Note: This document is no longer " for official use", but is now "declassified". Foreword This document outlines an agenda for agricultural policy reform in OECD countries. Without making judgements on specific policies in individual countries, or prejudging negotiations at the WTO or elsewhere, it suggests ways in which agricultural policies in Member countries can further the shared goals agr...

Abstract This article explores how women’s descriptive representation affects legal gender equality of economic opportunity. Building on existing studies and substantive representation, we argue that as the proportion female legislators ministers increases, opportunity improves. Additionally, expect a country’s institutional context significantly shapes influence women in different positions po...

After 1956, relations between the USSR and Japan in field of fisheries began to develop rapidly. The ministers two countries played a huge role this process. During existence USSR, an extensive legal base for such was formed. Modern fishing Russia are regulated by contractual basis, formed back Soviet period. paper provides detailed chronology Soviet-Japanese specific participation process Mini...

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In September 2004, the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers officially adopted a set of standards recommended by the Multidisciplinary Ad Hoc Group of Specialists on legal, operational and technical standards for e-enabled voting [7]. This paper puts the standards in their historical context, examines them according to established software engineering principles, and finally suggests how ...