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OECD data come ‘alive’ with the OECD Factbook 
2008, featuring new dynamic online diagrams, and at a lower price.

The electronic version of the 
<http://www.sourceoecd.org/factbook>2008 OECD 
Factbook has been transformed to include animated 
diagrams of the key indicators, bringing the data 
alive for users visually.  The interactive graphs 
enable students to clearly observe trends in the 
statistics and interact with the data to perform 
their chosen comparisons between 
countries. 
<http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/25/3/40403625.swf>Quizzes 
compliment the interactive tables and graphs to 
aid information discovery.  All the statistics in 
the online version of the 2008 Factbook include 
links to the underlying data and analysis in 
Excel spreadsheets, via StatLink, for users to encapsulate in their work.

The OECD Factbook: Economic, Environmental and 
Social Statistics covers the whole spectrum of 
OECD statistics in one go.  The 2008 edition is 
available at a new lower price of £25, €35 or 
$50.  The electronic version, complete with 
interactive diagrams, is available free online or 
on the rather unique OECD USB key.  The USB key 
includes the OECD in Figures and plenty of space 
for the users own document storage, it is the 
ultimate in portable statistics (price: £18, €25 
or $35).  Access or order at: 
<http://www.oecd.org/publications/factbook>www.oecd.org/publications/factbook

The Factbook adds new statistics for 2008 in 
important areas such as tertiary education, 
migration statistics, labour compensation, and 
nuclear energy as well as increased data for key 
non-OECD Member Countries, Brazil, Chile, China, 
Estonia, India, Israel, Russia, Slovenia and 
South Africa.  The Factbook is unique in bringing 
together, in an accessible and highly usable 
form, comparative international data and expert 
commentary on most areas of economic and public policy debate, including:

·        Population and migration trends
·        Economic growth rates, trade and globalisation
·        Consumer price index, purchasing power and taxation
·        Energy supply and oil prices
·        Employment and unemployment rates and trends
·        Expenditure on research and development
·        Communication and internet access
·        Environmental indicators and trends
·        Government debt and expenditures on 
education, health, law and order, defence, and infrastructure.
·        Key health and social issues, such as 
obesity, infant mortality and youth inactivity.

About OECD
OECD (<http://www.oecd.org/>www.oecd.org) brings 
together the governments of the 30 Member 
Countries* committed to democracy and the market 
economy from around the world to support 
sustainable economic growth, raise living 
standards, maintain financial stability and 
assist other countries' economic development.

OECD Publishing 
(<http://www.oecd.org/publishing>www.oecd.org/publishing) 
is one of the world’s largest publishers in the 
fields of economics and public policy. OECD 
Publishing disseminates OECD’s intellectual 
output, both analytical and statistical.

More information about publications is available 
through the 
<http://www.oecdbookshop.org/oecd/index.asp?lang=EN>OECD 
Online Bookshop and 
<http://www.sourceoecd.org/>SourceOECD, the 
groundbreaking online library of statistical databases, books and periodicals.

* OECD Member Countries and year of joining - 
Australia (1971), Austria (1961), Belgium (1961), 
Canada (1961), Czech Republic (1995), Denmark 
(1961), Finland (1969), France (1961), Germany 
(1961), Greece (1961), Hungary (1996), Iceland 
(1961), Ireland (1961), Italy (1961), Japan 
(1964), Korea (1996), Luxembourg (1961), Mexico 
(1994), The Netherlands (1961), New Zealand 
(1973), Norway (1961), Poland (1996), Portugal 
(1961), Slovak Republic (2000), Spain (1961), 
Sweden (1961), Switzerland (1961), Turkey (1961), 
United Kingdom (1961), United States (1961).



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James Miller
Department of Statistics
University of Glasgow
15 University Gardens
G12 8QQ
0141 3302474
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