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  • 1
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    Cambridge : Cambridge University Press | Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest
    ISBN: 9780511155987
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (226 pages)
    DDC: 306.3
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    Abstract: Highly acclaimed analysis of the links between the two worlds of economics and culture.
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  • 2
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    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264176317
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (199 p.)
    Parallel Title: Print version From Initial Education to Working Life : Making Transitions Work
    DDC: 370.113
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    Keywords: Electronic books ; Schulabgänger ; Arbeitswelt ; Integration ; Berufliche Integration ; Lebenslanges Lernen
    Abstract: How did the transition from compulsory education to work change during the 1990s and which types of transition policies worked best? The experiences of 14 OECD countries are examined in this volume to address these two key questions, for as requirements for knowledge and qualifications and skills rise and populations age, few countries can afford to have their young people enter the labour force unequipped for longer term participation in changing career patterns. Taking a broader view of transition outcomes than many previous comparative studies, this study reveals the complex and many-facete
    Description / Table of Contents: Foreword; Table of Contents; Preface; Executive summary; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Transition outcomes; List of Figures; Chapter 3. The transition process; Chapter 4. Key features of effective transition systems; List of Boxes; Chapter 5. How can the transition phase promote learning throughout life?; Chapter 6. Conclusion; References; Appendix 1. National co-ordinators and review team members; Appendix 2. Consultants' papers; Appendix 3. Statistical tables; Appendix 4. Using labour market indicators of transition outcomes in comparative studies...
    Description / Table of Contents: Appendix 5. A comprehensive framework for indicators of the transition from initial...Appendix 6. Low education levels and labour market disadvantage; Appendix 7. The availability of indicators of key transition goals; Appendix 8. Country codes used in Tables and Charts;
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  • 3
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    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264181649
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (204 p.) , ill.
    Series Statement: Development Centre Seminars
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. L'Afrique ; réforme et croissance
    DDC: 338.96
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    Keywords: Development ; Konferenzschrift 2000 ; Electronic books ; Afrika ; Transformation ; Afrika ; Wirtschaftsreform ; Wirtschaftswachstum
    Abstract: What qualifies an economy as “emerging”? The answers provided in this book lead to a fresh conception of the diversity of the African continent. Thus, growth dynamics cannot simply be measured in economic terms. Indicators must also include governance, efficiency and democracy of institutions, and an appropriate climate for business. All these issues are linked to policies, and the outstanding conclusion of this book, in the face of embedded “Afro-pessimism”, is that policies do matter for growth; that there is no “African mystery”, simply poor policies and bad governance. Reform and Growth in Africa is a contribution to the search for a reversal of the economic plight of African countries, based upon national experience and policy reform. This book reflects the contributions to the first edition of the International Forum on African Perspectives, which was held in Paris in February 2000. The forum was created by the African Development Bank and the OECD Development Centre as an annual meeting place of ideas and strategies from African countries and from the OECD region. The aim of the Forum is to create an area where the knowledge bases of the partners can be combined to exploit their specific advantages in the search for solutions to the economic problems of Africa. The Forum also includes an open meeting where these ideas can be tested in front of a wide audience of people from the worlds of politics, administration, academia, the media and business.
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  • 4
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    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264180581
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (216 p.) , ill.
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    DDC: 338.9
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    Keywords: Governance ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Electronic books ; Privatisierung ; Wettbewerb ; Regulierung
    Abstract: Over the past decade, privatisation has increasingly taken place in the public utility sector. Technological advances and policy shifts have diminished the perception that public utilities are natural monopolies requiring state ownership. However, the privatisation of such state-owned monopolies raises important regulatory issues. In particular, there should be an adequate regulatory framework to promote competition and, especially if rigorous market competition is lacking, to protect the interests of consumers. Therefore, privatisation needs to be pursued in tandem with competition-enhancing policy and the design of an adequate post-privatisation regulatory framework. This volume brings together a number of papers discussing the interrelationship among privatisation, competition and regulation. The papers make reference to the experience of different countries with privatisation in a wide range of infrastructure sectors.
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  • 5
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    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264188006
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (124 p.) , ill.
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Les échanges internationaux et les normes fondamentales du travail
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Comercio internacional y estándares laborales básicos
    DDC: 327
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    Keywords: Employment ; Trade ; Electronic books ; Welthandel ; Arbeitsbedingungen ; Arbeitsrecht ; OECD ; Sozialklausel ; Außenwirtschaftspolitik ; Direktinvestition ; Handelsabkommen
    Abstract: What are the major developments with respect to trade and labour standards since the OECD’s 1996 study on Trade, Employment and Labour Standards? What is being done to promote these standards? What evidence is there of progress? What are the possible links between core labour standards, trade, foreign direct investment, economic development and employment? International Trade and Core Labour Standards addresses these and related questions. It also provides a current overview of key issues with respect to core labour standards and their relation to trade and employment, aiming to provide a common basis for constructive policy dialogue among the concerned parties in the future.
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  • 6
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    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264181885
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (176 p.) , ill.
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. La politique sociale et la politique du marché du travail en Roumanie
    DDC: 330
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    Keywords: Employment ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Romania ; Electronic books ; Rumänien ; Arbeitsmarktpolitik ; Sozialpolitik
    Abstract: Romania, one of the poorest nations in Europe, faces critical challenges in its efforts to implement labour market and social programmes similar to those found in more developed countries. Poverty is widespread and the economy requires major restructuring while a substantial number of households still depend on subsistence farming and other informal economic activities for survival. Increasing expenditures on social insurance is not a viable option as Romania already charges some of the highest payroll contribution rates in the world. What role can and should labour market and social policies play in the current economic climate? In response to this question, this Review presents a rich and thorough analysis of Romania's under-employment problem and its resulting social hardships. The Review demonstrates that the present social challenges are closely intertwined with a highly distorted economy. Clearly, the top priority must be the modernisation of the economy with the provision of a comprehensive social safety net in the face of potentially higher unemployment. This book analyses the issues of labour market and social policy through an economic perspective, while providing diverse international comparisons.
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  • 7
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    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264171732
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (242 p.)
    Parallel Title: Print version Labour Migration and the Recent Financial Crisis in Asia
    DDC: 362.57091724
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    Keywords: Electronic books ; Asien ; Migration ; Arbeitnehmer ; Asien ; Finanzwirtschaft ; Krise
    Abstract: Accompanying a sustained period of economic growth, the flows of labour migrants between the economies of East and South-east Asia grew considerably prior to the recent crisis. These flows have become more diverse and complex rendering necessary the improved monitoring of migration trends and policies in each country as well as bringing forth the need to extend the exchange of expertise and experience between the region's experts and policy makers. What has been the impact of the crisis on national labour markets? How have the different countries modified their approach to the employment of fo
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  • 8
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    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264171312
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (141 p.)
    Parallel Title: Print version Voluntary Approaches for Environmental Policy : An Assessment
    DDC: 333.7
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    Keywords: Electronic books ; OECD ; Selbstverpflichtung ; Mitgliedsstaaten
    Abstract: Voluntary approaches are schemes whereby firms make commitments to improve their environmental performance.They cover arrangements such as public voluntary programmes, negotiated agreements or unilateral commitments. Until recently, voluntary approaches have not been subject to systematic analysis, inasmuch as, unlike taxes and tradable permits, they have not been prescribed by economic theory. Voluntary approaches were "invented" by those who devise and implement them: policy-makers, business associations, individual firms, non-governmental associations, etc. The use of voluntary ap
    Description / Table of Contents: Foreword; Table of Contents; Executive Summary; Chapter 1. The Economic Analysis of Voluntary Approaches; Chapter 2. Empirical Evidence of the Use of Voluntary Approaches in OECD Countries; Chapter 3. Towards an Evaluation of Voluntary Approaches; Chapter 4. Conclusions and Recommendations; References;
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  • 9
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    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264171909
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (344 p.)
    Parallel Title: Print version Assessing the Environmental Effects of Trade Liberalisation Agreements : Methodologies
    DDC: 382.71
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    Keywords: Electronic books ; Handelsabkommen ; Liberalisierung ; Umwelt
    Abstract: How can the environmental effects of trade liberalisation agreements be assessed ? Are available methodologies sufficiently tuned to current concerns? In order to take stock of the state of the art in assessment methodologies, the OECD organised a two-day technical workshop to focus on past practice and new tools for assessing the environmental effects of trade agreements. Some two dozen experts from governments, international organisations, universities international organisations, universities and NGOs active in this area presented lessons from past practice and results of the considerable a
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  • 10
    ISBN: 9789264180376
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (240 p.)
