|
|
|
01 Oct 1998
|
Working/Policy Paper
English
|
Ice Storm: Reacting to a Natural Disaster in Quebec
Romeo Lajoie, Pages: 4
in
PEB Exchange, Programme on Educational Building
When a severe freeze hit Quebec in January 1998, schools and universities were forced to remain closed for up to 23 days. Here is an account of how school authorities handled the crisis and the lessons they learned.
|
|
|
|
09 Oct 2009
|
Working/Policy Paper
English
|
Iceland: Challenging Times for Monetary and Fiscal Policies
Andrea de Michelis, Pages: 49
in
OECD Economics Department Working Papers
Monetary and fiscal policies face huge challenges: the banking sector has collapsed; the economy is in the midst of a deep recession; the exchange rate has plunged; capital flows have been frozen; inflation is elevated; public debt has risen; source of revenues have disappeared; social needs...
|
|
|
|
09 Oct 2009
|
Working/Policy Paper
English
|
Iceland: The Financial and Economic Crisis
David Carey, Pages: 48
in
OECD Economics Department Working Papers
The global financial and economic crisis has struck Iceland with extreme force. Iceland’s three main banks, accounting for almost all of the banking system, failed in October 2008. They were unable to resist the deterioration in global financial markets following the failure of Lehman Brothers....
|
|
|
|
17 Aug 2005
|
Working/Policy Paper
English
|
ICT and Economic Growth: A Quantification of Productivity Growth in Spain 1985-2002
Matilde Mas, Javier Quesada, Pages: 57
in
OECD Statistics Working Papers
Using new sectoral data on investment and capital services we carry out a growth accounting exercise on Spain 1985-2002. We compute the contribution to output and labour productivity growth of employment, non-ICT and ICT capital, labour qualification and Total Factor Productivity. Results are...
|
|
|
|
01 Feb 2005
|
Working/Policy Paper
English
|
ICT and Educational Property Management
Gilbert Desmarais, Pages: 3
in
PEB Exchange, Programme on Educational Building
An international PEB seminar on "Information and Communications Technology and Educational Property Management" was held in Montreal, Canada, from 31 October to 3 November 2004. The aim of this seminar was to examine how information and communications technology (ICT) can be incorporated into...
|
|
|
|
20 Sep 2011
|
Working/Policy Paper
English
|
ICT and Initial Teacher Education: National Policies
Caroline Rizza, Pages: 55
in
OECD Education Working Papers
This working paper aims to give an overview of the national policies that exist in the field of ICT and initial teacher education. Information on this topic was initially gathered via a survey, in the form of a country questionnaire, which was conducted as part of the analytical strand of the...
|
|
|
|
10 Jan 2012
|
Working/Policy Paper
English
|
ICT Applications for the Smart Grid: Opportunities and Policy Implications
OECD, Pages: 44
in
OECD Digital Economy Papers
The smart grid is revolutionizing electricity production and consumption. However, strategic use of ICTs and the Internet in energy innovation requires clarifying the roles of partners coming from distinct industries. And it begs for greater coordination of government departments and...
|
|
|
|
20 Nov 2009
|
Working/Policy Paper
English
|
ICT in Initial Teacher Training: Research Review
Ann-Britt Enochsson, Caroline Rizza, Pages: 42
in
OECD Education Working Papers
This research review reports on articles presenting empirical research in the area of how teacher-training institutions work on preparing future teachers for the integration of information and communication technologies (ICT) in their future classrooms. It was conducted mainly in English and...
|
|
|
|
25 Oct 2001
|
Working/Policy Paper
English
|
ICT Investment and Economic Growth in the 1990s: Is the United States a Unique Case? A Comparative Study of Nine OECD Countries
Alessandra Colecchia, Paul Schreyer, Pages: 32
in
OECD Science, Technology and Industry Working Papers
Investment in information technologies has by no means been confined to the United States and yet, average European or Japanese growth experience has been quite different. The paper compares the impact of ICT capital accumulation on output growth in Australia, Canada, Finland, France, Germany,...
|
|
|
|
04 Jan 2013
|
Article
English
|
ICT investments and productivity: Measuring the contribution of ICTS to growth
Vincenzo Spiezia, Pages: 199–211
in
OECD Journal: Economic Studies
This study uses an econometric approach to estimate the contribution of three types of ICT investments (computer, software and communication) in 26 industries (the whole business sector) in 18 OECD countries over 1995-2007, based on the EU KLEMS ...
