Value-Added Taxes: Lessons Learned from Other Countries …

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08566.pdf

Studies how Australia, Canada, France, New Zealand and the United Kingdom administer VAT type taxes especially with regard to administrative costs and compliance burdens. From the Government Accountability Office.

The Reserve Policies of Nations: A Comparative Analysis

http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB786.pdf

Offers analysis and data on trends in the use of military reserve forces by many of the leading military powers in the world. Covers Australia, Britain, Canada, China, France, Germany, Israel, Japan, and Russia. From the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College.

Comparative Civilian Labor Force Statistics, Ten Countries, 1960-2006

http://www.bls.gov/fls/lfcompendium.pdf

Covers labor force data such as employment and unemployment for the U.S., Canada, Australia, Japan and 6 European countries. Updated twice a year. From the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The Other Special Relationship: The United States and Australia at the Start of the 21st Century

http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB760.pdf

Summarizes the major contributions to a series of conferences on the political, economic, business, and security relationships of the U.S. and Australia. Patterned after an earlier work which explored the special relations between the U.S. and Great Britain. From the Strategic Studies Insitute of the U.S. Army War College.

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