    Series Statement: Development Centre Seminars
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Combattre la pauvreté dans le monde ; Stratégies et études de cas
    DDC: 360
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    Keywords: Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Development ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Electronic books ; Entwicklungsländer ; Armut
    Abstract: Eradicating poverty has long been one of the priorities of development co-operation. Yet, despite undoubted progress towards this goal, the strategies adopted at the international and national levels remain controversial. Poverty reduction is a complex issue, involving numerous players in a host of economic, social, political and environmental policy fields. The originality of this publication lies in its approach to identifying best practice, an approach which is as open and thorough as the state of the art will allow. How realistic is it to seek to cut extreme poverty by half by the year 2015? What are the most effective strategies employed by donors, be they development agencies or developed countries? What lessons can be learned from the experience of the developing countries? Clearly, these and many other questions are still unresolved. This publication approaches them by giving a broad overview of general poverty-reduction strategies and objectives. It also presents five particularly enlightening case studies on Bolivia, Côte d’Ivoire, the State of Kerala in India, Malaysia and Uganda.
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  • 11
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    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264181267
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (120 p.) , ill.
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Améliorer l'accès aux renseignements bancaires à des fins fiscales
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Verbesserung des Zugangs zu Bankinformationen für Besteuerungszwecke
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Mejorar el acceso a la información bancaria por motivos fiscales
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Improving Access to Bank Information for Tax Purposes (Turkish Version)
    DDC: 336.2
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    Keywords: Taxation ; Electronic books ; Informationsaustausch ; Bank ; Management ; Steuererhebung ; Steuer ; Vervollkommnung
    Abstract: This Report was prepared by the Committee on Fiscal Affairs to consider ways to improve international co-operation with respect to the exchange of information in the possession of banks and other financial institutions for tax purposes.
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  • 12
    ISBN: 9789264180888
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (164 p.) , ill.
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    DDC: 621
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    Keywords: Energy ; Nuclear Energy ; Konferenzschrift 1999 ; Electronic books ; Kernenergie ; Ausstieg ; Energiewirtschaft
    Abstract: Energy and nuclear policy makers face many challenges as they evaluate options to ensure an adequate supply of electricity while pursuing environmental, economic and energy security goals. Many analysts suggest that nuclear’s share of global energy supply could decrease in coming decades. If energy markets and national energy policies continue along "business as usual" lines, what are the issues that arise? What are the consequences for the long-term availability of nuclear technology and expertise? This book identifies the issues in a series of papers presented at a recent meeting jointly organised by the International Energy Agency and the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency. Senior energy policy makers and industry executives from OECD Member countries contributed these analyses. They offer a realistic assessment of nuclear’s potential contribution, and the major challenges awaiting nuclear energy and energy supply in general. For those seeking a review of the current issues facing nuclear power within the broad context of energy policy, this is an essential report.
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  • 13
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    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264171374
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (89 p.)
    Series Statement: OECD Tax Policy Studies 2
    Parallel Title: Print version Tax Burdens : Alternative Measures
    DDC: 336.2009177
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    Keywords: Electronic books ; Steuerbelastung ; Messung
    Abstract: In response to growing demand by policy-makers, various measures to assess tax burdens of households, individual firms and the business sector as a whole have been developed. This study reviews some of the most common measures used to gauge tax burdens of households and corporations. In addition, it provides some illustrative numbers from various sources on tax rates and tax burdens in OECD countries. The study concludes that all current measures reviewed have at least some important shortcomings. Results based on these measures should therefore be interpreted with their limitations in mind, a
    Description / Table of Contents: Foreword; Table of Contents; Chapter 1 - Measuring Tax Burdens; List of Boxes; Chapter 2 - Nominal Income Tax Rates; List of Tables; List of Graphs; Chapter 3 - Tax-to-GDP Ratios; Chapter 4 - Average Tax Rates and the Need for Micro-Data; Chapter 5 - Marginal Effective Tax Rates; Chapter 6 - Policy Relevance of Alternative Tax Burden Measures; Annexes to Chapters; References;
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  • 14
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    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264182394
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (184 p.) , ill.
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Combattre l'emploi illégal d'étrangers
    DDC: 330
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    Keywords: Employment ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Konferenzschrift 1999 ; Electronic books ; Ausländer ; Illegale Beschäftigung
    Abstract: The fight against the illegal entry, residence and employment of foreigners is one of the key priorities of the immigration policies of the OECD countries. This irregular migration continues to persist, albeit at different levels for different receiving countries, both in countries that have expressed a political will to manage migration flows more effectively and to fight against the trafficking of labour, and in those that continue to receive a large number of immigrants every year as part of an active policy to recruit permanent migrant workers. In the light of the growing role of trafficking networks and their increasingly active involvement in moving labour across international boundaries, enhanced co-operation at both national and international levels is required to develop policies for preventing and combating the employment of foreigners in an irregular situation. In particular, whatever is done to combat the hiring of illegal immigrants must address the problem of undeclared work in general, and not just the employment of illegal immigrants per se. Better information on the risks and penalties involved in the use of illegal labour should also be directed at both employers and workers in industries where these illegal practices are prevalent, but also at employers that resort to the use of undeclared labour only on an occasional basis and at sending countries. Various specific measures adopted by a number of Member countries, such as the requirement to notify relevant government agencies prior to hiring, fiscal incentives for the employment of legal workers or the streamlining of hiring formalities, might be applied in a larger number of countries. The forging of partnerships between the relevant government agencies and employers’ and employees’ associations in each country should also be encouraged, together with the extension of international co-operation to control and manage immigration flows more effectively.
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  • 15
    ISBN: 9789264180277
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (108 p.) , ill.
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Assainir le parc automobile ; Programmes de renouvellement et de mise à la casse
    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Cleaner cars
    DDC: 363.738/7
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    Keywords: Kraftfahrzeug ; Kreislaufwirtschaft ; Schrott ; Europa ; Welt ; Transport ; Wirtschaftskreislauf ; Recyclinggerechte Konstruktion ; Verwertung ; Kraftfahrzeug
    Abstract: Pollution from transport is being cut substantially through exhaust emissions regulations and vehicle manufacturers’ investments in cleaner technologies. The benefits of these improvements, however, are delayed as car fleet renewal takes a decade on average in Europe. Car scrappage schemes can be used to accelerate the uptake of new, cleaner vehicles. This publication analyses the effectiveness of these programmes in protecting the environment and reviews the schemes introduced to date in Europe and North America. Three complementary issues are addressed to help make pragmatic recommendations:- What are the effects of scrapping schemes on the car market and the national economy?- What are the effects of these programmes on the environment?- And can scrappage schemes be useful in former socialist countries?
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  • 16
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    Paris : OECD Publishing
    Language: English
    Edition: Edition 1999
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  • 17
    ISBN: 9789264180895
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (124 p.) , ill.
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Intégrer les transports dans la ville ; Réconcilier les dimensions économiques, sociales et environnementales
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Intégrer les transports dans la ville : Réconcilier les dimensions économiques, sociales et environnementales
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    Keywords: Urban, Rural and Regional Development ; Transport ; Stadtverkehr ; Infrastruktur ; Straßenbenutzungsgebühr
    Abstract: Congestion in cities is a problem of growing importance. New infrastructure for transport however often gives rise to conflicts about how the cost of new services will be met by the public, and about how the demand for travel can be reconciled with efforts to improve the social and environmental quality of life in cities. Unless these conflicts can be managed, public-private partnerships for investment in new infrastructure will be handicapped. The way forward requires a mix of strategies involving better information and communication with the public, better design of projects to take social and environmental objectives into account, a more comprehensive approach to urban development rather than a sectoral strategy, and a better exchange of expertise between private and public sectors. This book is based on a series of case studies of both successes and failures in countries such as Australia, Japan, the United States, France and the United Kingdom. To inform this major debate and help design new strategies for transport integration in the city, this book puts forward the most promising ways to: - respond to urban travel problems; - enhance public/private partnership; and - raise social acceptability of urban transport infrastructure and road tolls.
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  • 18
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    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264181236
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (48 p.) , ill.
