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Download or read book OECD in Figures 2005 Statistics on the Member Countries written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2005-10-06 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 2005 edition of OECD easy-to-use pocket data book.

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