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Covers financial accounts of OECD countries and includes financial transactions (both net acquisition of financial assets and net incurrence of liabilities), by institutional sector (non-financial corporations, financial corporations, general government, households and non-profit institutions serving households, total economy and rest of the world) and by financial operation. Data are shown for 23 OECD countries for the period from 1991 to 2002, when possible.

This first edition of National Accounts of OECD Countries: General Government Accounts is a new annual publication, dedicated to government finance data based on the System of National Accounts 1993 (SNA 1993). It includes tables showing government aggregates and balances for the production, income and financial accounts as well as detailed tax and social contribution receipts and a breakdown of expenditure of general government by function, according to the harmonised international classification, COFOG.  These detailed accounts are available for the general government sector as well as for the following sub-sectors, according to availability: central government, state government, local government and social security funds. The publication covers 29 of the 30 OECD countries. Data are expressed in national currencies and cover the period from 1992 to 2003.

This annual compilation of essential statistics on nuclear energy in OECD countries provides detailed information on nuclear electricity generation and capacity, nuclear power plants, nuclear share of electricity generation, age distribution of nuclear units, as well as data on uranium resources and requirements, conversion capacities and requirements, enrichment capacities and requirements, fuel fabrication capacities and requirements, spent fuel arising and storage capacities, and reprocessing capacities. It provides the reader (policy makers, experts and academics) with a comprehensive overview on the trends in the nuclear power and fuel cycle sector for 2002 and 2003 with projections for 2005, 2010, 2015, and 2020.

Hydrogen has the potential to play an important role as a sustainable and environmentally acceptable source of energy in the 21st century. Present methods for producing hydrogen are mainly based on the reforming of fossil fuels with subsequent release of greenhouse gases. To avoid producing greenhouse gases, the possibility to use heat and surplus electricity from nuclear power plants to produce hydrogen by water cracking is being investigated. This report presents the state of the art in the nuclear production of hydrogen and describes the scientific and technical challenges associated with it.

A detailed reference work on gas supply and demand covering not only the OECD countries but also the rest of the world, this publication contains essential information on LNG and pipeline trade, gas reserves, storage capacity and prices. The main part of the book, however, concentrates on OECD countries, showing a detailed supply and demand balance for each country and for the three OECD regions: North America, Europe and Pacific, as well as a breakdown of gas consumption by end-user. Import and export data are reported by source and destination.

The 2003 edition of the National Accounts of OECD Countries: Detailed Tables, Volume II covers, in addition to main aggregates, detailed national accounts data for most OECD countries.  It includes detailed breakdowns by kind of activity for gross value added (current and constant 1995 prices), components of value added, gross fixed capital formation and employment.  It also includes final consumption expenditure of households by purpose and  simplified accounts for three main sectors (general government, corporations and households). Detailed accounts by institutional sectors (non-financial corporations, financial corporations, general government and its sub-sectors, households and non-profit institutions serving households) are only available on CD-ROM.  Data are shown for 30 OECD countries back to 1990 in most cases, expressed in national currency (including in "euro" for euro area countries).  These data are based on the System of National Accounts 1993 (1993 SNA) for the majority of countries; the national accounts for two OECD countries (Switzerland and Turkey) are still presented on the basis of the 1968 SNA. THIS ISSUE ALSO INCLUDES PROVISIONAL DATA FOR 2002.

This book explores the national educational Research & Development systems in England and New Zealand, the first two such OECD reviews ever. It shows that some OECD countries are increasingly taking innovative research initiatives in order to improve the knowledge base in education for teachers and policy makers. Major changes are needed in the practice of teachers, researchers and policy makers in order to create a system-wide continuous improvement of the knowledge base.

This new edition of Nuclear Energy Data, the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency’s annual compilation of essential statistics on nuclear energy in OECD countries, offers additional textual and graphical information as compared with previous editions. It provides the reader with a comprehensive but easy-to-access overview on the status of and trends in the nuclear power and fuel cycle sector. This publication is an authoritative information source of interest to policy makers, experts and academics involved in the nuclear energy field

The 2003 edition of National Accounts of OECD Countries: Main Aggregates, Volume I covers expenditure based GDP, output based GDP, income based GDP, disposable income, saving and net lending, population and employment. It also includes comparative tables based on exchange rates and comparative tables based on purchasing power parities. Data are shown for 30 OECD countries and the euro area back to 1990 in most cases, expressed in national currency (in euros for euro area countries), but also in US dollars for gross domestic product and household final consumption expenditure back to 1979. These data are based on the System of National Accounts 1993 (1993 SNA) for a majority of countries, but not all. In this issue, the national accounts for two OECD countries (Switzerland and Turkey) are still presented on the basis of the 1968 SNA.