    Series Statement: Issues in International Taxation no.7
    Series Statement: Issues in international taxation
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Problèmes posés par l'Article 14 du Modèle de Convention fiscale de l'OCDE
    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Issues related to article 14 of the OECD model tax convention
    DDC: 330
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    Keywords: Doppelbesteuerung ; Dienstleistung ; OECD-Staaten ; Taxation ; Industry and Services ; OECD ; Internationales Steuerrecht
    Abstract: The taxation of professional services and other activities of an independent character under Article 14 of the OECD Model Tax Convention is problematic. For example, what activities and entities fall within Article 14 as opposed to the business profits Article (Article 7)? Is the distinction between those activities and entities satisfactory and easy to apply? What are the practical differences between taxation under Article 7 and 14? This report analyses those questions in detail and concludes that there is no practical difference between the two Articles or if any differences did in fact exist, there is no valid policy justification for them. It recommends that Article 14 be eliminated from the Model and describes the changes that would need to be made to the Articles and Commentary of the Model as a consequence.
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  • 19
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    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264181632
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (224 p.) , ill.
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Policies towards full employment
    DDC: 331.12/042/094
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    Keywords: Vollbeschäftigung ; Arbeitsmarktpolitik ; OECD-Staaten ; Employment ; Konferenzschrift 2000 ; Arbeitslosigkeit ; Beschäftigungspolitik ; OECD ; Arbeitslosigkeit ; Beschäftigungspolitik
    Abstract: As we embark on a new century, some 33 million people are out of work in the OECD area. Policies to increase employment have topped most countries' domestic political agendas in the past decade. And employment and unemployment are likely to remain major economic and social challenges for many countries in the years to come. This book presents the proceedings of a conference on labour markets which was organised by the Ministries of Labour and Finance of Finland, with the support of the OECD and the European Commission. It advances thinking on new policy measures, such as active labour market policies and measures to "make work pay" and focuses on specific experiences in a few individual countries, namely the United States, Japan, Finland and Denmark. It includes papers from politicians, high level officials from the European Commission and the OECD Secretariat, social partners and prominent representatives from the academic community. Proceedings of the Helsinki Conference, January 2000.
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  • 20
    ISBN: 9789264182240
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (140 p.) , ill.
    Series Statement: Development Centre Studies
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    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Intégration régionale et réformes intérieures en Méditerranée
    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Regional integration and internal reforms in the Mediterranean Area
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    Keywords: Handelsliberalisierung ; Wirtschaftliche Anpassung ; Strukturwandel ; Mittelmeerraum ; Ägypten ; Tunesien ; Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen ; Internationaler Wettbewerb ; EU-Staaten ; Mittelmeerraum ; Development ; Trade ; Europäische Union ; Maghreb ; Wirtschaftsbeziehungen
    Abstract: The trade liberalisation agreements signed between the European Union and the southern Mediterranean countries carry risks as well as benefits. They reveal structural weaknesses in the partner countries, including continued rent seeking, market segmentation, a weak modern private sector and inadequate fiscal systems. In the short term, since the agreements only cover industrial goods and not agriculture or services, there is a risk of job losses in the domestic industrial sector due to competition from the EU. The authors of this study highlight the opportunities the agreements offer for supporting reforms to encourage industrial restructuring through financial transfers, providing incentives for producers to diversify, and securing new markets. Achieving the reforms, however, will require political will in the southern Mediterranean countries and complementary reforms in the European Union to open its markets further to include those sectors currently excluded from the agreements. Moreover, as demonstrated by the authors' detailed analysis of the Egyptian and Tunisian cases, a regional response to the challenges posed by the agreements is likely to bring more benefits than a purely national response.
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  • 21
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    ISBN: 9789264187573
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (112 p.) , ill.
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Marchés publics et environnement ; Problèmes et solutions pratiques
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Umweltorientierte öffentliche Beschaffung; Probleme und praktische Lösungen
    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Greener public purchasing
    DDC: 330
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    Keywords: Öffentlicher Auftrag ; Öko-Produkt ; Umweltzeichen ; OECD-Staaten ; Environment ; Governance ; Umweltverträgliches Produkt ; Öffentliche Beschaffung
    Abstract: Government consumption of products and services in OECD Member countries is estimated to be responsible for 9 to 25% of GDP. Given the importance of public purchasing, national and local authorities have been paying increasing attention to the opportunities to improve the environment by selecting environmentally sounder products. This publication describes the successes, the efforts and the difficulties encountered within Member countries by focusing on the role and concerns of the officials that operate purchasing. Also, it shows how greener public purchasing can support a number of other crucial policy objectives such as the reduction of government operating costs, the improvement of governance, and the reduction of greenhouse gases.
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  • 22
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    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264188181
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (192 p.) , ill.
    Series Statement: Development Centre Seminars
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Pour une relance durable en Asie ; Mobiliser des ressources pour le développement
    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Sustainable recovery in Asia
    DDC: 330
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    Keywords: Entwicklung ; Entwicklungsfinanzierung ; Ostasien ; Asien ; Development ; Konferenzschrift 2000 ; Asien ; Nachhaltigkeit ; Ressourcenökonomie
    Abstract: Two-thirds of the world's poor live in Asia. The major objective for the region, therefore, must be to reduce poverty. It has become clear in the wake of the crisis that the public sector can no longer shoulder the burden of financing pro-poor growth alone. At the same time, it is also clear that official aid flows throughout the world, and particularly in Asia, have been declining since the middle of the 1990s. Therefore, the private sector must be encouraged to provide at least part of the financing. This is the major message of the book. Two ways of achieving this are proposed. One is to attract more foreign direct investment and portfolio investment, rather than to rely on borrowing, to reduce financial vulnerability. The other is to promote partnerships between the state and the private sector, rather than simply to privatise the more lucrative branches of publicly owned and operated services. This book, co-edited by the OECD Development Centre and the Asian Development Bank, presents an original and comprehensive approach to the problem of obtaining support for maintaining development projects in the wake of the global financial crisis. The book brings together varied and complementary opinions from participants -- from the worlds of business, finance, government, academia and the media -- in the sixth annual International Forum on Asian Perspectives, held in Paris in July 2000. Sustainable Recovery in Asia: Mobilising Resources for Development constitutes a reference work on Asia and provides an excellent basis for policy advice for governments and policy makers.
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  • 23
    ISBN: 9789264187641
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (420 p.)
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Towards sustainable development: indicators to measure progress ; proceedings of the OECD Rome Conference
    DDC: 333.7/15
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    Keywords: Wirtschaftsindikator ; Nachhaltige Entwicklung ; Umweltbericht ; Nationaleinkommen ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; OECD-Staaten ; Environment ; Entwicklung ; International ; Nachhaltigkeit ; OECD ; Soziologie ; Wirtschaft ; Konferenzschrift 1999 ; Nachhaltigkeit ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Indikator
    Abstract: Until recently, governments have measured economic progress by tallying such statistics as GDP, inflation and balance of payments. Today they agree that economic expansion should be socially and environmentally sustainable. Hence measuring progress towards sustainable development is essential to support decision making and inform the public. How should environmental and social outcomes, such as clean air and water, full employment and good health be integrated with measures of economic progress? How will we know about progress towards sustainable transport, agriculture and energy production and use? Towards sustainable development: Indicators to Measure Progress addresses these fundamental questions. The book contains the proceedings of the OECD Conference that was held in Rome in December 1999. It presents the wide range of initiatives and indicators that are already in place, and outlines the challenges that remain in measuring progress towards sustainable development.
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    ISBN: 9789264188235
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (104 p.) , ill.
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    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Téléphonie mobile; structures et tendances en matière de prix
    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Mobile phones
    DDC: 380
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    Keywords: Mobilkommunikation ; Telekommunikationspreis ; Telekommunikationspolitik ; OECD-Staaten ; Science and Technology ; Telekommunikationsmarkt ; Handy
    Abstract: Mobile communications is one of the tremendous success stories of the telecommunications industry. By June 1999, there were 293 million mobile subscribers in the OECD area, or around one mobile phone for every four inhabitants. Current growth continues to exceed most past projections. The benefits wrought by mobility in communications are increasingly evident in terms of both economic and social development. If there is a caveat, amidst such a tremendous success story, it is that the very rapid growth of mobile communications has tended to conceal large performance differences across the OECD area. There is an ongoing need to examine performance against fast moving international benchmarks. Without such analysis the challenges to mobile communications meeting wider policy goals, in relation to electronic commerce and local infrastructure competition, will remain impervious to critical review. In addition, high growth rates have tended to mask some problem areas where there has been insufficient price competition. In many countries, the mobile communications sector has been successfully used to pioneer liberalisation. Nevertheless, it is incumbent on policy makers to continually review regulatory frameworks. This book highlights a number of areas for policy review and decision.
    Note: Franz. Ausg. u. d. T.: Téléphonie mobile
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    ISBN: 9789264180413
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (200 p.) , ill.
