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This OECD Review of Innovation Policy offers a comprehensive assessment of the innovation system of Luxembourg, focusing on the role of government. It provides concrete recommendations on reforms needed to ensure that additional public i
This OECD Review of Innovation Policy offers a comprehensive assessment of the innovation system of Luxembourg, focusing on the role of government. It...
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This review discusses the challenges and opportunities of German rural areas. Significant differences between East and West persist and many of these have clear rural dimensions. Factors such as CAP reforms, ageing of the German population and migratio
This review discusses the challenges and opportunities of German rural areas. Significant differences between East and West persist and many of these ...
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Public works contracts mean big business. From road-building to high-tech communication infrastructure, public procurement averages 15% of GDP in OECD countries--substantially more in non-OECD economies--and it is a major factor in the world trade of good
Public works contracts mean big business. From road-building to high-tech communication infrastructure, public procurement averages 15% of GDP in OECD...
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The analysis of the inner workings of the firm has been largely absent from economic assessments of environmental policy. In an effort to partly fill this vacuum, this book summarises the results of an OECD project which collected and analysed data fro
The analysis of the inner workings of the firm has been largely absent from economic assessments of environmental policy. In an effort to partly fill ...
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Of all government activities, public procurement is most vulnerable to corruption. In OECD countries, bribery by international firms is more pervasive in public procurement than in utilities, taxation, or judiciary. Most international efforts to f
Of all government activities, public procurement is most vulnerable to corruption. In OECD countries, bribery by international firms is more pervasive...
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Turkey's e-government efforts received new emphasis in the last three years. The election of a new government brought forward an agenda including public sector modernisation using e-government. Turkey has since made considerable progress with e-government
Turkey's e-government efforts received new emphasis in the last three years. The election of a new government brought forward an agenda including publ...
This second volume of Understanding the Brain focuses on literacy, numeracy, lifelong learning, and emotions and learning. The book describes what the latest brain imaging techniques and other advances in the neurosciences actually reveal about how the brain develops and operates at different stages in life from birth to old age. It explains how the brain is involved in acquiring skills such as reading and counting, and also presents scientific insights into what happens during conditions such as dyslexia or Alzheimer's disease. This enlightening publication aims to encourage dialogue...
This second volume of Understanding the Brain focuses on literacy, numeracy, lifelong learning, and emotions and learning. The book describes what ...
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Rather than pursuing e-government as an end in itself, the Netherlands is seeking to use ICT tools to reduce administrative burdens and improve service delivery. Internationally, the Netherlands is at the forefront of administrative burden reduction, w
Rather than pursuing e-government as an end in itself, the Netherlands is seeking to use ICT tools to reduce administrative burdens and improve servic...
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Evaluation enables donor agencies to assess the relevance, efficiency, effectiveness, sustainability and impact of their development efforts. It is vital in building knowledge and facilitating a results-based management approach to aid delivery. Since
Evaluation enables donor agencies to assess the relevance, efficiency, effectiveness, sustainability and impact of their development efforts. It is vi...
How can we meet the needs of today without diminishing the capacity of future generations to meet theirs? This is the central question posed by "sustainable development." OECD countries committed themselves to sustainable development at the 1992 UN Con
How can we meet the needs of today without diminishing the capacity of future generations to meet theirs? This is the central question posed by "susta...