loss is felt in the same way that we regret the destruction of a great work of art -- it may not affect us directly, but the indirect impact is strong. For others, its loss is felt in changes in lifestyles and livelihoods --...