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    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Mondialisation, migrations et développement
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    Keywords: Economic development Congresses ; Emigration and immigration Congresses ; Globalization Congresses ; International economic integration Congresses ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Konferenzschrift 1998 ; Globalisierung ; Migration ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Globalisierung ; Arbeitsmarkt ; Wirtschaftswachstum
    Abstract: Will the extension of trade liberalisation and increases in foreign direct investment accompanying the process of regional integration and globalisation contribute over the long-term to a greater control over migration flows? To what extent can an acceleration in economic convergence and the implementation of measures facilitating the exchange of highly skilled labour be expected to promote sustainable development in the countries of high emigration potential? This publication seeks to give an answer to these questions. It highlights the contrasts which characterise the demographic and economic situations in Central and Eastern Europe, in the Mediterranean Basin, in North America and in Asia. It identifies the conditions which would favour greater regional integration and reduce over the long-term the incentives to emigrate: the implementation of public sector reforms; the development of the socio-economic infrastructure; the implementation of measures to improve the functioning of financial systems, to attract foreign direct investment and to promote technology transfer and innovation diffusion. Finally, it points to the geopolitical aspects of regional integration and the important role that the greater enhancement of human resources should play in future migration policies.
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    ISBN: 9789264181090
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (136 p.) , ill.
    Series Statement: Development Centre Seminars
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    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Mondialisation financière ; Le point de vue de l'Amérique latine
    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Global finance from a Latin American viewpoint
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    Keywords: Internationaler Finanzmarkt ; Welt ; Lateinamerika ; Development ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Internationaler Kapitalmarkt
    Abstract: The Inter-American Development Bank and the OECD Development Centre created the International Forum on Latin American Perspectives as an annual meeting place of ideas and strategies from Latin America and from the OECD region. The tenth meeting of the Forum was held in Paris in November 1999 and this book contains contributions from that meeting. Its broad conclusion is that reform of the international financial system must take place in the context of partnership between the private and the public international sectors in order to provide the conditions for stability and growth. The Forum debated whether the current reforms of the global financial markets were succeeding in identifying and addressing major distortions to international capital flows between developed and developing countries, essentially, the moral hazard versus sovereign risk question. Particular attention was devoted to: bailing the private sector into crisis prevention and resolution, including under the Paris Club framework; the recently proposed revisions to the Basel Accord on bank capital requirements; and the appropriate exchange rate regime in Latin America.
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    ISBN: 9789264181694
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (156 p.) , ill.
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    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Intégration des marchés des transports terrestres européens
    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Integration of European inland transport markets
    DDC: 380
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    Keywords: Güterverkehr ; Personenverkehr ; Grenzüberschreitender Verkehr ; Verkehrsrecht ; Rechtsangleichung ; Infrastrukturinvestition ; Öffentlich-private Partnerschaft ; Osteuropa ; Europa ; Schienengüterverkehr ; Europa ; Asien ; Transport ; Europe Economic integration ; Congresses ; Europa ; Transportmarkt ; Integration
    Abstract: The integration of European inland transport markets is a topical issue that has generated a great deal of activity in recent years. The integration of transport markets is a fundamental condition for the development of trade relations and economic activity.This book is an essential tool for all transport professionals. It looks at the most recent transport and investment trends. It then examines the pan-European process of legal harmonisation and adjustment of transport systems and analyses emerging trade and transport links between Europe and Asia. Obstacles at border crossings for international road and rail goods transport are also dealt with along with ways of combating crime in transport. Lastly, the topical issue of public-private partnerships in transport infrastructure financing is tackled and conclusions are presented.
    Note: Franz. Ausg.u.d.T.: Intégration des marchés des transports terrestres européens
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    ISBN: 9789264182318
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (272 p.) , ill.
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    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Mesurer le rôle du tourisme dans les pays de l'OCDE ; Manuel de l'OCDE sur les comptes satellites du tourisme et l'emploi
    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Measuring the role of tourism in OECD economies
    DDC: 330
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    Keywords: Tourismuswirtschaft ; Tourismus ; Statistische Methode ; Volkswirtschaftliche Gesamtrechnung ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Beschäftigungseffekt ; OECD-Staaten ; Tourism Economic aspects ; Evaluation ; Handbooks, manuals, etc ; Tourism Economic aspects ; OECD countries ; Tourism Employees ; Handbooks, manuals, etc ; Tourism OECD countries ; Employees ; Employment ; Industry and Services ; OECD ; Tourismus
    Abstract: Tourism plays an increasingly important role in many OECD economies. How can its impact on the economy and its potential for job creation be measured? The Tourism Satellite Account and the Employment Module - two new economic instruments designed by the OECD’s Tourism Committee - provide insights into the socio-economic impact, structure and development of activities related to tourism. For the first time, Measuring the Role of Tourism in OECD Economies: The OECD Manual on Tourism Satellite Accounts and Employment reports on the most recent national experiences in implementing Tourism Satellite Accounts and presents the results of efforts made over the past decade to develop new methods to analyse tourism and tourism-related employment. Through its descriptions of the application of Tourism Satellite Accounts in 16 OECD countries, this new book aims to create awareness of the growing economic importance of tourism, and provides a methodology for the implementation of tools to measure the impact of tourism and for the interpretation of the results.
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    ISBN: 9789164180292
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (336 p.) , ill.
    Series Statement: China in the Global Economy
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    Parallel Title: Druckausg. The agro-food processing sector in China
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    Keywords: 00.10.1999 ; Agroindustrie ; Agrarprodukt ; Ernährungsindustrie ; China ; Agricultural industries China ; Congresses ; Food industry and trade China ; Congresses ; Produce trade China ; Congresses ; Agriculture and Food ; Economics ; China, People’s Republic ; China Foreign economic relations ; Congresses ; Aufsatzsammlung ; China ; Lebensmittelindustrie ; China ; Agrarprodukt ; Industrie ; China ; Agrarproduktion
    Abstract: China’s food processing sector has arrived at a decisive stage. While primary agriculture has continued to expand at an astounding pace and final consumers have experienced an extended period of rapid income growth, progress at the intermediary stage, the agro-processing sector, has remained limited. Today, a growing need to catch up with these developments has become manifest, but a number of challenges have emerged simultaneously. They include the need to adjust to increasingly diversified consumer demands, to improve the quality and nutritional content of foods, to introduce new food products, to shift to more sophisticated processing methods, to adopt innovative packaging methods, and to comply with new labelling requirements. These developments give rise to a number of questions. What do these changes mean for China’s food processors? Is China’s agriculture adequately prepared for these changes? How can farmers take advantage of these changes? What structural adjustments are needed to meet the challenges arising from the changes in domestic and international food markets? The papers in this Proceedings document try to answer these and many other important questions revolving around changes in, and challenges for, China’s agro-processing sector.
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    ISBN: 9789264180611
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (216 p.) , ill.
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    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Les mesures commerciales dans les accords multilatéraux sur l'environnement
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    Keywords: Environment ; Trade ; Forschungsbericht ; Umweltpolitik ; Außenhandel ; Handelshemmnis ; Umwelt ; Vereinbarung ; Handelsabkommen ; Regelung
    Abstract: International conventions designed to combat global environmental problems -- known as Multilateral Environmental Agreements or MEAs -- often use trade measures, among other instruments. But in fact the term trade measures covers a variety of provisions, ranging from simple reporting requirements of transboundary movements to the use of trade sanctions imposed to change a country’s environmental behaviour. MEA use of trade measures has not been without controversy in both trade policy and environment policy circles. In order to try and disentangle the various strands of this important set of trade and environment issues, the OECD Joint Session of Trade and Environment Experts focused on the actual experience with the use of trade measures in three universally subscribed MEAs -- CITES (on endangered species), the Montreal Protocol (on ozone layer depleting substances) and the Basel Convention (on hazardous wastes). Whilst the case studies unsurprisingly reveal varying experiences, common issues and main themes, as well as a series of lessons learned, could nonetheless be drawn together from the case study analyses and have been assembled in the concluding chapter of this volume.
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    ISBN: 9789264180642
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (288 p.) , ill.
