Promoting Consumer Education [electronic resource]: Trends, Policies and Good Practices /
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.Committee on Consumer Policy.
Ueno, Yūko,1972-
Olczak, Magdalena.
Takahashi, Yoshiaki,1942-
Paris : OECD Publishing,
2009.
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 analyses recent trends, the role of stakeholders, steps being taken to evaluate the effectiveness of current programmes and the principal challenges.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references.
Analysis of Selected Countries: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) -- Summary and Conclusions -- Analysis of Selected Countries: Slovak Republic -- Analysis of Selected Countries: Spain -- Analysis of Selected Countries: Korea -- Analysis of Selected Countries: Norway -- Analysis of Selected Countries: Mexico -- Analysis of Selected Countries: Thailand -- Analysis of Selected Countries: Portugal -- Analysis of Selected Countries: Turkey -- Analysis of Selected Countries: United Kingdom -- Analysis of Selected Countries: United States -- Overview -- Analysis of Selected Countries: Ireland -- Analysis of Selected Countries: Australia -- Analysis of Selected Countries: Japan.
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 analyses recent trends, the role of stakeholders, steps being taken to evaluate the effectiveness of current programmes and the principal challenges.
Consumer education.
Consumer education