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Performance Budgeting in the United Kingdom
June 16, 2008, 12:00am PDT
This case study defines performance information in line with the OECD: broadly speaking, "The term includes both evaluations and performance measures" (OECD, 2005, p. 58). The use of measures and...
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Performance Budgeting in Denmark
April 1, 2008, 12:00am PDT
This paper describes the development and current content of the performance management system in the Danish central government. Since the 1980s, innovations have included results-based management,...
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Mobile Payments for Remittances in Latinamerica: Benchmarking With Africa
January 15, 2009, 12:00am PST
Even though remittances to the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region are expected to slow down by around 6 percent in 2009 before recovering in 2010, their large recorded value of USD 63...
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Fixed-Mobile Convergence: Market Developments and Policy Issues
March 23, 2007, 12:00am PDT
This paper provides an overview of the evolution towards Fixed-Mobile Convergence (FMC). This evolution is driven by declining average revenues per user in both the mobile and fixed markets, and...
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Pension Fund Regulation And Risk Management
May 1, 2007, 12:00am PDT
This paper provides a stylised assessment of the impact of investment-relevant pension fund regulations and accounting rules on contribution and investment strategies within the context of an...
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Counter-Cyclical Economic Policy
May 20, 2010, 12:00am PDT
Since the mid-1980s, business cycles have tended to become smaller in amplitude and longer during the expansionary phase with fewer recessions. This reduction in macroeconomic volatility was...
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Assessment Reform As A Stimulus For Quality Improvement In University Learning And Teaching: An Australian Case Study
September 10, 2008, 12:00am PDT
The essence of higher education leadership is the management of change in an increasingly complex environment. Contemporary challenges include rising student participation and graduation,...
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Internet Address Space: Economic Considerations In The Management Of IPv4 And In The Development Of IPv6
May 14, 2008, 12:00am PDT
One of the major challenges for all stakeholders in thinking about the future of the Internet is its ability to scale to connect billions of people and devices. The objective of this report is to...
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Globalization And Emerging Economies
March 1, 2009, 12:00am PST
The number of people living in high growth economies or in countries with per capita incomes at OECD levels has increased fourfold over the last 30 years - from 1 billion to 4 billion, according...
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Business, Eco-innovation And Globalization
July 1, 2007, 12:00am PDT
Technological innovation can prevent or reduce the negative effect on the environment of products and activities. Such eco-innovation is a vital means of ensuring that economic development is...
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Globalization's Direct And Indirect Effects On The Environment
November 12, 2008, 12:00am PST
For over a quarter century researchers have been cognizant of the potential for the rise in trade to negatively impact the environment. Highly publicized events such as the fate of the Khian Sea,...
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Globalization And Labor Markets: Policy Issues Arising From The Emergence Of China And India
November 12, 2007, 12:00am PST
Globalization is having important effects on labor markets in OECD countries. The global supply of labor has increased enormously with the emergence of China and India. At the same time...
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Strengthening The Resilience Of An Economy: Enlarging The Menu Of Stabilization Policy As To Prevent Another Crisis
August 26, 2009, 12:00am PDT
The financial crisis has affected the real economy in stages yet nevertheless at an unexpected rate and with all regions being affected simultaneously. It advanced almost independently of the...
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Migration And The global Economy: Some Stylized Facts
February 29, 2008, 12:00am PST
At a time when the subject of "Globalization" is on everyone's lips, it is timely to reflect on the contribution of international migration to the ongoing wave of globalization. Just how...
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Information Technology Outlook 2006 Highlights: ICTs Continue To Grow Strongly, With Very Rapid Growth Outside The OECD Area
August 27, 2006, 12:00am PDT
Worldwide, the ICT sector is expected to grow at 6% in 2006, with growth more balanced across the OECD area than at the time of the 2004 Outlook when the United States led the recovery from the...
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Sustainable Manufacturing And Eco‑Innovation: Towards A Green Economy
June 1, 2009, 12:00am PDT
In recent decades, expanding economic activity has been accompanied by growing concerns about climate change, energy security and scarcity of natural resources. While industries are showing...