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    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development Financing newly emerging private enterprises in transition economies
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    Keywords: 00.01.1998 ; KMU ; Wirtschaftspolitik ; Systemtransformation ; Risikokapital ; Bankgarantie ; Leasing ; Fremdkapital ; Osteuropa ; Finance and Investment ; Industry and Services ; Konferenzschrift 1998 ; Osteuropa ; Klein- und Mittelbetrieb ; Finanzierung
    Abstract: Ten years into the transition, newly emerging private enterprises in transition economies, usually described as small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the international context, have come to play an increasingly important role as the driving engines of economic growth and employment creation. Accordingly, the policy considerations for developing SMEs are becoming very urgent and important for transition economies, especially through facilitating financial mechanisms for them, as limited availability of financial resources is the largest hindrance to their development. This publication gathers the proceedings of the Second Workshop on "Financing Newly Emerging Private Enterprises in Transition Economies" which was organised in Paris under the aegis of the OECD’s Centre for Co-operation with Non-Members with the sponsorship of the Japanese Government. This volume contains in-depth studies on various schemes for financing these enterprises, including credit guarantees, leasing, venture capital and capital market operations, as well as public schemes. In addition, it provides detailed and comparative information on the situation of SME development and the policy measures towards it.
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    ISBN: 9789264182332
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (72 p.) , ill.
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    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Les entreprises sociales
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    Keywords: Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Urban, Rural and Regional Development ; Unternehmen ; Sozialeinrichtung
    Abstract: Social enterprises straddle the border between the public and the private sector and break new ground in the allocation and management of economic resources, forming what the European Commission calls the "third system". While they all take a broadly similar approach across countries, these enterprises operate along very different lines. They do, however, seek to achieve the same goals, re-integrating disadvantaged groups into the labour market and providing goods and services. Social enterprises take an entrepreneurial approach and draw on the local environment to enhance their economic and social performance. Their emergence has aroused both enthusiasm and controversy. In the interests of rational debate, this report looks at how they are likely to develop, taking stock of existing social enterprises and highlighting the more advanced experiments.
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    ISBN: 9789264181922
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (180 p.) , ill.
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    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Approfondir les réformes en Corée ; Politiques du marché du travail et protection sociale
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Approfondir les réformes en Corée
    DDC: 331.1109519
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    Keywords: Industrial relations Korea (South) ; Labor market Korea (South) ; Labor policy Korea (South) ; Manpower policy Korea (South) ; Social security Korea (South) ; Employment ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Korea, Republic of ; Korea (South) Social policy ; Südkorea ; Fiskalpolitik ; Arbeitsmarkt
    Abstract: At the end of 1997, Korea was hit by a major financial and economic crisis, which resulted, among other things, in a huge rise in unemployment. The event caught the country’s labour and social institutions unprepared, so that many workers and their families were hit hard. The economy has now turned the corner. This book shows that government labour and social policies, together with improved basic workers’ rights, have helped minimise the costs of the crisis while also contributing to overcome it. However, this book also highlights the need for further actions in these areas in order to pave the way for a healthy, socially-sustainable economic performance and argues the case that the momentum of reform should not be slowed.
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    ISBN: 9789264188174
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (96 p.) , ill.
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    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. L'évaluation environnementale stratégique dans le secteur des transports
    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Strategic environmental assessment for transport
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    Keywords: Verkehrsinfrastruktur ; Verkehrsplanung ; Umweltbewertung ; Europa ; Welt ; Environmental impact analysis ; Transportation Environmental aspects ; Europe ; Environment ; Transport ; Verkehrspolitik ; Güterverkehr ; Umweltverträglichkeit
    Abstract: Environmental impact assessments are an essential component of making decisions on transport infrastructure investments. Traditional procedures have proved ineffective for impacts that go beyond the scope of projects in isolation. Strategic environmental assessment has emerged in response, to address large scale effects including impacts on traffic across networks, impacts on climate change and biodiversity and the impacts of policy decisions as opposed simply to individual projects. This report examines recent experience in developing environmental assessment internationally and makes recommendations on maximising the effectiveness of this new tool.
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    ISBN: 9789264188457
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (152 p.) , ill.
    Series Statement: OECD proceedings
    Series Statement: Sustainable development
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Innovation and the environment
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    Keywords: Nachhaltige Entwicklung ; Umwelttechnik ; Technischer Fortschritt ; Innovation ; Umweltpolitik ; Welt ; OECD-Staaten ; Environment ; Science and Technology ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Umweltpolitik ; Innovation
    Abstract: How can innovation and technology better contribute to environmental sustainability? What factors drive firms to innovate for the environment? How can environmental and innovation policies be better designed to stimulate innovation for the environment? How can better policy coherence be achieved? A recent OECD workshop addressed these crucial questions that lead to a better understanding of the interaction between innovation and the environment and explored elements of "best practice" policies that can stimulate innovation for the environment and shift our development path towards sustainability.
    Note: Papers presented at a workshop held in June 2000 by the Working Party on Innovation and Technology Policy of the OECD Committee for Scientific and Technological Policy
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    ISBN: 9789264181434
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (232 p.) , ill.
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    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Le service public de l'emploi aux Etats-Unis
    DDC: 331.12/8/0973
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    Keywords: Employment ; Governance ; United States ; USA ; Arbeitsverwaltung
    Abstract: Over the last decade, labour market policy in the United States has been undergoing a period of significant restructuring. In the face of welfare reform initiatives, persistent unemployment and declines in real income among some groups (particularly the less skilled), and continued economic expansion, there is pressure on the public employment service (PES) to improve effectiveness. But, it must also come to terms with resource limitations. How have reforms fared so far -- what seems to be working well or not so well? Which of the new approaches may require revision in the event of an economic downturn? Where might adjustments lead to improved effectiveness? While considering such questions, this publication provides an in-depth look at the PES and recent policy initiatives in the United States. Areas of concern about recent reforms are outlined and options for making policies more effective are presented.
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    ISBN: 9789264188532
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (132 p.) , ill.
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    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Les politiques commerciales de l'Union européenne et leurs effets économiques
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    Keywords: Free trade European Union countries ; Trade ; European Union countries Commerce ; European Union countries Commercial policy ; European Union countries Foreign economic relations ; Europäische Union ; Außenwirtschaftspolitik
    Abstract: This book retraces the Communities' external liberalisation efforts, and discusses, where relevant, the repercussions of internal liberalisation on foreign competitors. The aim of this book is to clarify, and when feasible, to quantify the economic effects of the EU’s trade policies. To this end, it provides an overview of past liberalisation efforts, reviews trade indicators in international comparison and lays out the future trade agenda of the Community. According to the empirical evidence provided in this volume, integration in Europe does not seem to have entailed much trade diversion, while trade is likely to have boosted area-wide income significantly. It is openness in general, rather than regional integration, that has favoured growth in Europe.
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    ISBN: 9789264180437
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (128 p.)
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    Keywords: Governance ; Baltikum ; Wettbewerbspolitik
    Abstract: Since regaining independence in the early 1990s, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have developed effective competition policies, as part of a process toward achieving functioning market economies. All three countries have competition laws and competition agencies which enforce them. All three are entering a critical second phase in competition law enforcement as each is undertaking the difficult steps aimed at their full economic integration into Europe. This is an appropriate time to review competition policy in the Baltic states and to develop future improvements. This publication presents the first comprehensive examination of competition law and policy in these three Baltic countries as well as the highlights of a conference held in Riga in May 1999.
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    ISBN: 9789264180383
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (376 p.) , ill.
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    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. L'insertion scolaire des handicapés ; Des établissements pour tous
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. L'insertion scolaire des handicapés
    DDC: 371.9/046
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    Keywords: Education ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; OECD ; Schüler ; Behinderung ; Integrative Schule
    Abstract: The rights of students with disabilities to be educated in their local mainstream school is becoming more and more accepted in most countries, and many reforms are being put in place to achieve this goal. Further, there is no reason to segregate disabled students in public education systems; instead, education systems need to be reconsidered to meet the needs of all students. Based on in-depth analysis of inclusive practice in eight countries, this book addresses the issues that arise for such practices to be successful. The most detailed international comparative study ever carried out, this book shows that all students, whatever the type and extent of their disability, can be successfully included in mainstream schools, as long as certain safeguards are ensured. Nine areas emerge as being of crucial importance: funding models, systems of public accountability for schools, pupil assessment, curriculum development, adult-to-student ratios, the role of classroom assistants, the functioning of support services, the training of teachers and other professionals and community and parental involvement. The country case studies are complemented by comprehensive annexes describing how teachers can be most efficiently prepared for special education, and developing a procedure for cost-effectiveness analysis of special education.
    Note: Franz. Ausg. u.d.T.: L'insertion scolaire des handicapés
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    ISBN: 9789264182356
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (80 p.) , ill.
