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02 Jan 2007
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Article
English
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A Balancing Act: Fiscal Responsibility, Accountability and the Power of the Purse
Alta Fölscher, Pages: 1–20
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OECD Journal on Budgeting
In recent years a greater demand for strengthening the role of the legislature in the budget process has become evident worldwide: more than a quarter of countries have revised their constitutions over the last 15 years to give Parliament more ...
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14 June 2006
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English
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A comparison of structural productivity levels in the major industrialised countries
Renaud Bourlès, Gilbert Cette, Pages: 75–108
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OECD Economic Studies
Hourly labour productivity, along with average hours worked, the employment rate and the working-age population as a share of the total population, is one of the accounting aggregates that determine per capita GDP. Yet according to many analyses ...
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19 Oct 2006
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Article
English
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A Contribution to the "Purchasing Power Parity vs. Market Exchange Rates for Use in Long-Term Scenarios" Discussion
OECD, Pages: 1–19
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OECD Papers
Market Exchange Rates (MER) balance the demand and supply for international currencies, while Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) exchange rates capture the differences between the cost of a given bundle of goods and services in different countries. When ...
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08 Nov 2005
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Article
English
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A Generalized Dynamic Factor Model for the Belgian Economy: Identification of the Business Cycle and GDP Growth Forecasts
Christophe van Nieuwenhuyze, Pages: 213–247
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Journal of Business Cycle Measurement and Analysis
This paper aims to identify the Belgian business cycle and forecast GDP growth based on a large data base of short-term conjunctural indicators. The data base consists of 509 indicators containing information on surveys of Belgium and its ...
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24 Oct 2006
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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A Proposed Framework For business Demography Statistics
Nadim Ahmad, Pages: 63
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OECD Statistics Working Papers
The creation of new businesses and the decline of unproductive ones are often regarded key to
business dynamism in OECD economies. Understanding business behaviour, creative destruction and
identifying successful and failing businesses, as well as fostering entrepreneurship and innovation,...
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13 Jan 2006
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Article
English
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A Review of Empirical Studies of the Acreage and Production Response to US Production Flexibility Contract Payments under the Fair Act and Related Payments under Supplementary Legislation
OECD, Pages: 1–32
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OECD Papers
This paper provides a review of the literature relating to empirical studies of the acreage and/or production response to the direct payments made to US farmers of wheat, feed grains, cotton and rice under the Federal Agriculture Improvement and ...
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19 Oct 2006
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Article
English
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A Review of Technical Assistance and Capacity Building Initiatives for Trade Facilitation
OECD, Pages: 1–93
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OECD Papers
Trade facilitation reforms in developing countries can have an important impact on development and poverty reduction. Reduced costs due to shortened border delays, streamlined food supply chains, longer agricultural supply seasons, enhanced ...
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25 Oct 2006
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Article
English
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Abstracts of the OECD Workshop on the Biology of Atlantic Salmon (Salmo Salar)
OECD, Pages: 1–28
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OECD Papers
The main purpose of this workshop was to take the first steps in considering whether the general approaches which have been used in the past by the Working Group, primarily to address the safety/ risk assessment of transgenic plants, could be ...
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01 Nov 2006
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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Accessibility Programme and School Restoration in Lisbon
Pedro Homem de Gouveia, Nuno Morais, António Miranda, Pages: 5
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PEB Exchange, Programme on Educational Building
The City of Lisbon, Portugal, is working to better integrate children with disabilities at primary school
level. It recently has undertaken an accessible school programme and has restored an historic building
as part of this effort.
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01 Feb 2006
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Article
English
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Accountability and Control in the Financing of Local Government in Denmark
Jorgen Lotz, Pages: 55–67
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OECD Journal on Budgeting
In Denmark, nearly all public services for individuals and families are delegated to local authorities, resulting in high quality and flexible delivery. The financing of these services is mostly ensured by tax revenues determined by the individual ...
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01 Feb 2006
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Article
English
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Accountability and Control of Public Spending in a Decentralised and Delegated Environment
Joaquín Sevilla, Pages: 7–21
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OECD Journal on Budgeting
This article provides an overview of different accountability and control issues in public spending. In a decentralised environment, public spending needs ome degree of fiscal discipline, favourable institutional relationships, a stable negotiation ...
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29 May 2006
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Article
English
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Accountability Institutions and the Policy Process: The United States Experience
Paul L. Posner, Pages: 71–96
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OECD Journal on Budgeting
Accountability is now acknowledged as an important element in good governance in the public sector. The term itself is complex, covering many aspects including: the move from accounting to accountability; the need to increase transparency; the ...
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19 Oct 2006
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Article
English
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Achieving the Goals of the Decommissioning Safety Case: A Status Report
OECD, Pages: 1–39
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OECD Papers
This report records the position of the WPDD on the safety of decommissioning and the task for providing a decommissioning safety case. Guidance is already available, both internationally and nationally [1,2,3] on the detailed technical, management ...
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08 Dec 2006
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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Activation Strategies and the Performance of Employment Services in Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom
Peter Tergeist, David Grubb, Pages: 63
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OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers
Strategies to 'activate' the unemployed with the help of high-quality employment services have
continuously gained importance in the policy debate. The purpose of this report is to examine how
activation strategies and the performance of employment services are addressed in three countries...
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29 May 2006
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Article
French
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Activités commerciales exercées par le secteur public
OECD, Pages: 21–133
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Revue de l'OCDE sur le droit et la politique de la concurrence
Dans un certain nombre de pays, le secteur public se livre à des activités commerciales, suite en particulier aux pressions exercées sur les budgets nationaux et les réformes importantes qu’ont connu les secteurs publics depuis les années 80. Ces ...
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15 Sep 2006
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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Adapting the Icelandic Education System to a Changing Environment
Hannes Suppanz, Pages: 30
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OECD Economics Department Working Papers
This paper reviews Iceland’s performance in skills accumulation against the backdrop of a rapidly changing economic environment and discusses directions for further improvements. Since the late 1990s, the government has considerably raised expenditure on education, which is now among the...
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17 Aug 2006
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Article
English
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Administrative decisions
OECD, Pages: 47–47
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Nuclear Law Bulletin
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01 May 2006
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Working/Policy Paper
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African Economic Outlook 2006: A Two-speed Continent?
Céline Kauffmann, Nicolas Pinaud, Lucia Wegner, Pages: 2
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OECD Development Centre Policy Insights
Africa’s economic progress now seems on a firm footing after a third straight year of satisfactory performance in 2005, with overall growth of 5 per cent, average per capita income up 3 per cent and inflation steady at under 10 per cent. Two-thirds of the 30 countries surveyed in the Africa...
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01 May 2006
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Working/Policy Paper
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African Economic Outlook 2006: Moving Towards Political Stability?
Lucia Wegner, Henri-Bernard Solignac Lecomte, Pages: 2
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OECD Development Centre Policy Insights
The focus on war and anecdotal evidence hides real progress towards more stable and open political systems in Africa. This is demonstrated by a new indicator based on a systematic screening of political events and decisions over the last ten years. The diagnosis for 2004 and 2005 is more...
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02 Jan 2007
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Article
English
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African Experience with Budget Reform: Introduction
Alta Fölscher, Pages: 1–16
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OECD Journal on Budgeting
The nine countries represented in the 2004 post-seminar resource book are at the forefront of the African budget reform experience. This introductory article draws on these case studies to view the milestones achieved and some of the lessons learnt ...
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