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How The Developing World May Participate In The Global Internet Economy: Innovation Driven By Competition
October 9, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Full participation in the global Internet Economy requires electronic connectivity of considerable complexity. Today, due to a worldwide wave of liberalization and technological and business...
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The Role Of Communication Infrastructure Investment In Economic Recovery
May 19, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Broadband networks are increasingly recognized as fundamental for economic and social development. They serve as a communication and transaction platform for the entire economy and can improve...
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Innovation And Growth
November 1, 2007, 12:00am PDT
Innovation is a major factor of economic growth and performance in the globalised economy. Innovation brings new technologies and new products that help address global challenges such as health or...
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Enhancing The Role Of SMEs In Global Value Chains
June 1, 2007, 12:00am PDT
The business challenges of the acceleration of globalization, aided by rapid developments in information and communication technologies, improved transport facilities, behind the border regulatory...
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Financing SMEs And Entrepreneurs
November 1, 2006, 12:00am PST
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the backbone of all economies and are a key source of economic growth, dynamism and flexibility in advanced industrialized countries, as well as in...
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Internet Addressing: Measuring Deployment Of Ipv6
April 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
One of the major challenges for the future of the Internet is its ability to scale to connect billions of people and devices. A key part of scalability is the Internet Protocol (IP). The Internet...
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Policy Responses To The Economic Crisis: Investing In Innovation For Long-Term Growth
June 1, 2009, 12:00am PDT
The current crisis is the first of this severity to hit OECD countries, since they have shifted to knowledge-based service economies where investment in intangible assets is of equal importance as...
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University Entrepreneurship Support: Policy Issues, Good Practices And Recommendations
November 28, 2010, 12:00am PST
Entrepreneurs shift economic resources into areas that yield higher productivity and returns. This definition was offered by Jean-Baptiste Say at the beginning of the nineteenth century and,...
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General Guidance On A Policy Framework For Effective And Efficient Financial Regulation
December 21, 2009, 12:00am PST
The structure and operation of the financial system have undergone marked changes in the past couple of decades, encouraged by dramatic improvements in technology, rapid product innovation,...
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Strengthening Productive Capacities In Emerging Economies Through Internationalisation: Evidence From The Appliance Industry
July 1, 2007, 12:00am PDT
The emergence of new sources of international capital flows is one of the characterising features of the current phase of globalisation. That countries that were hitherto only receiving...
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The Fallout From The Financial Crisis (5): The End Of Public Support For Development Aid?
December 1, 2008, 12:00am PST
Public support for development aid remains high despite the financial crisis. Over the past 20 years, public attitudes towards aid in OECD countries have remained steadily positive throughout...
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Taxes And Spending In Latin America: First Stability, Now Development
October 1, 2008, 12:00am PDT
More money is needed for Latin American governments to meet the region's development objectives, but how that money is raised and spent matters as much or more. Though they have focused on...
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The Fallout From The Financial Crisis (3): Will Aid Budgets Fall Victim To The Credit Crisis?
December 1, 2008, 12:00am PST
Over the last few months, the governments of OECD countries have pledged trillions of dollars in loans, guarantees, capital injections, and other assistance in their coordinated effort to prop up...
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Home-Owned And Home-Grown: Development Policies That Can Work
July 1, 2008, 12:00am PDT
The true value of the Accra High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness lies beyond technical discussions between experts about indicators. Participants will be exploring just what aid effectiveness...
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Are The Financial Markets Politically Correct?
September 1, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Investment bank recommendations regarding public debt issued by emerging countries tend to turn particularly unfavourable during the run-up to an election. This aversion is actually linked more to...
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Children Of Immigrants In The Labour Markets Of EU And OECD Countries
October 29, 2009, 12:00am PDT
This paper provides a first comparative overview of the presence and outcomes of the children of immigrants in the labour markets of OECD countries, based on a collection of data from 16 OECD...
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Labour Market Integration In Norway
September 10, 2009, 12:00am PDT
In the context of longstanding and significant differences between the labour market outcomes of the native-born and immigrants, the labour market integration of immigrants has been a key policy...
