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11 Mar 2010
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Are the New Millennium Learners Making the Grade?: Technology Use and Educational Performance in PISA 2006
OECD, Pages: 216
Using data from PISA 2006, this book analyzes to what extent investments in technology enhance educational outcomes. It finds that beyond access to technology, competence in using the technology is also needed for success.
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22 Nov 2010
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Denmark: Efficient e-Government for Smarter Public Service Delivery
OECD, Pages: 304
This review is the first to analyse e-government at the country level using a revised framework designed to capture the new challenges faced by countries today. It highlights the richness of initiatives and actions taken by Denmark in relation to a...
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13 Jan 2010
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Eco-Innovation in Industry: Enabling Green Growth
OECD, Pages: 278
This book provides benchmarking tools on sustainable manufacturing and aims to spur eco-innovation through better understanding of innovation mechanisms.
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02 Nov 2010
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Good Governance for Digital Policies: How to Get the Most Out of ICT: The Case of Spain's Plan Avanza
OECD, Pages: 220
Plan Avanza, Spain’s national Information Society strategy, has helped it into the knowledge economy. This book identifies areas on which Spain should continue work: convergence with EU/OECD levels of access and use, development of e-government...
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22 Jan 2010
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ICTs for Development: Improving Policy Coherence
OECD, Pages: 204
This publication examines access to ICTs in developing countries, broadband Internet access and governments' role in making it available; developments in mobile payments; ICT security issues; ICTs for improving environmental performance; and the...
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28 May 2010
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Improving Health Sector Efficiency: The Role of Information and Communication Technologies
OECD, Pages: 156
Using lessons from case studies, this report identifies the opportunities offered by ICTs for the health sector and analyses under what conditions these technologies are most likely to result in efficiency and quality-of-care improvements.
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12 Aug 2010
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Innovation and the Development Agenda
OECD, International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada, Pages: 152
Innovation drives long-term economic growth. This book examines the role of innovation in developing countries, with a focus on Africa.
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04 Oct 2010
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Inspired by Technology, Driven by Pedagogy: A Systemic Approach to Technology-Based School Innovations
OECD, Pages: 160
This report highlights key issues to facilitate understanding of how a systemic approach to technology-based school innovations can contribute to quality education for all while promoting a more equal and effective education system.
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25 Aug 2010
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English
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Measuring Globalisation: OECD Economic Globalisation Indicators 2010
OECD, Pages: 232
This second edition of the OECD Economic Globalisation Indicators presents a broad range of indicators on trade, foreign direct investment, the economic activity of multinational firms, and the internationalisation of technology.
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27 May 2010
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Measuring Innovation: A New Perspective
OECD, Pages: 128
Measuring Innovation is a major step towards evidence-based innovation policy making. It complements traditional "positioning"-type indicators with ones that show how innovation is, or could be, linked to policy.
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18 Oct 2010
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News in the Internet Age: New Trends in News Publishing
OECD, Pages: 160
This study provides an in-depth treatment of the global newspaper publishing market and its evolution, with a particular view on the development of online news and related challenges.
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22 Nov 2010
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OECD Information Technology Outlook 2010
OECD, Pages: 296
The 2010 edition of the OECD Information Technology Outlook analyses the economic crisis and recovery, and suggests that the outlook for IT goods and services industries is good after weathering a turbulent economic period better than during the...
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03 June 2010
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OECD Reviews of Regional Innovation: Catalonia, Spain 2010
OECD, Pages: 272
This review of regional innovation assesses how to improve Catalonia's current strategy and actions in order to boost its innovation system through both its own programmes and those of Spain and the European Union.
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14 Dec 2010
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OECD Science, Technology and Industry Outlook 2010
OECD, Pages: 280
The OECD Science, Technology and Industry Outlook 2010 reviews key trends in science, technology and innovation in OECD countries and a number of major emerging economies including Brazil, China, India, Russia and South Africa.
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01 Dec 2010
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Performance-based Funding for Public Research in Tertiary Education Institutions: Workshop Proceedings
OECD, Pages: 188
This book takes stock of current thinking and practice around performance-based funding of public research in tertiary education institutions, as a tool to help governments meet their research goals.
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25 Aug 2010
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PISA Computer-Based Assessment of Student Skills in Science
OECD, Pages: 132
This report documents the initial step towards an electronically-delivered Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) test pioneered by Denmark, Iceland and Korea.
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09 Nov 2010
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Safety Assessment of Transgenic Organisms, Volume 3: OECD Consensus Documents
OECD, Pages: 324
These OECD Biosafety Consensus Documents identify elements of scientific information used in the environmental safety and risk assessment of transgenic organisms which are common to OECD member countries and some non members associated with the work.
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09 Nov 2010
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Safety Assessment of Transgenic Organisms, Volume 4: OECD Consensus Documents
OECD, Pages: 336
These OECD Biosafety Consensus Documents identify elements of scientific information used in the environmental safety and risk assessment of transgenic organisms which are common to OECD member countries and some non members associated with the work.
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20 May 2010
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SMEs, Entrepreneurship and Innovation
OECD, Pages: 226
This book explores how government policy can boost innovation by improving the environment for entrepreneurship and small firm development and increasing the innovative capacities of enterprises.
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11 May 2010
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Symposium on Opportunities and Challenges in the Emerging Field of Synthetic Biology: Synthesis Report
OECD, Pages: 48
The international symposium entitled "Opportunities and Challenges in the Emerging Field of Synthetic Biology" was held in July 2009 in Washington, DC under the auspices of the United States National Academies, the Organisation for Economic ...
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