| Table of Contents: | | | | GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS : ME/NAF, Israel, OECD | | | | TOPICS : economy, politics, government, integration, legislation, party, reform, talks, trade, pharmaceutical | | | | SIGNIFICANCE : Israeli civil servants often use the signing of binding international agreements of the kind required for OECD membership to institute reforms and changes in domestic law that cannot otherwise easily be accomplished. Some issues in the OECD entry currently being negotiated will have a profound impact on the very nature of governance in the countr |
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