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From Inactivity To Work: The Role Of Active Labour Market Policies
October 23, 2006, 12:00am PDT
Many OECD countries have in recent decades experienced periods of relatively rapid growth in nonemployment benefit expenditures and recipiency rates which have not subsequently been reversed. By...
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Assessing The Impact Of Labour Market Policies On Productivity: A Difference-In-Differences Approach
June 15, 2007, 12:00am PDT
The impact of four labour market policies - employment protection legislation, minimum wages, parental leave and unemployment benefits - on productivity is examined here, using annual...
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Open Plan Schools In Portugal: Failure Or Innovation?
March 17, 2011, 12:00am PDT
An open plan school, simply defined, is "A school built to a design which does not include self contained classrooms" (Hamilton, 1976). It has a fewer internal doors and walls than a school with...
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How Does Academic Ability Affect Educational And Labour Market Pathways In Canada
February 10, 2010, 12:00am PST
Using data from the Youth in Transition Survey (YITS), this paper provides an up-to-date description of educational and labour market pathways (or transitions) among Canadian youth. It also...
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Assessment And Innovation In Education
March 17, 2011, 12:00am PDT
This paper proposes three main ways of combining assessment and innovation: Developing a wide range of performance measurements for both students and schools; rethinking the alignment of standards...
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The Influence Of Market Developments And Policies On Telecommunication Investment
January 12, 2009, 12:00am PST
This paper assembles some evidence on developments in investment by incumbent and alternative telecommunications operators during the period 2000-2005. The quality of data on investment is not in...
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Network Developments In Support Of Innovation And User Needs
December 9, 2009, 12:00am PST
This paper makes a case for investment in a competitive, open-access national fibre-to-the-home network rollout based on potential spillovers in four key sectors of the economy: electricity,...
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Smart Sensor Networks: Technologies and Applications for Green Growth
December 1, 2009, 12:00am PST
Sensors and sensor networks have an important impact in meeting environmental challenges. Sensor applications in multiple fields such as smart power grids, smart buildings and smart industrial...
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OECD Policy Guidance for Addressing Emerging Consumer Protection and Empowerment Issues in Mobile Commerce
June 18, 2008, 12:00am PDT
For the purposes of this paper, mobile commerce, also known as "Mobile ecommerce" or "M-commerce," means commercial transactions and communication activities conducted through wireless...
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International Mobile Roaming Services: Analysis and Policy Recommendations
March 29, 2010, 12:00am PDT
The first report on international mobile roaming services ("International Mobile Roaming Charging in the OECD Area") provided information on market development and pricing of International Mobile...
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International Mobile Roaming Charging in the OECD Area
December 21, 2009, 12:00am PST
The aim of this paper is to provide information and analysis on market developments and pricing in International Mobile Roaming Service (IMRS). While the wireless industry has witnessed...
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Mobile Broadband: Pricing and Services
June 30, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Although, the number of OECD countries that publish data on the number of mobile broadband subscribers is not large, growth is significant in markets where data are available. This paper provides...
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International Mobile Data Roaming
May 30, 2011, 12:00am PDT
This paper examines the pricing of international mobile data roaming. It continues the work undertaken on the pricing of voice and SMS international mobile roaming services. The paper finds that...
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Wireless Broadband Indicator Methodology
March 18, 2010, 12:00am PDT
The wireless broadband methodology is the result of several rounds of contributions from, and in-depth discussions among, member countries. The new indicator will assist in informing policy makers...
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Fiscal Policy In Latin America: Better After All?
October 29, 2010, 12:00am PDT
This paper analyses fiscal policy for several economies in Latin America, from the early nineties to the 2009 crisis. The authors present original estimates of cyclically-adjusted public revenues...
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The Impact Of The Financial Crisis On Defined Benefit Plans And The Need For Counter-Cyclical Funding Regulations
July 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
Three essential goals of pension plan funding are the long-term viability, stability and security of member benefits. Reform of funding regulations for Defined Benefit (DB) pension schemes to make...