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    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Améliorer les transports pour les personnes à mobilité réduite ; Guide de bonnes pratiques
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Améliorer les transports pour les personnes à mobilité réduite
    DDC: 380
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    Keywords: Transport ; Behinderter Mensch ; Verkehrsplanung
    Abstract: A large number of people with mobility handicaps have difficulty using transport systems and this number will increase significantly over the coming decades. It is therefore essential that transport infrastructure and systems are designed and built to cater for their needs. This publication sets out key principles and guidelines for making all transport modes and related infrastructure more accessible. In addition, it provides examples and illustrations of good practice from many different countries. It is intended to help policy makers, planners, architects, and others working in this field, improve accessibility for people with mobility handicaps.
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    ISBN: 9789264181083
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (132 p.) , ill.
    Series Statement: Development Centre Studies
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    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Quelles politiques pour attirer les investissements directs étrangers ? ; Une étude de la concurrence entre gouvernements
    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Oman, Charles P. Policy competition for foreign direct investment
    DDC: 330
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    Keywords: Auslandsinvestition ; Investitionspolitik ; Umweltstandard ; Sozialstandards ; Sonderwirtschaftszone ; OECD-Staaten ; Entwicklungsländer ; Finance and Investment ; Development ; Entwicklungsländer ; Investitionsförderung ; Direktinvestition
    Abstract: Competition for foreign direct investment has been neglected as a subject of research. Yet many claim that such competition is having deleterious effects, such as lowering governments’ standards of protection of the environment and workers’ rights.This book looks at the evidence and assesses the impact of competition among governments to attract FDI. It finds little evidence directly to support fears of a "global race to the bottom" in labour and environmental standards. The widespread use of investment incentives, however, in OECD and developing countries alike, tends to be bad for government transparency and accountability. This is highly detrimental both to economic policy making and to the construction of democratic institutions in developing countries. The author proposes a shift away from incentive-based policies for attracting FDI towards a rules-based approach on both a national and international level.
    Note: Franz. Ausg. u.d.T.: Quelles politiques pour attirer les investissements directs étrangers?
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    ISBN: 9789264182233
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (252 p.) , ill.
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Inversionistas Institucionales en América Latina
    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Institutional investors in Latin America
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    Keywords: Institutioneller Investor ; Finanzmarkt ; Institutioneller Wandel ; Lateinamerika ; Institutional investments Latin America ; Insurance companies Investments ; Latin America ; Pension trusts Latin America ; Finance and Investment ; Development ; Konferenzschrift 1999 ; Lateinamerika ; Institutioneller Anleger ; Lateinamerika ; Institutioneller Anleger
    Abstract: What is the current state of development of institutional investors in Latin America? What are the requirements of the financial infrastructure and the regulatory framework to encourage the growth of the institutional sector in Latin America? What policy expertise can Latin America and OECD countries share to benefit from each other’s experience in broadening the role of institutional investors? These questions were addressed during the Santiago workshop on "Institutional Investors in Latin America", organised in September 1999 by the OECD through its Centre for Co-operation with Non-Members and the Commission of the European Union in co-operation with the Chilean Government. This set of texts can constitute a reference work on institutional investment for policy makers and experts in the public sector, actors in the private sector, and academics in both emerging market economies and OECD countries.
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    ISBN: 9789264188105
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (160 p.) , ill.
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Besoins éducatifs particuliers ; Statistiques et indicateurs
    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Special needs education
    DDC: 370
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    Keywords: Schüler ; Behinderte ; Statistische Grunddaten ; Lehrplan ; Lehrmaterial ; OECD-Staaten ; Education ; Ausbildungsziel ; Internationaler Vergleich ; Datenerhebung ; Kennzahl
    Abstract: This book provides a full account of a totally new approach to making international comparisons in the field of special needs education. It makes comparisons of students with disabilities, learning or behaviour difficulties and disadvantages on the basis of the additional resources made available to them to access the curriculum, which in some countries covers some 35% of school-age students. To improve the quality of the comparisons made countries re-classified their own classification schemes and data into a new tri-partite cross-national classification system:-Category A covers those students whose disabilities have clear biological causes.-Category B covers those students who are experiencing learning and behaviour difficulties for no particular reason. -Category C covers those students who have difficulties arising from disadvantages.Among the many analyses provided, the book highlights the numbers of students involved, where they are educated (special schools, special classes and regular schools), and a breakdown by gender. Data has been provided by 23 countries: Austria, Belgium (Flemish Community), Canada (New Brunswick), the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Korea, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States.
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    ISBN: 9789264188488
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (292 p.) , ill.
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    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Emission baselines
    DDC: 363.738/74526
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    Keywords: Umweltbelastung ; Klimawandel ; Umweltmanagement ; Umweltstandard ; Normbefolgung ; Welt ; OECD-Staaten ; Electricity Environmental aspects ; Greenhouse gas mitigation ; Greenhouse gases ; Iron industry and trade Environmental aspects ; Steel industry and trade Environmental aspects ; Energy ; Environment ; Emissionsverringerung ; Nachhaltigkeit ; Internationaler Vergleich
    Abstract: Climate change is one of the key challenges facing the international community. The world’s industrial countries and those with economies in transition have, under the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, collectively agreed sharp limitations of their greenhouse gas emissions. Innovative provisions in this Protocol offer potentially cost-effective ways to meet these pledges. They allow investors - nations, as well as companies - to credit emission reductions they accomplish in foreign countries against their own commitments. The two schemes, Joint Implementation and the Clean Development Mechanism, will encourage investment in climate-friendly projects worldwide, especially in developing countries. So far, however, no detailed rules have been adopted to govern the new mechanisms or to evaluate just how many emission credits a particular project should generate. Rigorous methodological analysis is required before any decision can be taken. This book provides that analysis, examining issues in the development of emission baselines in four key sectors: electricity; cement; energy efficiency; and iron and steel. This book moves the debate from the theoretical to the practical. It provides insights on how to develop credible, workable and transparent baselines from which to quantify the mitigation effects of projects initiated under the "Kyoto mechanisms". In so doing, it sails uncharted waters. It attempts, indeed, to "estimate the unknown".
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    Cambridge : Cambridge University Press | Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press
    ISBN: 9780511841286
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 312 pages)
    Series Statement: The Seeley lectures 3
    DDC: 305.42/09172/4
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    Abstract: In this major book Martha Nussbaum, one of the most innovative and influential philosophical voices of our time, proposes a kind of feminism that is genuinely international, argues for an ethical underpinning to all thought about development planning and public policy, and dramatically moves beyond the abstractions of economists and philosophers to embed thought about justice in the concrete reality of the struggles of poor women. Nussbaum argues that international political and economic thought must be sensitive to gender difference as a problem of justice, and that feminist thought must begin to focus on the problems of women in the third world. Taking as her point of departure the predicament of poor women in India, she shows how philosophy should undergird basic constitutional principles that should be respected and implemented by all governments, and used as a comparative measure of quality of life across nations.
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  • 46
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    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264180567
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (120 p.) , ill.
    Series Statement: Development Co-operation Reviews no.36
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Examens en matière de coopération pour le développement ; Norvège 1999
    DDC: 338.91481
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    Keywords: Development ; Norway ; Norwegen ; Entwicklungshilfe ; Entwicklungspolitik
    Abstract: The Development Assistance Committee's 1999 review of Norway's aid policies and programmes. It finds that Norway’s aid effort ranks second among DAC Members in terms of ODA to GNP ratio. Broad national consensus towards Norway’s development assistance is based on strong support by churches and NGOs and on effective development education. In particular, 40% of the bilateral programme administered by Norway is channelled through Norwegian NGOs. There is a strong poverty focus in Norway’s long-term development assistance, with aid flowing predominantly to poor countries with good policies. Norway adopts a three-pronged approach: help the countries to foster economic growth; contribute to social development programmes; and target aid on vulnerable groups. Norway’s operational approaches and budget allocations for poverty reduction can nevertheless be further strengthened, as part of the overall international effort to reduce half the proportion of poor by the year 2015. Norway’s ambitions to contribute to human rights, democracy and peace, have created new policies as well as pressing challenges at the strategic and organisational level. Furthermore, while Norway has been keen on concentrating its bilateral assistance in twelve priority countries, political and humanitarian priorities have emerged as a second element of Norwegian aid, leading to increased geographic dispersion.
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  • 47
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    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264181076
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (96 p.) , ill.
