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01 Mar 2007
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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"Intelligent" Primary School Project in Italy
Giorgio Ponti, Pages: 5
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PEB Exchange, Programme on Educational Building
Construction work is about to begin on a new "intelligent" primary school for 300 students (later to
be expanded for 600) in the Municipality of Solaro in the province of Milan. This is the fi rst primary
school building in Italy designed according to the principles of the "intelligent school"...
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15 Jan 2007
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Working/Policy Paper
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A Golden Rule for Russia? How a Rule-Based Fiscal Policy Can Allow a Smooth Adjustment to the New Terms of Trade
Christian Gianella, Pages: 48
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OECD Economics Department Working Papers
The Russian economy continues to grow strongly, buoyed by rising terms of trade, which, in turn, are
supporting a boom in domestic consumption. This paper addresses the challenge that the adjustment to
sustained high oil prices poses for macroeconomic management. It first examines the impact of...
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01 May 2007
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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A New Creative Learning Centre at a Girls School in Australia
Amanda Bell, Pages: 7
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PEB Exchange, Programme on Educational Building
Brisbane Girls Grammar School’s new Creative Learning Centre was conceived to group arts studies
which were previously scattered across the campus and to serve all students as a meeting place and
technology hub. The building is specifically designed to provide the most flexible and...
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31 Jan 2008
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Article
English
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A Principal-Agent Theory Approach to Public Expenditure Management Systems in Developing Countries
Luc Leruth, Elisabeth Paul, Pages: 1–29
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OECD Journal on Budgeting
A well-functioning public expenditure management system is considered a critical pillar of government efficiency. This article discusses PEM systems in developing countries using an analytical framework based on principal-agent theory. This simple ...
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29 Nov 2007
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Article
English
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Academic Performance, Students' Background and Affirmative Action at a Brazilian University
Renato H. L. Pedrosa, J. Norberto W. Dachs, Rafael P. Maia, Cibele Y. Andrade, Benilton S. Carvalho, Pages: 1–20
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Higher Education Management and Policy
This paper describes the results of a detailed study relating the performance of undergraduate students admitted to Brazil’s State University of Campinas (Unicamp) from 1994 through 1997 and their socioeconomic and educational background. The study ...
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22 Aug 2007
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Article
English
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Academic Values, Institutional Management and Public Policies
David Ward, Pages: 1–12
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Higher Education Management and Policy
The impacts of market-related policies and revenues on higher education are not uniform but globalisation has opened most institutions to new pressures. The public funding models developed 50 years ago underestimated the full cost of mass higher ...
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01 Apr 2007
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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Access to Drinking Water and Sanitation in Africa
Céline Kauffmann, Pages: 2
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OECD Development Centre Policy Insights
Africa is unlikely to reach the drinking water and sanitation Millennium Development Goals. Disparities among countries are large, and the deficit in sanitation is greater than that for drinking water. Serious reforms in institutions, legal frameworks, and policies are needed.
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05 Oct 2007
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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Addressing Labour Market Duality in Korea
David Grubb, Jae-Kap Lee, Peter Tergeist, Pages: 87
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OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers
The Korean labor market has created many jobs over the past several decades, accompanying rapid economic growth. More recently, this favorable job performance has gone hand-in-hand with a rapid increase of temporary employment and other flexible or atypical work arrangements (usually called...
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01 Aug 2007
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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Adjustment Options and Strategies in the Context of Agricultural Policy Reform and Trade Liberalisation
Osamu Kubota, Pages: 37
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OECD Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Papers
Reforming agricultural policies by reducing distorting support improves economic efficiency as a
whole through a better allocation of resources. This implies that adjustment may have adverse effects on
some agricultural households and other people engaged in the sector, in particular in the...
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01 Apr 2007
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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Africa in 2007: Multifaceted Growth
Kenneth G. Ruffing, Pages: 2
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OECD Development Centre Policy Insights
Growth will accelerate for net oil exporters and weaken slightly for oil importers, strengthening the trends projected in African Economic Outlook 2006. For the oil importers, moreover, inflation is moving to double-digit levels. Budget deficits in oil-importing countries appear to have...
