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22 Feb 2007
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Innovation in Nuclear Energy Technology
OECD, Nuclear Energy Agency, Pages: 118
This report provides an overview of the state of the art in nuclear innovation systems, including their driving forces, main actors, institutional and legal frameworks, and infrastructure for knowledge and programme management.
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12 June 2007
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Environment and Regional Trade Agreements
OECD, Pages: 230
This study provides an overview of approaches to environmental issues in RTAs and summarises country experiences in their negotiation and practical application.
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13 Apr 2007
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OECD Territorial Reviews: Randstad Holland, Netherlands 2007
OECD, Pages: 242
The Randstad is a poly-centric urban area in western Netherlands, comprising Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, Utrecht and several smaller cities. It is one of the most densely populated areas in the OECD, and has developed into an advanced urban ...
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30 Mar 2007
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Engineered Barrier Systems (EBS) in the Safety Case: The Role of Modelling - Workshop Proceedings, La Coruña, Spain 24-26 August 2005
OECD, Nuclear Energy Agency, Pages: 191
These proceedings include the main findings and presented papers from the third NEA-EC workshop on engineered barrier systems, which focused on the role of EBS modelling in the safety case for deep disposal.
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12 Apr 2007
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Linking Regions and Central Governments: Contracts for Regional Development
OECD, Pages: 200
This book offers a unique analytic framework for assessing multi-level governance arrangements, which is subsequently applied to five case studies of regional development policy: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain.
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30 Mar 2007
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OECD Reviews of Regulatory Reform: Sweden 2007: Achieving Results for Sustained Growth
OECD, Pages: 166
This review analyses the Swedish institutional framework for better regulation. In recent years Sweden has made a remarkable recovery, benefiting from deregulation efforts undertaken in the early to mid 1990s. Sweden places a strong emphasis on high ...
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27 Nov 2007
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Reviews of National Policies for Education: Tertiary Education in Portugal 2007
OECD, Pages: 172
This OECD review of higher education in Portugal finds that participation and attainment remain below European standards and recommends that the national government focus on strategic direction and national goals and that governance and management of...
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18 May 2007
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OECD Reviews of Innovation Policy: Luxembourg 2007
OECD, Pages: 162
This review assesses the governance of Luxembourg’s innovation system and suggests the reforms needed to ensure that additional public investment in R&D will yield the expected economic and social benefits.
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24 May 2007
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English
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Eurostat-OECD Methodological Manual on Purchasing Power Parities
OECD, Statistical Office of the European Communities, Luxembourg, Pages: 268
Explains the why, how and when of the international price and volume comparisons organised by Eurostat and OECD and provides advice on the use and interpretation of Eurostat/OECD PPP figures.
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29 May 2007
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OECD Rural Policy Reviews: Mexico 2007
OECD, Pages: 198
This comprehensive review of rural policy in Mexico shows that the challenges and potential of rural areas are spatially differentiated and therefore require a place-based policy approach.
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04 Oct 2007
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The Battle against Exclusion: Social Assistance in Belgium, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands and Norway
OECD, Pages: 192
Institutions whose goal is to help those at the margins have been a feature of social life for centuries. Today, social assistance institutions have integration and encouragement as their goal. They seek to avoid exclusion and stigmatisation ...
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25 Jan 2007
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Test No. 504: Residues in Rotational Crops (Limited Field Studies)
OECD, Pages: 9
This Test Guideline describes a method to determine the amount of pesticide residues which may be accumulated into rotational crops via soil uptake following realistic agricultural practices. These data may be used to establish crop rotation ...
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13 Apr 2007
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Qualifications Systems: Bridges to Lifelong Learning
OECD, Pages: 237
After reviewing policies and practice in 15 countries, this book presents nine broad policy responses to the lifelong learning agenda that relate directly to national qualifications systems. They also identify twenty linkages between qualifications...
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06 June 2007
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English
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OECD Rural Policy Reviews: Germany 2007
OECD, Pages: 196
This review discusses the challenges and opportunities of German rural areas.
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21 May 2007
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English
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Bribery in Public Procurement: Methods, Actors and Counter-Measures
OECD, Pages: 104
A ground-breaking report that throws new light on the shadowy mechanisms and patterns of bribery in public procurement, and offers insider expertise that governments and international organisations can use to improve their anti-corruption policies.
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14 Sep 2007
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Improving Access to Bank Information for Tax Purposes: The 2007 Progress Report
OECD, Pages: 30
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31 May 2007
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English
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Instrument Mixes for Environmental Policy
OECD, Pages: 234
Presents case studies analysing instrument mixes applied in OECD countries to address household waste, non-point sources of water pollution in agriculture, residential energy efficiency, regional air pollution and emissions to air of mercury.
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15 Jan 2007
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Mechanisms for Managing Public Environmental Expenditure in Selected OECD Countries
OECD, Pages: 85
This report analyses selected public expenditure programmes supporting environmental investments in water supply and wastewater treatment infrastructure in four OECD countries: Austria, Belgium (the Region of Flanders), France and Germany. These ...
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26 Apr 2007
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Institutionalising Sustainable Development
OECD, Pages: 162
This volume contains recommendations for the true "institutionalisation" of sustainable development.
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30 Apr 2007
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Subsidy Reform and Sustainable Development: Political Economy Aspects
OECD, Pages: 130
This volume uses sectoral case studies to illustrate that achieving change in structural policies such as subsidies depends largely on good governance practices.
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