    Series Statement: Development Centre Studies
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Ouverture économique et croissance en Chine
    DDC: 330
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    Keywords: Finance and Investment ; Development ; China, People’s Republic ; China ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Investitionsförderung ; Direktinvestition
    Abstract: China’s remarkable growth in recent years has been often rather arbitrarily ascribed to a number of politico-economic factors. In this volume, the specific effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows is measured quantitatively and estimated on a regional basis. The authors find that there is a much more complex relationship between such flows and growth overall than had hitherto been supposed. While growth associated with FDI flows and a consequent foreign technology input is clearly highest in the coastal, open provinces, geographical dispersion effects can also be identified. In order to avoid widening wealth inequalities, these dispersion effects should be encouraged. Large differences, however, in physical and human capital terms, exist between provinces located on the coast and in the interior of the country and these hinder redistribution of the growth effects of FDI inflows on a national scale. In addition, if China is to continue to benefit substantially from technological progress, domestic research and development capacity will need to be expanded to offset diminishing returns from foreign technology transfers. This implies the adoption of policies designed to increase human capacity development through education and training on a national scale.
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  • 48
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    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264173354
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (312 p.) , ill.
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Trouver des problèmes aux solutions ; Vingt ans d'aide au Sahel
    DDC: 330
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    Keywords: Development ; Sahel ; Entwicklungshilfe
    Abstract: International development cooperation is in crisis. Questions abound: is it effective? Is it even useful? After ten years of "aid fatigue", here is a lucid, constructive book that sheds new light on the problems, and makes proposals for reform that are both thoughtful and innovative. Jean-David Naudet's analysis is a genuine contribution to the literature on aid. He combines the insight of the sociologist and the experience of the practitioner, with a few enlightening incursions into organization theory. The book is both pragmatic and concrete, and is based on papers and workshops organized by the Club du Sahel as part of a detailed study of international development cooperation. It is direct in style and easy to read, with a wealth of quotations and examples. Although it mainly covers the Sahel region, the analysis and proposals for reform are relevant to all of Africa and even other parts of the world. Similarly, the vivid picture it draws of the cooperation and aid relationship is reminiscent of the situation in many countries. "Mr. Naudet is to be congratulated for producing this provocative and hard-hitting book". Elliot Berg. Jean-David Naudet is at present working as an economist at DIAL (Développement et insertion internationale), a scientific interest grouping.
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    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264181588
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (96 p.) , ill.
    Series Statement: OECD Tax Policy Studies no.2
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    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Mesurer les charges fiscales ; Quels indicateurs pour demain?
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    Keywords: Taxation ; Steuerbelastung ; Messung
    Abstract: In response to growing demand by policy-makers, various measures to assess tax burdens of households, individual firms and the business sector as a whole have been developed. This study reviews some of the most common measures used to gauge tax burdens of households and corporations. In addition, it provides some illustrative numbers from various sources on tax rates and tax burdens in OECD countries. The study concludes that all current measures reviewed have at least some important shortcomings. Results based on these measures should therefore be interpreted with their limitations in mind, and judged with due caution when used to address policy questions.
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    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264180918
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Edition: Edition 1999
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    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264187863
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    Edition: Edition 2000
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    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264180659
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (364 p.) , ill.
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    Keywords: Environment ; Industry and Services ; Konferenzschrift 1999 ; Welthandel ; Liberalisierung ; Umweltveränderung
    Abstract: How can the environmental effects of trade liberalisation agreements be assessed ? Are available methodologies sufficiently tuned to current concerns? In order to take stock of the state of the art in assessment methodologies, the OECD organised a two-day technical workshop to focus on past practice and new tools for assessing the environmental effects of trade agreements. Some two dozen experts from governments, international organisations, universities international organisations, universities and NGOs active in this area presented lessons from past practice and results of the considerable advances made in recent years. This volume brings together the papers presented during the two-day workshop by the invited experts and the comments from a range of governmental and international organisation practitioners and representatives of civil society who participated in the workshop. In addition to the presentations on methodologies, this book includes the workshop rapporteur's summary of the gaps in the existing research in this field.
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    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264187719
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (132 p.) , ill.
    Series Statement: China in the Global Economy
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    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Réussir la réforme des entreprises en Chine
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    Keywords: Finance and Investment ; Development ; China, People’s Republic ; China ; Unternehmen ; Reform
    Abstract: Reforms to China’s enterprises are central to the effort to complete the transformation to a market economy that has been underway since 1978. Reforms have become all the more urgent with the severe financial problems now being suffered by a large portion of China’s businesses, and with China’s prospective entry into the World Trade Organisation. Enterprise reforms involve both state owned and non-state businesses, and encompass a wide range of individual policies to bolster financial performances, improve behaviour, and provide supporting institutions and infrastructure essential to a modern enterprise economy. The study in this volume describes the main reforms that are being undertaken in each of these areas, the progress that is being made, the problems that are being encountered, and the challenges that remain to be overcome. The overall message is that the enterprise reforms are now at a critical juncture. Important progress is being made; but much more remains to be done and rapid advances are needed in several key areas if the overall reform process is to be sustained and China is to realise its growth potential. Topics covered: the current situation of China’s enterprises; economic restructuring and SOE reorganisation; establishing effective corporate governance mechanisms; the role of the financial system; developing social security programmes.
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  • 54
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    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264188198
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (220 p.) , ill.
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Des réformes pour une société vieillissante
    DDC: 305.26 21
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    Keywords: Employment ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; OECD ; Mitgliedsstaaten ; Altenpolitik ; OECD ; Altersversorgung ; Reform ; OECD ; Gesundheitsvorsorge ; Reform
    Abstract: This book reviews recent trends, reforms and lessons learned in the 29 OECD countries as they relate to ageing. Recent reforms have been driven mainly by fiscal factors - to adjust systems such as pensions and long-term care to the ageing of the baby boom generation. This remains a main concern in many countries. A new reform agenda is emerging, however, that marries fiscal objectives with broader social and economic policy goals. It focuses on active ageing, providing opportunities and incentives for people to contribute more actively in the labour market and society as they grow older. This involves slowing, or reversing, trends towards ever-longer periods of time spent in retirement. This agenda is associated with likely trends towards a more diversified system of retirement income in most OECD countries - with more reliance on private pensions and a likely increase of earnings as a source of income among older people. Familiar policy debates -- such as the balance between public and private pensions -- may need to be recast to take account of the likely future growth in the role of earnings in the retirement income system. Interesting new questions arise. In the longer-term future, what should be the role of government policy in influencing the balance between work and leisure in older years? What priority should be attached to policies that support very long periods of passivity in the last third of life?
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    Cambridge : Cambridge University Press | Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press
    ISBN: 9780511628122
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 283 pages)
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    Keywords: Kommunikation ; Unternehmen ; Organisation ; Arbeitsplatz ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Workplace studies are of growing significance to people in a broad range of academic disciplines and professions, in particular those involved in the development of new technologies. This ground breaking book, first published in 2000, brings together key researchers in Europe and the US to discuss critical issues in the study of the workplace and to outline developments in the field. The collection is divided into two parts. Part I contains a number of detailed case studies that not only provide an insight into the issues central to workplace studies but also some of the problems involved in carrying out such research. Part II focuses on the interrelationship between workplace studies and the design of new technologies. This book provides a valuable, multidisciplinary synthesis of the key issues and theoretical developments in workplace studies and a guide to the implications of such research for new technology design and the workplace.
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    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264187788
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (280 p.) , ill.
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Affairisme; la fin du système ; Comment combattre la corruption
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Las reglas del juego cambiaron ; La lucha contra el soborno y la corrupción
    Parallel Title: Druckausg. No longer business as usual
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    Keywords: Korruption ; Wirtschaftskriminalität ; Wirtschaftsethik ; Internationales Abkommen ; OECD-Staaten ; Welt ; Governance ; Taxation ; Korruption ; Wirtschaftskriminalität
    Abstract: Today, corruption has moved to the top of the global political agenda as its dramatic impact on economic development and its corrosive effect on political stability and democratic political institutions has become increasingly obvious. A whole arsenal of legal instruments to combat corruption has now been developed to improve ethical standards in the public sector, to end tax deductibility for bribes, to curtail money laundering, and to clean up public procurement practices. The private sector and civil society will continue to play a critical role in making these new rules a reality. This collection of papers provides the key elements needed to build and preserve corruption-free institutions, systems, and private enterprises.
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    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264162662
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (56 p.)
