Download or read book Macrothesaurus for Information Processing in the Field of Economic and Social Development written by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and published by OECD ; Washington, D.C. : OECD Publications and Information Centre. This book was released on 1991 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The subject area is economic and social development, hence the core areas are: International co-operation and international relations; Economic and social policy and planning; Economics conditions, research and systems; Institutional frameworks, including law, politics and government, and human rights. All of these topics are treated in some depth and impinge on virtually all types of human activity, a fact which is reflected in what ISO 2788 calls fringe areas. These are culture and society, education and training, agriculture, industry, trade, transport, public finance and banking, management, labour, demography and population, health and the sciences.