Today's "knowledge economies" are seeing the emergence of new paradigms for innovation and the advancement of knowledge in relation to economic activities. This report explores some key determinants of innovation and their implications for the advancement of knowledge in a particular sector - primary and secondary education. The analysis shows that there is considerable scope for certain drivers that have helped speed up innovation in other sectors to take effect in education. However, in practice, a number of basic characteristics of education systems have prevented innovation from changing...
Today's "knowledge economies" are seeing the emergence of new paradigms for innovation and the advancement of knowledge in relation to economic activi...
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Information about public sector performance is always in demand, both by politicians and the general public. Should performance information be linked to resources? This is an ongoing debate in OECD countries. This book reviews the experiences of eight OECD countries which have developed and used performance information in the budget process over the past ten years. It examines whether performance information is actually used in budgetary decision making. If so, how? What are the links between resources and results? What impact has there been on improving efficiency, effectiveness and...
Information about public sector performance is always in demand, both by politicians and the general public. Should performance information be linked ...
Publishing Oec Organization for Economic Cooperation &
This report presents the first systematic cross-country analysis of the effects of climate change on snow-reliability in the European Alps. Following some of the warmest years on record in the last 500 years, climate model projections show even greater
This report presents the first systematic cross-country analysis of the effects of climate change on snow-reliability in the European Alps. Following ...
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Reconciling work and family life involves two key goals for both individuals and society: being able to work, to earn an income while participating in the most important social activity of modern life, and providing the best care and nurturing for one'
Reconciling work and family life involves two key goals for both individuals and society: being able to work, to earn an income while participating in...
An analytical framework for assessing and managing the relationship between regional agreements and the world multilateral trading system. Regional trade agreements (RTAs) are increasingly portrayed as a threat to the free global exchange of go
An analytical framework for assessing and managing the relationship between regional agreements and the world multilateral trading system. Regional tr...
Fears of the prospect of growing social exclusion have become important concerns in recent years for many countries. Improving the quality of education and the standards attained by students to improve employability is one of the tools being used to pr
Fears of the prospect of growing social exclusion have become important concerns in recent years for many countries. Improving the quality of educatio...
Over one million people world-wide have benefited from successful tissue and organ transplants and survival rates have dramatically improved. But transplantation has become a victim of its own success. The demand for human organs can no longer be met a
Over one million people world-wide have benefited from successful tissue and organ transplants and survival rates have dramatically improved. But tran...
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This latest volume in the Schooling for Tomorrow series goes beyond the OECD's own set of educational futures already published to discuss how to develop scenarios and use them to address the challenges confronting policy and practice. (Education/Teaching)
This latest volume in the Schooling for Tomorrow series goes beyond the OECD's own set of educational futures already published to discuss how to deve...
Publishing Oec Organization for Economic Cooperation &
Aid alone cannot finance development; bringing in fresh sources of finance is essential. The emergence of a multiplicity of new financing options is good news for developing countries, but it also raises challenges. The authors in this stimulating book assess the changing landscape of international development finance from a global and a developing-country perspective. The result is a vast range of policy implications for donor and recipient alike. In an easily digestible format, the book provides recommendations on innovative policy mechanisms, on the use of both grants and loans in...
Aid alone cannot finance development; bringing in fresh sources of finance is essential. The emergence of a multiplicity of new financing options is g...