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20 Dec 2002
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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Teacher Education and the Teaching Career in an Era of Lifelong Learning
John Coolahan, Pages: 40
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OECD Education Working Papers
This paper attempts to position the teaching career within the context of the changing policy paradigm of lifelong
learning. The paper locates the emergence of this policy within some of the fundamental social and economic
changes which are re-shaping contemporary society. It emphasises that...
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20 Dec 2002
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Working/Policy Paper
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Teacher Demand and Supply: Improving Teaching Quality and Addressing Teacher Shortages
Paulo Santiago, Pages: 132
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OECD Education Working Papers
This paper provides an extensive review of the most relevant issues involved in the management of teacher demand
and supply at the pre-tertiary level. First, it proposes a conceptual framework for distinguishing among, defining and
relating the different relevant factors. Second, it identifies...
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18 Dec 2002
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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Strengthening Participation in Public Expenditure Management: Policy Recommendations for Key Stakeholders
Jeremy Heimans, Pages: 44
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OECD Development Centre Policy Briefs
• Participation by civil society in public expenditure management promises to improve social and economic outcomes while increasing confidence in public institutions.
• Participatory budgeting (PB) programmes depend on the effective engagement of three key domestic stakeholders: governments,...
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17 Dec 2002
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Article
English
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The Four Key Factors for Commercialising Research: The Case of a Young University in a Region in Crisis
Blandine Laperche, Pages: 149–175
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Higher Education Management and Policy
In France, as in all industrial countries, the government is seeking to promote more extensive ties between universities and enterprises in order to stimulate creativity and growth. But can this be achieved through legislation alone? The various ...
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17 Dec 2002
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Article
English
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International Trade in Educational Services: Good or Bad?
Kurt Larsen, Stéphan Vincent-Lancrin, Pages: 9–45
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Higher Education Management and Policy
International trade in post-secondary educational services has grown substantially over the past decade. Traditionally it takes the form of international student/teacher mobility but also, and increasingly, foreign investment by educational ...
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17 Dec 2002
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Article
English
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The International Provision of Higher Education: Do Universities Need GATS?
Andris Barblan, Pages: 77–92
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Higher Education Management and Policy
The provision of higher education in the world is governed by two approaches represented by the UNESCO, on one side, by the WTO, on the other. The members of both organisations are the same governments but the two work on divergent assumptions as ...
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17 Dec 2002
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Article
English
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Diversification of higher education and the profile of the individual institution
Ulrich Teichler, Pages: 177–188
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Higher Education Management and Policy
National systems of higher education became more diversified in the process of expansion. They vary substantially, however, according to the extent of diversity. Also, the major dimensions of diversification tend to play different roles: types of ...
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17 Dec 2002
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Article
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Trade, Education and the GATS: What's in, What's out, What's All the Fuss about?
Pierre Sauvé, Pages: 47–76
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Higher Education Management and Policy
This paper addresses some of the public policy controversies surrounding the treatment of education services under the World Trade Organisation’s General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). The rapid rise in cross-border trade and investment in ...
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17 Dec 2002
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Article
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Trends and models in international quality assurance in higher education in relation to trade in education
Dirk van Damme, Pages: 93–136
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Higher Education Management and Policy
Trade in higher education in its many diverse forms transcends and challenges the national regulatory frameworks in higher education, including national quality assurance and accreditation systems. New kinds of international quality assurance and ...
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17 Dec 2002
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Article
English
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Academic Identity in Transformation?: The Case of the United Kingdom
Mary Henkel, Pages: 137–147
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Higher Education Management and Policy
This paper draws on two empirical studies to consider the impacts of policy change on academic identities in the United Kingdom. It thus offers a limited examination of claims that social, political and economic transformations at the end of the ...
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12 Dec 2002
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Working/Policy Paper
English
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Public Expenditure Management in Poland
Andrew Burns, Kwang-Yeol Yoo, Pages: 53
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OECD Economics Department Working Papers
This paper assesses the public expenditure system in Poland and the scope for its reform. Though a number of important steps to control the future evolution of spending, such as pension reform and healthcare reform, have already made in Poland, much more needs to be done. Indeed budget...
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10 Dec 2002
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Working/Policy Paper
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Enhancing the Effectiveness of Public Expenditure in Sweden
Deborah Roseveare, Pages: 44
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OECD Economics Department Working Papers
This paper analyses the main features of Sweden’s public expenditure and addresses some key policy issues. Public spending is high relative to GDP, reflecting the wide support for the Swedish welfare state. The institutional framework within which spending decisions are made has both strengths...
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04 Dec 2002
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Working/Policy Paper
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Access for Business
OECD, Pages: 45
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OECD Digital Economy Papers
With over 50 million subscribers in the OECD, broadband access is key for economic growth and development. This report examines broadband access development for businesses. It focuses on short distance leased lines and new forms of broadband acces.
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03 Dec 2002
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Working/Policy Paper
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The Decline in Private Saving Rates in the 1990s in OECD Countries: How Much Can be Explained by Non-Wealth Determinants?
Alain de Serres, Florian Pelgrin, Pages: 50
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OECD Economics Department Working Papers
The substantial decline in private-sector saving rates observed in several OECD countries in the late 1990s coincided in several cases with a sharp increase in household financial net worth. This was seen by many observers as evidence that the strong rise in equity and residential property...
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14 Nov 2002
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Article
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Policy coherence
OECD, Pages: 57–68
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OECD Journal on Development
The EC has made a systematic attempt to improve policy coherence with development objectives. The "Everything but Arms" initiative is an important example of how further policy coherence is being sought between trade and development policies in the ...
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14 Nov 2002
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Article
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Aid volume, channels and allocations for poverty reduction
OECD, Pages: 33–46
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OECD Journal on Development
The EC supports development activities through the EU budget lines for external relations and the European Development Fund (EDF). Poverty reduction is the primary aim of the EC’s new Development Policy and the challenge for the EC is to align its ...
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14 Nov 2002
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Article
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Organisation and management change
OECD, Pages: 69–80
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OECD Journal on Development
The organisation and management of EC development co-operation is embedded within the broader, and more political, external relations framework. Current reforms include more strategic and streamlined approaches, reorganisation in headquarters, and ...
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14 Nov 2002
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Article
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Country ownership and operations
OECD, Pages: 81–86
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OECD Journal on Development
The EC reforms aim to improve operational effectiveness in partner countries. Recent policy emphasis on poverty reduction, host country ownership, the use of CSP and PRSP mechanisms, deconcentration, and results orientation, among other reforms, are ...
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14 Nov 2002
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Article
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Strategic foundations and new orientations
OECD, Pages: 23–32
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OECD Journal on Development
External relations policies, including development co-operation, have been evolving rapidly in the 1990s as the European Community (EC) took on greater responsibilities. Following intense political debate about accountability, in 2001 the EC made ...
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14 Nov 2002
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Article
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Sectors and cross-cutting issues
OECD, Pages: 47–56
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OECD Journal on Development
In order to increase efficiency, the EC has defined six priority areas for its activities, and three key cross-cutting issues. The clearer focus reflects an understanding of the comparative advantage of the EC regarding the linkage of trade and ...
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