New publications from OECD, mid November 2015

New OECD publications have been uploaded to the OECD iLibrary, a comprehensive digital repository of books, papers, and statistics from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Titles recently added include:

• Disaster Risk Financing: A Global Survey of Practices and Challenges
• The State of Public Finances 2015: Strategies for Budgetary Consolidation and Reform in OECD Countries
• OECD Development Co-operation Peer Reviews: Germany 2015
• OECD Economic Surveys: Brazil 2015
• OECD Economic Outlook (volume 2015, issue 2, preliminary version)

These volumes and more are accessible from the OECD iLibrary by WTO staff and WTO Library patrons.

New publications from OECD, early November 2015

New OECD publications have been uploaded to the OECD iLibrary, a comprehensive digital repository of books, papers, and statistics from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Titles recently added include:

• OECD Regulatory Policy Outlook 2015
• Regulatory Policy in Perspective: a Reader’s Companion to the OECD Regulatory Policy Outlook 2015
• Costa Rica: Good Governance, from Process to Results (OECD Public Governance Reviews series)
• New Approaches to SME and Entrepreneurship Financing: Broadening the Range of Instruments
• OECD Quarterly International Trade Statistics (Volume 2015, issue 1 and issue 2)
• Journal of Business Cycle Measurement and Analysis (Volume 2015, issue 1)

These volumes and more are accessible from the OECD iLibrary by WTO staff and WTO Library patrons.

Library acquisitions — October 2015

Dear all,

We are pleased to send you our list of selected new acquisitions for October 2015. You can send your requests to web.librarian@wto.org.

The list is also available on Library’s website: http://intranet/__resources/library/_en/new_for_you_new_books.html.

For continuous updates on the latest trade news, don’t forget to check out the “Latest in trade” RSS feed: http://intranet/en/resources/library/library.htm

Journal of International Economic Law is a peer-reviewed quarterly journal from Oxford University Press, which presents articles and discussions on a range of subjects concerning the relation of law to international economic activity. Through critiques of policies, negotiations, or court and tribunal cases, Journal of International Economic Law aims to support the work of researchers, government officials, and legal professionals through the examination of fundamental, long term, systemic problems and possible solutions. To browse the latest issue (volume 18, no. 3) or consult articles from previous issues, visit Journal of International Economic Law here: http://goo.gl/aMWWyY.

Covers	Title, Authors/Editor details, WTO catalogue records email request links	Previews
	Europe’s orphan : the future of the euro and the politics of debt / Martin Sandbu. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926112 Request: web.librarian	Preview: https://goo.gl/m6tTkz
	Federalism as decision-making : changes in structures, procedures and policies / edited by Francesco Palermo, Elisabeth Alber. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1925870 Request: web.librarian	Preview: https://goo.gl/rrn1VT
	Food security and scarcity : why ending hunger is so hard / C. Peter Timmer. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1925955 Request: web.librarian	Preview: https://goo.gl/LGPvFt
	International trade agreements before domestic courts : lessons from the EU and Brazilian experiences / Maria Angela Jardim de Santa Cruz Oliveira. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926140 Request: web.librarian	Preview: https://goo.gl/xKJKTl
	The Oxford handbook of the political economy of international trade / edited by Lisa L. Martin. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1925983 Request: web.librarian	Preview: https://goo.gl/ynJ2cf
	The politics of inclusive development : interrogating the evidence / edited by Sam Hickey, Kunal Sen, and Badru Bukenya. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1925965 Request: web.librarian	Preview: https://goo.gl/WsryHp
	Research handbook on sovereign wealth funds and international investment law / edited by Fabio Bassan. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1925683 Request: web.librarian	Preview: https://goo.gl/0tdyvG
	Saving capitalism : for the many, not the few / Robert B. Reich. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926110 Request: web.librarian	Preview: https://goo.gl/byjsrr
	Sustainable development in international law making and trade : international food governance and trade in agriculture / Elisabeth Bürgi Bonanomi. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1925832 Request: web.librarian	Preview: https://goo.gl/PyFC6s
	Transatlantic food and agricultural trade policy : 50 years of conflict and convergence / Timothy E. Josling, Stefan Tangermann. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1925857 Request: web.librarian	Preview: https://goo.gl/Mtj6hU
	TTIP : the truth about the transatlantic trade and investment partnership / Ferdi de Ville and Gabriel Siles-Brügge. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926062 Request: web.librarian	Preview: https://goo.gl/mli3mq
	United Nations Centre on Transnational Corporations : corporate conduct and the public interest / Khalil Hamdani and Lorraine Ruffing ; with reflections and critical commentary from colleagues, delegates, and participants. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926108 Request: web.librarian	Preview: https://goo.gl/FsV4jQ
	Why are we waiting? : the logic, urgency, and promise of tackling climate change / Nicholas Stern. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926114 Request: web.librarian	Preview: https://goo.gl/erlNbX
	Work rules! : insights from inside Google that will transform how you live and lead / Laszlo Bock. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1925928 Request: web.librarian	Preview: https://goo.gl/jJMykD

 

Entire editorial staff of a prestigious Elsevier journal resigns

The entire editorial staff of a prestigious have resigned in protest over the high cost of subscribing to the journal, and the refusal of the journal’s publisher, Elsevier, to convert the title completely to open access.

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The open access movement formally began about 15 years ago. Since then, there have been increasing calls from academics and universities to adopt its business model for publishing research results. One reason is that most such work is funded by the taxpayer, so it is unfair to expect people to pay again to read the results of the research when it is published in traditional journals.

The other reason is straight up price-gouging: science publishers have pushed up journal prices to such an extent that many libraries struggle to provide the titles their researchers need.

http://arstechnica.co.uk/science/2015/11/entire-editorial-staff-of-elsevier-journal-lingua-resigns-over-high-price-lack-of-open-access/