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01 May 2007
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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Africa's Private Sector: Ready to Seize Business Opportunities?
Yoshiko Matsumoto-Izadifar, Pages: 2
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OECD Development Centre Policy Insights
The recent expansion of African horticultural exports has proven that business is changing on the continent. The experience of Senegal and Mali suggests that the two countries are facing major challenges in strengthening policy co-ordination, improving business environment and realising market...
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01 Dec 2007
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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Africa: A New Frontier for Emerging Markets?
Javier Santiso, Pages: 2
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OECD Development Centre Policy Insights
Fast-growing African countries are attracting private equity and risk capital as never before. The conditions attracting private investors are likely to improve.
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01 Apr 2007
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Working/Policy Paper
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Africans Need not Miss Out on the Benefits of Globalisation
Federico Bonaglia, Nicolas Pinaud, Lucia Wegner, Pages: 2
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OECD Development Centre Policy Insights
Strong commodity prices are driving Africa’s growth, which should be about 6 % in 2007 and 2008. External vulnerability is a function of its limited integration into international trade and investment flows. Africa should mobilise external sources more strategically. In this respect, aid for...
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01 Dec 2007
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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Agglomeration Economies and Transport Investment
Daniel J. Graham, Pages: 23
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OECD/ITF Joint Transport Research Centre Discussion Papers
This paper is concerned with the links between agglomeration, productivity and transport
investment. If improvements in transport systems give rise to changes in the mass of economic activity
accessible to firms, for instance by reducing travel times or the costs of travel, then they can...
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19 Mar 2007
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Article
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Allocation of Taxing Powers
David King, Pages: 1–33
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OECD Journal on Budgeting
Sub-central taxes are needed because sub-central governments spend large sums. This article discusses some key issues in sub-central taxation from an economist’s perspective, including the scale and role of sub-central governments, their main ...
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28 May 2007
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Article
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An empirical investigaton of political economy factors behind structural reforms in OECD countries
Jens Høj, Vincenzo Galasso, Giuseppe Nicoletti, Thai-Thanh Dang, Pages: 87–136
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OECD Economic Studies
This paper was originally prepared for the OECD Working Party No. 1 under the authority of the OECD’s Economic Policy Committee. Jens Høj and Giuseppe Nicoletti work for the OECD Economics Department as a senior economist in the Country Studies ...
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11 July 2007
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Article
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An Overview of Hedge Funds and Structured Products: Issues in Leverage and Risk
Adrian Blundell-Wignall, Pages: 37–57
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Financial Market Trends
The size of the hedge fund sector, using IOSCO sources and results from responses to an OECD Questionnaire on Hedge Funds, is around USD 1.4 trillion in assets under management (AUM). While this does not seem that large compared to total global AUM ...
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15 June 2007
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Working/Policy Paper
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Assessing the Impact of Labour Market Policies on Productivity: A Difference-in-Differences Approach
Andrea Bassanini, Danielle Venn, Pages: 69
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OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers
The impact of four labour market policies – employment protection legislation, minimum wages,
parental leave and unemployment benefits – on productivity is examined here, using annual cross-country
aggregate data on these policies and industry-level data on productivity from 1979 to 2003. We...
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27 Mar 2008
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Article
English
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Assessment of Higher Education Personnel: Comparative Study of France and Finland
Emmanuel Salmon, Pages: 1–22
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Higher Education Management and Policy
The requirement to assess public employees is increasing within European public services. Dictated by budgetary imperatives and performance improvement concerns, it is becoming the norm in all administrations. One of the most sensitive areas of ...
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11 July 2007
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Article
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Asset Allocation Challenges for Pension Funds: Implications for Bond Markets
Carolyn Ervin, Sebastian Schich, Pages: 129–151
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Financial Market Trends
Pension funds have become the largest class of investors in many markets and, given their size, the allocation of their assets has important implications for the relative prices of financial assets. There may be a trend shift of private (defined ...
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