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Framework For The Development Of Financial Literacy Baseline Surveys
December 1, 2009, 12:00am PST
There is growing concern, across a wide range of countries, about the levels of financial capability of consumers. A large number of initiatives are therefore being developed to address this...
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Ageing And The Payout Phase Of Pensions, Annuities And Financial Markets
December 1, 2008, 12:00am PST
This paper reviews the impact of ageing on private pensions, in particular on the payout phase, assesses the part that annuities can play in financing retirement, and examines the role of...
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Fiscal Decentralization, Chinese Style: Good For Health Outcomes?
June 25, 2007, 12:00am PDT
This paper analyzes the effect of fiscal decentralization on health outcomes in China using a panel data set with nationwide county-level data. The authors find that counties in more fiscal...
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Financial Integration And Fiscal Policy
December 30, 2010, 12:00am PST
The aim of this paper is to assess the impact of financial integration on fiscal policy. Using an unbalanced panel of 31 OECD countries from 1970 to 2009, the paper shows that financial...
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Tax And Economic Growth In Austria
October 3, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Taxation influences the behavior of economic agents and, as a consequence, a country's economic activity and growth. The nature and size of this impact depends on the object or activity taxed as...
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Monetary Policy And Inflation Expectations In Latin America: Long-Run Effects And Volatility Spillovers
December 3, 2007, 12:00am PST
The current monetary policy framework in several Latin American countries, combining inflation targeting and a floating exchange-rate regime, has contributed to disinflation by anchoring...
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The Information And Communication Technology Sector In India
June 30, 2010, 12:00am PDT
The Indian economy has grown at 7.5-8% per annum in recent years and is forecast to grow by 8% in 2010.1 the acceleration of economic growth has reduced poverty both at state and national levels....
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Network Developments In Support Of Innovation And User Needs
December 9, 2009, 12:00am PST
This paper makes a case for investment in a competitive, open-access national fibre-to-the-home network rollout based on potential spillovers in four key sectors of the economy: electricity,...
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The Influence Of Market Developments And Policies On Telecommunication Investment
January 12, 2009, 12:00am PST
This paper assembles some evidence on developments in investment by incumbent and alternative telecommunications operators during the period 2000-2005. The quality of data on investment is not in...
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Assessment And Innovation In Education
March 17, 2011, 12:00am PDT
This paper proposes three main ways of combining assessment and innovation: Developing a wide range of performance measurements for both students and schools; rethinking the alignment of standards...
Provided by OECD
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White Papers
How Does Academic Ability Affect Educational And Labour Market Pathways In Canada
February 10, 2010, 12:00am PST
Using data from the Youth in Transition Survey (YITS), this paper provides an up-to-date description of educational and labour market pathways (or transitions) among Canadian youth. It also...
Provided by OECD
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White Papers
Open Plan Schools In Portugal: Failure Or Innovation?
March 17, 2011, 12:00am PDT
An open plan school, simply defined, is "A school built to a design which does not include self contained classrooms" (Hamilton, 1976). It has a fewer internal doors and walls than a school with...
Provided by OECD
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White Papers
Assessing The Impact Of Labour Market Policies On Productivity: A Difference-In-Differences Approach
June 15, 2007, 12:00am PDT
The impact of four labour market policies - employment protection legislation, minimum wages, parental leave and unemployment benefits - on productivity is examined here, using annual...
Provided by OECD
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White Papers
From Inactivity To Work: The Role Of Active Labour Market Policies
October 23, 2006, 12:00am PDT
Many OECD countries have in recent decades experienced periods of relatively rapid growth in nonemployment benefit expenditures and recipiency rates which have not subsequently been reversed. By...
Provided by OECD
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Labour Market Integration In Norway
September 10, 2009, 12:00am PDT
In the context of longstanding and significant differences between the labour market outcomes of the native-born and immigrants, the labour market integration of immigrants has been a key policy...
Provided by OECD
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Children Of Immigrants In The Labour Markets Of EU And OECD Countries
October 29, 2009, 12:00am PDT
This paper provides a first comparative overview of the presence and outcomes of the children of immigrants in the labour markets of OECD countries, based on a collection of data from 16 OECD...
