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24 Jan 2005
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Book
English
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Problem Solving for Tomorrow's World: First Measures of Cross-Curricular Competencies from PISA 2003
OECD, Pages: 156
This book examines the results of the special portion of the 2003 PISA survey of student achievement relating to problem-solving skills. It examines how countries can raise their performance in this area and what countries with lower performance...
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12 Nov 2004
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Book
English
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Private Health Insurance in OECD Countries
OECD, Pages: 240
This report provides the first-ever comparative analysis of the role and performance of private health insurance (PHI) in OECD countries.
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20 May 2005
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Book
English
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Performance-related Pay Policies for Government Employees
OECD, Pages: 224
This report presents an overview of performance-related pay policies (PRP) for government employees in selected OECD member countries over the past two decades. Both the strengths and the weaknesses of PRP policies are assessed. The report explores ...
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04 Mar 2005
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Book
English
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Projected Costs of Generating Electricity 2005
OECD, Nuclear Energy Agency, Pages: 232
This sixth study in a series on projected costs of generating electricity presents and analyses cost estimates for some 130 power and co-generation (heat and power) plants using coal, gas, nuclear and renewable energy sources. Experts from 19 OECD ...
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18 Mar 2005
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Book
English
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Preferential Trading Arrangements in Agricultural and Food Markets: The Case of the European Union and the United States
OECD, Pages: 184
Preference erosion has become an important issue in the current WTO trade negotiations. The findings in this OECD 2005 report suggest that although this may indeed be a problem for some countries in some sectors, factors other than preferential...
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26 July 2005
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Book
English
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PISA 2003 Technical Report
OECD, Pages: 432
The PISA 2003 Technical Report describes the complex methodology underlying PISA 2003, along with additional features related to the implementation of the project at a level of detail that allows researchers to understand and replicate its analyses.
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18 Nov 2005
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Book
English
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Public Sector Integrity: A Framework for Assessment
OECD, Pages: 356
This assessment framework for public sector integrity provides policy makers and managers with a pioneering roadmap to design and organise sound assessments in specific public organisations and sectors.
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14 June 2005
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Book
English
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PISA 2003 Data Analysis Manual: SAS
OECD, Pages: 404
This publication provides all the information required to understand the PISA 2003 educational performance database and perform analyses in accordance with the complex methodologies used to collect and process the data. It includes worked examples...
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14 June 2005
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Book
English
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PISA 2003 Data Analysis Manual: SPSS
OECD, Pages: 412
This publication provides all the information required to understand the PISA 2003 educational performance database and perform analyses in accordance with the complex methodologies used to collect and process the data. It includes worked examples...
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01 Sep 2005
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Book
English
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Promoting Adult Learning
OECD, Pages: 148
The OECD Report, Promoting Adult Learning brings together key lessons from 17 OECD countries, providing evidence on the strategies in place to improve adults’ participation in learning.
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10 Aug 2005
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Book
English
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Pellet-clad Interaction in Water Reactor Fuels: Seminar Proceedings, Aix-en-Provence, France, 9-11 March 2004
OECD, Nuclear Energy Agency, Pages: 548
This report communicates the results of an international seminar which reviewed recent progress in the field of pellet-clad interaction in light water reactor fuels.
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17 Nov 2005
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Book
English
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Policy Coherence Towards East Asia: Development Challenges for OECD Countries
Pages: 620
This book looks at the impact of OECD country policies on East Asia in trade, investment, agriculture, finance, aid, macroeconomic policies and regional co-operation. Further, it examines the interaction of OECD country policies and their coherence...
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24 July 2006
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Book
English
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PEB Compendium of Exemplary Educational Facilities: 3rd Edition
OECD, Pages: 180
This third PEB Compendium features educational institutions from 20 countries selected by an international jury for their exemplary facilities.
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14 Oct 2004
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Book
English
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Patents, Innovation and Economic Performance: OECD Conference Proceedings
OECD, Pages: 356
This publication presents a collection of the policy-oriented empirical studies and stakeholders' views designed to show how patent regimes can contribute more efficiently to innovation and economic performance.
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14 Mar 2005
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Book
English/French
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Private Pensions: OECD Classification and Glossary
OECD, Pages: 102
This book presents classification schemes approved by OECD member country governments for pension plans and pension funds. In addition, it includes a glossary of terminology frequently used in discussions of pensions. This book is presented in both ...
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18 Oct 2006
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Book
English
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Promoting Private Investment for Development: The role of ODA
OECD, Pages: 37
Too many developing countries are not on track to reach the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015 and need to pursue better and more sustained ways of reducing poverty. If progress continued on present trends, some countries in sub-Saharan ...
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11 May 2006
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Book
English
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Policy Framework for Investment
OECD, Pages: 60
Drawing on good practices from OECD and non-OECD countries, the Framework proposes a set of questions for governments to consider in ten policy fields as critically important for the quality of a country’s environment for investment.
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19 Jan 2004
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Book
English
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Promise and Problems of E-Democracy: Challenges of Online Citizen Engagement
OECD, Pages: 164
This book highlights policy lessons in using ICTs to provide information, opportunities for consultation and public participation in policy-making. It includes numerous examples of current practice from 12 OECD member countries (Australia, Canada ...
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12 Feb 2004
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Book
English
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Privatisation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Where Do We Stand?
Jean-Claude Berthélemy, Céline Kauffmann, Marie-Anne Valfort, Lucia Wegner, Pages: 156
This book examines recent progress made in the region’s privatisation effort in Sub-Saharan Africa. With cumulative proceeds of privatisation accounting for just $8 billion compared to $46 billion in transition economies over the same period, it is ...
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08 Apr 2004
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Book
English
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Pension Reform in the Baltic Countries
OECD, Pages: 266
This publication contains individual country reports, comparative analysis from a regional perspective and examines key policy issues in the private pension sector in the Baltics.
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