Research Catalog

Title

Promoting consumer education : trends, policies, and good practices.

Publication

Paris : OECD, ©2009.

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Additional Authors

• Ueno, Yūko, 1972-
• Olczak, Magdalena.
• Takahashi, Yoshiaki, 1942-
• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Committee on Consumer Policy.

Description

189 pages; 23 cm

Summary

Consumers today are challenged by growing amounts of information and wider choices of products, requiring them to develop skills and knowledge for making good choices in complex markets. This publication examines the approaches that governments use to promote consumer education in OECD and some non-OECD countries, highlighting the policies and measures that have been particularly effective. It also analyzes recent trends, the role of stakeholders, steps being taken to evaluate the effectiveness of current programs and the principal challenges.--Publisher's description.

Subject

• Consumer education
• Education du consommateur
• Protection du consommateur
• Politique des consommateurs
• Organisations non gouvernementales
• Verbraucherschutz
• Internationaler Vergleich
• Verbrauchererziehung
• Verbraucherpolitik
• OECD-Staaten

Note

• Project researched by Yuko Ueno, Magdalena Olczak, and Yoshiaki Takahashi under the OECD Committee on Consumer Policy.
• Also published in French under title: La promotion de l'éducation des consommateurs.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Additional Formats (note)

• Also issued electronically via the World Wide Web; OECD subscription required; PDF reader required for full text.

ISBN

• 9789264060081
• 9264060081
• 9789264060098
• 926406009X

LCCN

2009492543

OCLC

• ocn318875496
• 318875496
• SCSB-1512986

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library