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OECD Framework for Statistics on the Distribution of Household Income, Consumption and Wealth
This publication presents an internationally agreed framework to support the joint analysis of micro-level statistics on household income, consumption and wealth.
Constructing coincident and leading indices of economic activity for the Brazilian economy
This paper has three original contributions. The first is the reconstruction effort of the series of employment and income to allow the creation of a new coincident index for the Brazilian economic activity. The second is the construction of a ...
OECD Guidelines for Micro Statistics on Household Wealth
This publication presents an internationally agreed set of guidelines for producing micro statistics on household wealth, It addresses the common conceptual, definitional and practical problems, and are meant to improve the comparability of country data.
Improving Education Quality in South Africa
South Africa has achieved remarkable progress in educational attainment relative to other emerging
countries, but the quality of basic education for a large fraction of the Black African population is still very
low. This study identifies several hurdles to the upgrading of basic education...
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