|
|
|
|
19 Apr 2012
|
Working/Policy Paper
English
|
ICT Skills and Employment: New Competences and Jobs for a Greener and Smarter Economy
OECD, Pages: 60
in
OECD Digital Economy Papers
Information and communication technologies (ICTs) and the Internet are increasingly viewed as a vital infrastructure for all sectors of the economy. Already, employment in the ICT industry and employment of ICT specialist skills each accounts for up to 5% of total employment in OECD countries...
|
|
|
|
17 July 2002
|
Working/Policy Paper
English
|
ICT Skills and Employment
Vladimir López-Bassols, Pages: 49
in
OECD Science, Technology and Industry Working Papers
Given their role in the current transformation of advanced economies, information and communication technologies (ICTs) offer the promise of new business and employment opportunities along with higher productivity gains, but also make new demands on skills. OECD countries are thus confronted...
|
|
|
|
03 Jan 2005
|
Working/Policy Paper
English
|
ICT Skills and Employment
OECD, Pages: 66
in
OECD Digital Economy Papers
This report, part of the 2004 OECD IT Outlook, is the first in a series looking at the distribution of ICT skilled employment in the economy, various ways in which ICT skills needs can be satisfied, and the role of ICT-skilled employment in international services sourcing, or offshoring.
|
|
|
|
01 Jan 2001
|
Working/Policy Paper
English
|
ICT Standardisation in the New Global Context
OECD, Pages: 78
in
OECD Digital Economy Papers
The new global information infrastructure will prove effective only if it can guarantee high-speed transmission throughout the network of all kinds of data -- text, images, sound or video -- in a secure manner while preserving its integrity.
|
|
|
|
03 June 2004
|
Working/Policy Paper
English
|
ICT, E-Business and Small and Medium Enterprises
OECD, Pages: 47
in
OECD Digital Economy Papers
Information and communication technology (ICT) connectivity (PCs and Internet) is very widespread in businesses of all sizes. As is the case with all technologies, small businesses are slower than large ones to adopt new ICTs. Commercial considerations and potential returns are the principal...
|
|
|
|
04 May 2005
|
Working/Policy Paper
English
|
ICT, E-Business and SMEs
OECD, Pages: 47
in
OECD Digital Economy Papers
The main policy directions derived from the analysis are to foster appropriate business environments for e-business and ICT uptake, and target programmes to overcome market failures to the extent that they are needed in particular areas.
|
|
|
|
29 Mar 2007
|
Working/Policy Paper
English
|
ICTs and Gender
OECD, Pages: 45
in
OECD Digital Economy Papers
This paper shows ICT and ICT-related employment, ICT-related education and training, and ICT access and use by gender.
|
|
|
|
30 Mar 2005
|
Article
English
|
ICTs for Development: Financing Activities of DAC Members
OECD, Pages: 1–41
in
OECD Papers
As a follow-up to the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Geneva 2003 and lead-up to WSIS Tunis 2005, the UN Secretary General asked UNDP to facilitate the work of the Task Force on Financial Mechanisms for ICTD (TFFM). According to the ...
|
|
|
|
01 July 2012
|
Working/Policy Paper
English
|
Identification and Assessment of Publicly Available Data Sources to Calculate Indicators of Private Pensions
Stéphanie Payet, Pages: 109
in
OECD Working Papers on Finance, Insurance and Private Pensions
Considering the growing role of private and funded pension provision and the sensitivity of private pension provision to the economic climate, there is an increasing need of comparable and reliable information on private pension plans in order to better monitor retirement income adequacy and...
|
|
|
|
08 Nov 2006
|
Working/Policy Paper
English
|
Identifying Determinants of Germany's International Price Competitiveness: A Structural VAR Approach
Martin Meurers, Pages: 31
in
OECD Economics Department Working Papers
The paper employs a structural vector auto-regression (SVAR) along the lines of Blanchard and Quah (1989)
and Clarida and Gali (1994) to identify the sources of changes in German international price competitiveness
over the past 30 years. This leads to a separation of the driving forces of the...
|
