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01 Jan 2011
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Improving the Practice of Cost Benefit Analysis in Transport
OECD, International Transport Forum, Pages: 18
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International Transport Forum Discussion Papers
Cost-benefit analysis (CBA) is widely recognized to be helpful, even indispensible, for making good decisions on what transport projects to fund. It essentially aims to figure out which projects offer the best value for money, one of the core criteria for making decisions. However, the...
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01 Jan 2011
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The Economy of the Possible: Pensions and Informality in Latin America
Rita Da Costa, Juan Ramón de Laiglesia, Emmanuelle Martínez, Ángel Melguizo, Pages: 68
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OECD Development Centre Working Papers
Social protection coverage is quite low in Latin America. This situation, irrespective of the
type of pension scheme, represents a challenge for public policy since these low levels of
affiliation and irregular contribution histories indicate that pensions will be insufficient in the
coming...
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01 Jan 2011
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Local Development Benefits from Staging Global Events: Achieving the Local Development Legacy from 2012 - A Peer Review of the Olympic and Paralympic Legacy for East London
OECD, Pages: 89
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OECD Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Working Papers
London 2012 is set to be one the most ambitious Olympic Games ever to have taken place. Already a successful global city London has set itself a unique challenge – not simply to deliver a successful Olympic Games but to regenerate its most socio-economically challenged area of the city. The...
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01 Jan 2011
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Energy Transition for Industry: India and the Global Context
Nathalie Trudeau, Cecilia Tam, Dagmar Graczyk, Peter Taylor, Pages: 94
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IEA Energy Papers
For India to play its part in helping to realise deep cuts in global CO2 emissions by the middle of the 21st century, it will need to achieve rapid economic development over the next 40 years with only a very small increase in emissions. Currently there is no precedent for such a low-CO2...
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01 Jan 2011
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Development of Energy Efficiency Indicators in Russia
Nathalie Trudeau, Isabel Murray, Pages: 55
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IEA Energy Papers
Russia is sometimes referred to as "the Saudi Arabia of energy efficiency"; its vast potential to reduce energy consumption can be considered a significant "energy reserve". Russia, recognising the benefits of more efficient use of energy, is taking measures to exploit this potential. The...
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01 Jan 2011
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Decision-Making and Action Taking: Fisheries Management in a Changing Climate
David Fluharty, Pages: 24
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OECD Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Papers
Decision-makers in fisheries management are confronted with the challenge of how to respond to existing and predicted changes in ocean conditions that are likely to affect the stocks of fish they manage. In order to address climate change most research and thinking advises decision-makers to...
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07 Jan 2011
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Workforce Skills and Innovation: An Overview of Major Themes in the Literature
Phillip Toner, Pages: 74
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OECD Education Working Papers
This paper provides an account of the main approaches, debates and evidence in the literature on the role of workforce skills in the innovation process in developed economies. It draws on multiple sources including the innovation studies discipline, neoclassical Human Capital theory,...
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07 Jan 2011
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Workforce Skills and Innovation: An Overview of Major Themes in the Literature
Phillip Toner, Pages: 74
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OECD Science, Technology and Industry Working Papers
This paper provides an account of the main approaches, debates and evidence in the literature on the role of workforce skills in the innovation process in developed economies. It draws on multiple sources including the innovation studies discipline, neoclassical Human Capital theory,...
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14 Jan 2011
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Article
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Bilateral and Multilateral Agreements
OECD, Nuclear Energy Agency, Pages: 93–106
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Nuclear Law Bulletin
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14 Jan 2011
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International Court of Justice on Potential Transboundary Damage and its Consequences in Nuclear Law
Marie Cletienne, Pages: 59–66
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Nuclear Law Bulletin
On 4 May 2006, Argentina filed in the International Court of Justice (hereinafter "ICJ") an application instituting proceedings against Uruguay. Argentina claimed that Uruguay, by authorising the construction of a pulp mill (the "CMB mill") and the ...
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14 Jan 2011
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The Brussels I Regulation and Liability for Nuclear Damage
Jakub Handrlica, Pages: 29–47
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Nuclear Law Bulletin
Prior to 2004, the map of the European Union seemed to be basically identical to the map of the contracting parties to the Paris Convention on Third Party Liability in the Field of Nuclear Energy of 1960 (thereinafter "the Paris Convention").1 The ...
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14 Jan 2011
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International Regulatory Activities
OECD, Nuclear Energy Agency, Pages: 89–91
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Nuclear Law Bulletin
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14 Jan 2011
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Case Law
OECD, Nuclear Energy Agency, Pages: 67–73
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Nuclear Law Bulletin
Canada – Criminal Court decision respecting attempted export of nuclear-related dual use items to Iran: Her Majesty the Queen vs Yadegari (2010) Czech Republic – Supreme Administrative Court on the legal status of CEZ (2010)
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14 Jan 2011
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National Legislative and Regulatory Activities
OECD, Nuclear Energy Agency, Pages: 75–88
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Nuclear Law Bulletin
CANADA Criminal Court decision respecting attempted export of nuclear-related dual use items to Iran: Her Majesty the Queen vs Yadegari (2010) CZECH REPUBLIC Supreme Administrative Court on the legal status of ÈEZ (2010) National Legislative and ...
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14 Jan 2011
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Deliberations on Compensation and Remediation of Nuclear Damage to the Environment
Norbert Pelzer, Pages: 49–57
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Nuclear Law Bulletin
At its meeting held on 17 and 18 November 2009,1 the OECD NEA.s Nuclear Law Committee (NLC) discussed the issue of obtaining financial security to cover liability for environmental damage. The experts from the insurance industry observed that the ...
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14 Jan 2011
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Between Shadow and Light: The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Forty Years On
Abdelwahab Biad, Pages: 5–12
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Nuclear Law Bulletin
"Despite its flaws and weaknesses, the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) remains an invaluable instrument for international security… There is no alternative but to support and strengthen the NPT…" Foreign Affairs, Defence and ...
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14 Jan 2011
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Competition Law and the Nuclear Sector: An EU Outlook
Miguel Sousa Ferro, Pages: 13–27
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Nuclear Law Bulletin
Competition law essentially aims at preventing harmful distortions of competition in the market which may be caused by agreements between companies, by the abusive behaviour of dominant companies, by structural changes in the market due to mergers ...
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17 Jan 2011
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The Role of Short-Time Work Schemes during the 2008-09 Recession
Alexander Hijzen, Danielle Venn, Pages: 46
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OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers
The present paper provides the most comprehensive assessment to date of the impact of short-time work (STW) schemes during the 2008-09 crisis. The analysis covers 19 OECD countries, 11 of which operated a short-time work scheme before the crisis, five countries introduced a new scheme during...
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17 Jan 2011
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Improving the Flexibility of the Dutch Housing Market to Enhance Labour Mobility
Jens Høj, Pages: 32
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OECD Economics Department Working Papers
The housing market figures among the main determinants of labour mobility, as households seldom make employment and housing decisions independently of each other. This interdependence is likely to strengthen as the cost of commuting increases, due to worsening road congestion or measures that...
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17 Jan 2011
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Evolution of Agricultural Support in Real Terms in OECD Countries and Emerging Economies
Jean-Pierre Butault, Pages: 56
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OECD Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Papers
This report proposes a methodology to express OECD indicators of support in real terms and establishes specific purchasing power parities for a broad range of commodities so as to compare developments in output volume and prices at an aggregate level. It analyses the evolution of prices, farm...
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