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Vers des modes de consommation durables ; Le point sur les initiatives des pays Membres
    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Towards sustainable consumption patterns
    DDC: 330
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    Keywords: Konsumentenverhalten ; Nachhaltige Entwicklung ; Erneuerbare Ressourcen ; OECD-Staaten ; Environment ; Nachhaltigkeit ; Verbraucherverhalten
    Abstract: Addressing unsustainable patterns of consumption is a crucial challenge for OECD Member countries in tackling environmental problems. However, measures to influence consumer demand have, in the past, received less attention than measures to influence production patterns. This progress report provides an initial overview of the broad array of policies and policy instruments which OECD Member countries are already using or considering to influence consumer demand for certain goods and services. These include a wide range of regulatory, economic and social policy instruments, as well as other actions by government, such as capital investment and the use of the land-use planning system. Such actions often form part of Member countries' strategies to tackle major environmental problems, such as climate change. This report reviews currently available information on the success of Member country initiatives in influencing consumption patterns. It finds that detailed information on the effectiveness of these policies is still limited, partly because many of the measures have only recently been put in place. It also identifies next steps for the OECD and for its Member countries, both to improve knowledge of policy initiatives and to take more effective action to influence consumption patterns.
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  • 58
    ISBN: 9789264187832
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (208 p.) , ill.
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    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Méthodes d'analyses comparatives dans les transports ; Méthodologies, applications et données nécessaires
    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Transport benchmarking
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    Keywords: Benchmarking ; Verkehrssektor ; Verkehrssicherheit ; Nachhaltige Mobilität ; Öffentlicher Nahverkehr ; Hafenwirtschaft ; Luftfrachtverkehr ; Europa ; Welt ; Schienenverkehr ; Transport ; Benchmarking (Management) ; European Union countries ; Transportation and state ; European Union countries ; Benchmarking ; Transport
    Abstract: This conference proceedings defines transport benchmarking, analyzes its usefulness to policy makers and discusses what lessons can be drawn at the national and international level for policy makers. The first part examines the different methodological aspects raised by benchmarking methods. The conference clarified the multiple concepts included in this type of mechanism and identified different practices which range from the simple statistical tool to a genuine policy lever. The second part describes several concrete examples of benchmarking applications in the transport sector. These examples relate in particular to topics such as road safety, rail transport, the environment, public and urban transport, seaports and air cargo, etc. Each chapter of this publication may be read independently. A fundamental message, common to all the examples presented, emerges: it is essential to improve the quality of statistics in order to ensure more reliable transport benchmarking results.
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    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264187986
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (332 p.) , ill.
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Renforcer l'éthique dans le service public ; Les mesures des pays de l'OCDE
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Confianza en el Gobierno ; Medidas para fortalecer el marco ético en los países de la OCDE
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    Keywords: Governance ; OECD ; Öffentlicher Dienst ; Ethik ; OECD ; Politische Ethik
    Abstract: Public service is a public trust. Citizens expect public servants to serve the public interest with fairness and to manage public resources properly on a daily basis. Fair and reliable public services inspire public trust and create a favourable environment for businesses, thus contributing to well-functioning markets and economic growth. Public ethics are a prerequisite to public trust and a keystone of good governance. At a time when there is a growing consensus among governments on what should constitute the essential elements of an effective and comprehensive ethics strategy, this book constitutes a unique source of comparative information on ethics management measures in OECD countries. It is designed to facilitate mutual learning and to support the development of modern ethics strategies in both OECD and non-member countries, by providing, for the first time, a comprehensive overview of ethics measures in all 29 OECD countries, including overall trends and promising practices.
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    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789164180322
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (248 p.) , ill.
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    DDC: 331.6/2/095
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    Keywords: Employment ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Development ; Konferenzschrift 1999 ; Asien ; Finanzwirtschaft ; Krise ; Asien ; Arbeitnehmer ; Migration ; Asien ; Arbeitsmarkt
    Abstract: Accompanying a sustained period of economic growth, the flows of labour migrants between the economies of East and South-east Asia grew considerably prior to the recent crisis. These flows have become more diverse and complex rendering necessary the improved monitoring of migration trends and policies in each country as well as bringing forth the need to extend the exchange of expertise and experience between the region's experts and policy makers. What has been the impact of the crisis on national labour markets? How have the different countries modified their approach to the employment of foreign workers? To what extent have foreign workers been affected? These questions are examined in this publication, which identifies the impact of the Asian financial crisis on labour migration and the conditions of migrant workers in the region. In addition to keynote reports on the origins of the crisis and its policy implications, individual case studies on China, Hong Kong (China), Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand present detailed analyses of labour migration, the employment of foreign workers and the recent changes in migration policies.
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    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264187849
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (96 p.) , ill.
    Series Statement: Development Centre Studies
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Les ONG européennes actives dans le domaine du développement ; État des lieux
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    Keywords: Development ; Nichtstaatliche Organisation ; Entwicklungshilfe
    Abstract: NGOs have moved out of the "amateur" world in which they were once confined into, in many cases, highly professional activities. This statistical analysis demonstrates that there are thousands of development NGOs in European countries with as much as $7.3 billion at their disposal. Supported by a large number of tables and graphs, as well as detailed, individual country surveys, the author provides the first-ever such study of what has become a late-twentieth, early twenty-first century phenomenon. When the results of the study are extrapolated to OECD Development Assistance Committee members as a whole, they suggest that the total income of NGOs would amount to almost $16 billion, a figure three times that estimated by organisations such as the World Bank. Depending on the country, up to half of this income comes from official sources, implying that NGOs have become major partners for governments in the development field.
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    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264180260
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (144 p.) , ill.
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    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Les approches volontaires dans les politiques de l'environnement ; Analyse et évaluation
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    Abstract: Voluntary approaches are schemes whereby firms make commitments to improve their environmental performance.They cover arrangements such as public voluntary programmes, negotiated agreements or unilateral commitments. Until recently, voluntary approaches have not been subject to systematic analysis, inasmuch as, unlike taxes and tradable permits, they have not been prescribed by economic theory. Voluntary approaches were "invented" by those who devise and implement them: policy-makers, business associations, individual firms, non-governmental associations, etc. The use of voluntary approaches in environmental policy (e.g.negotiated agreements between Government and industry) is spreading and attracting growing interest in OECD countries. This book provides a systematic analysis of the different types of voluntary approaches, their economic characteristics, their role and effectiveness.
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    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264180550
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (152 p.) , ill.
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    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Les établissements d'enseignement supérieur face aux besoins régionaux
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    Abstract: The agenda of universities has moved on from a desire to simply increase the general education level of the population and the output of scientific research; there is now a greater concern to harness university education and research to specific economic and social objectives. Nowhere is this demand for specificity more clear than in the field of regional development. What contribution do universities make to the development of the regions they are located in? They certainly have passive impacts in terms of direct and indirect employment; yet, how can the resources of universities be mobilised to actively contribute to the development process? The challenge addressed in this book is how should higher education institutions respond to demands which are emanating from a set of actors and agencies concerned with regional development and thus help reach national objectives. This book is based on case studies presented at various conferences focusing on Australia, the Baltic States and Scandinavia, continental Europe, the United States and the United Kingdom. The case study material is supplemented by other sources of information about national higher education policy, including major national surveys of higher education in Australia, Finland and the United Kingdom each of which embrace the regional agenda.
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    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264181625
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (240 p)
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    Keywords: Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Development ; Pensionskasse ; Altersversorgung ; Kapitalmarkt ; Portfoliomanagement
    Abstract: This books explores the international aspects of pension reform, private savings and volatile capital markets and clarifies how they relate to each other. Building the case for the pension-improving benefits of global asset diversification, analysing the implications of financial reform for stimulating savings, and exploring both the benefits and risks of global capital flows to emerging markets, Pensions, Savings and Capital Flows will inform policy and academic debates on financial globalisation.
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    ISBN: 9789264181816
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (204 p.) , ill.
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. De la formation initiale à la vie active ; Faciliter les transitions
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    Keywords: Education ; Employment ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Schulabgänger ; Arbeitswelt ; Integration ; Schulabgänger ; Berufliche Integration ; Lebenslanges Lernen
    Abstract: How did the transition from compulsory education to work change during the 1990s and which types of transition policies worked best? The experiences of 14 OECD countries are examined in this volume to address these two key questions, for as requirements for knowledge and qualifications and skills rise and populations age, few countries can afford to have their young people enter the labour force unequipped for longer term participation in changing career patterns. Taking a broader view of transition outcomes than many previous comparative studies, this study reveals the complex and many-faceted national institutional arrangements that can result in successful transitions to working life. It argues not for single solutions or models, such as the adoption of apprenticeship, but for coherent national policy packages that draw from a limited number of key success ingredients: a healthy economy and labour market, well organised pathways from initial education to work and further study, opportunities to combine study and workplace experience, safety nets for those at risk, effective information and guidance systems, and policy processes involving both governments and other stakeholders. It also looks at the ways that countries are trying to lay solid foundations for lifelong learning during the transition phase through changes to educational pathways and institutions and through adopting more learner-centred approaches to teaching and learning.
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