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The OECD's annual Development Co-operation Report provides the most complete analysis of the aid efforts made over the past year and sets out the main lines of action required to build for the future.  This year's edition examines the role development co-operation might play in the face of global economic, political, social and environmental changes as well as how  the implementation of a real global development partnership strategy is coming on and how  this strategy can become the cornerstone of development assistance.

Portugal's development co-operation programme is characterised by concentration bilaterally on the Portuguese-speaking countries in Africa, reflecting close links of history, language and culture. Those countries are now among the least developed countries.

Recently, Portugal has emphasized two new areas of development co-operation. First, private sector development, based on economic policy reforms supported by the international institutions, and on instruments which encourage the involvement of the Portuguese private sector. The second new area of emphasis is the strengthening of the governance systems in the PALOPs, the Portuguese-speaking countries in Africa, focusing particularly on legal systems and the judiciary, but also extending to parliamentary institutions, electoral systems, local governments and constitutional advice.

In its review of Portugal's programme the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) noted that Portugal has the potential to play a larger role, particularly in Mozambique and Angola, where critical post-conflict development needs have to be met. It noted that a new Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (the CPLP), including Brazil, has recently been formed to enhance dialogue and mutual development efforts.

Deregulation of freight transport is of vital importance to transport policy in the move towards a European market. This publication assesses past experience with deregulation in a number of countries and reviews ways and means of making the freight transport market truly efficient.

Acts of vandalism or violence and the defacing of facilities are increasing in public transport systems. This report provides an analysis of the social and psychological causes which is a prerequisite to formulate corrective measures. A comparison of what a number of systems have experienced focuses attention on the scale of the problems involved and different ways of resolving them. The recommendations that can be made differentiate between the responsibilities of the operators, national governments and the various local authorities.

This Round Table examines the theory and application of Modal-Split modelling in analysing the demand for freight transport.

This Round Table examines methodologies and case studies on demand elasticities for various means of urban passenger transport.

These proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Transport Economics, held on 10-11 October 1967 covered choice of transport investments, elements of transport demand, urban transport and imputation of transport intrastructure charges.

This 1963 report presents the articles on the avoidance of double taxation on income and capital, as agreed upon by the Fiscal Committee. Double taxation is the taxation of a single taxpayer with respect to the same subject matter over the same period in more than one country. This draft aims to inspire further conventions on the elimination of double taxation, a threat to trade and migration. The report includes commentaries on the articles, progress on the elimination of double taxation, and possible future developments.