Urban areas represent an important part of the national economy and feature higher GDP per capita and productivity levels than their country's average. But they also harbour large pockets of unemployment and poverty and suffer from problems such a
Urban areas represent an important part of the national economy and feature higher GDP per capita and productivity levels than their country's average...
China's endowment of water resources is extremely low, poorly distributed, and increasingly polluted. With agriculture being one of the main consumers of water, China's future development depends on initiatives that will raise the efficiency and eff
China's endowment of water resources is extremely low, poorly distributed, and increasingly polluted. With agriculture being one of the main consumers...
This book investigates policy considerations in the taxation of capital gains of individuals and design features of capital gains tax systems. Perspectives on these are reported for 20 OECD countries. Descriptive information on aspects of capital ...
This book investigates policy considerations in the taxation of capital gains of individuals and design features of capital gains tax systems. Perspec...
Growth patterns through the 1990s and into this decade have turned received wisdom on its head. For most of the post-war period OECD countries with relatively low GDP per capita grew faster than richer countries. In the 1990s this pattern broke down. Most notably, the United States, which, already with a relatively high level of GDP per capita among the world's major economies, drew further ahead of the field from the second half of the 1990s onwards. The growth performance of much of continental Europe remains comparatively weak and Japan remains mired. What are the root causes of the...
Growth patterns through the 1990s and into this decade have turned received wisdom on its head. For most of the post-war period OECD countries with...
What is new about risks in the 21st century? Recent years have witnessed a host of large-scale disasters of various kinds and in various parts of the world: hugely damaging windstorms and flooding in Europe and ice storms in Canada; new diseases infecting both humans (AIDS, ebola virus) and animals (BSE); terrorist attacks such as those of September 11 in the US and the Sarin gas attack in Japan; major disruptions to critical infrastructures caused by computer viruses or simply technical failure, etc. It is not just the nature of major risks that seems to be changing, but also the context...
What is new about risks in the 21st century? Recent years have witnessed a host of large-scale disasters of various kinds and in various parts of t...
Organisation For Economic Co-Operation And Development Martina Garciafrans Lemmersen
This book sets out how much aid OECD countries are already providing towards trade-related activities in developing countries and reviews the effectiveness of existing programmes. It argues that reinforcing mutual accountability at the local level, together with a global review mechanism, would enhance the impact of Aid for Trade. Table of contents in English Foreword Acronyms Executive Summary Introduction Chapter 1. The Origins Chapter 2. The Scope of the Aid for Trade Agenda Chapter 3. Donor Support Chapter 4. The Global Aid Context: The Challenges of Scaling Up Chapter 5. When Is Aid...
This book sets out how much aid OECD countries are already providing towards trade-related activities in developing countries and reviews the effectiv...
Organisation For Economic Co-Operation And Development
This publication presents detailed data on the industrial activity of multinationals in OECD countries. In an era of globalisation, these data highlight the increasing importance of multinationals in the economies of host countries. Time series cover 23 countries for the period 2000-2004. Volume I provides data for the manufacturing sector covering 18 variables including production, employment, investment, research and trade. Volume II presents data for services. Nine variables are covered: number of enterprises, employment, turnover, value added, personnel costs, R&D expenditure and...
This publication presents detailed data on the industrial activity of multinationals in OECD countries. In an era of globalisation, these data highlig...