sector to employment growth, productivity and innovation, and to identify factors, institutions and policies that could …At its meeting in May 2003, the Ministerial Council asked the OECD to analyse the contribution made by the services … services. …

interventions in manufacturing remains notoriously difficult due to a persistent lack of reliable and comparable data. With many …

The OECD cross-section sectoral indicators measure regulatory conditions in the professional services and retail … distribution sectors. The professional services indicators cover entry and conduct regulation in the legal, accounting, engineering …

Services are transforming OECD economies on a massive scale, but are still impeded by regulations and policies that … stifle innovation and competition. Comprehensive reforms need to be pursued internationally as well as in individual OECD … Potential of the Service Economy: Facilitating Growth, Innovation and Competition”. …

-food GVCs have broadened the gains from specialisation and trade through stronger sector and employment growth. Openness to … trade, especially services trade, can positively influence domestic value added creation in agro-food GVCs. However, trade … across the food and agriculture sectorKeywords: Agro-food, value added, employment, policy reform, trade. …