Provided by OECD
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Are The Financial Markets Politically Correct?
September 1, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Investment bank recommendations regarding public debt issued by emerging countries tend to turn particularly unfavourable during the run-up to an election. This aversion is actually linked more to...
Provided by OECD
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White Papers
Home-Owned And Home-Grown: Development Policies That Can Work
July 1, 2008, 12:00am PDT
The true value of the Accra High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness lies beyond technical discussions between experts about indicators. Participants will be exploring just what aid effectiveness...
Provided by OECD
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White Papers
The Fallout From The Financial Crisis (3): Will Aid Budgets Fall Victim To The Credit Crisis?
December 1, 2008, 12:00am PST
Over the last few months, the governments of OECD countries have pledged trillions of dollars in loans, guarantees, capital injections, and other assistance in their coordinated effort to prop up...
Provided by OECD
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White Papers
Taxes And Spending In Latin America: First Stability, Now Development
October 1, 2008, 12:00am PDT
More money is needed for Latin American governments to meet the region's development objectives, but how that money is raised and spent matters as much or more. Though they have focused on...
Provided by OECD
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The Fallout From The Financial Crisis (5): The End Of Public Support For Development Aid?
December 1, 2008, 12:00am PST
Public support for development aid remains high despite the financial crisis. Over the past 20 years, public attitudes towards aid in OECD countries have remained steadily positive throughout...
Provided by OECD
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White Papers
Strengthening Productive Capacities In Emerging Economies Through Internationalisation: Evidence From The Appliance Industry
July 1, 2007, 12:00am PDT
The emergence of new sources of international capital flows is one of the characterising features of the current phase of globalisation. That countries that were hitherto only receiving...
Provided by OECD
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White Papers
General Guidance On A Policy Framework For Effective And Efficient Financial Regulation
December 21, 2009, 12:00am PST
The structure and operation of the financial system have undergone marked changes in the past couple of decades, encouraged by dramatic improvements in technology, rapid product innovation,...
Provided by OECD
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White Papers
University Entrepreneurship Support: Policy Issues, Good Practices And Recommendations
November 28, 2010, 12:00am PST
Entrepreneurs shift economic resources into areas that yield higher productivity and returns. This definition was offered by Jean-Baptiste Say at the beginning of the nineteenth century and,...
Provided by OECD
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White Papers
Policy Responses To The Economic Crisis: Investing In Innovation For Long-Term Growth
June 1, 2009, 12:00am PDT
The current crisis is the first of this severity to hit OECD countries, since they have shifted to knowledge-based service economies where investment in intangible assets is of equal importance as...
Provided by OECD
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White Papers
Internet Addressing: Measuring Deployment Of Ipv6
April 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
One of the major challenges for the future of the Internet is its ability to scale to connect billions of people and devices. A key part of scalability is the Internet Protocol (IP). The Internet...
Provided by OECD
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Financing SMEs And Entrepreneurs
November 1, 2006, 12:00am PST
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the backbone of all economies and are a key source of economic growth, dynamism and flexibility in advanced industrialized countries, as well as in...
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Enhancing The Role Of SMEs In Global Value Chains
June 1, 2007, 12:00am PDT
The business challenges of the acceleration of globalization, aided by rapid developments in information and communication technologies, improved transport facilities, behind the border regulatory...
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Innovation And Growth
November 1, 2007, 12:00am PDT
Innovation is a major factor of economic growth and performance in the globalised economy. Innovation brings new technologies and new products that help address global challenges such as health or...
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The Role Of Communication Infrastructure Investment In Economic Recovery
May 19, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Broadband networks are increasingly recognized as fundamental for economic and social development. They serve as a communication and transaction platform for the entire economy and can improve...
Provided by OECD
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How The Developing World May Participate In The Global Internet Economy: Innovation Driven By Competition
October 9, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Full participation in the global Internet Economy requires electronic connectivity of considerable complexity. Today, due to a worldwide wave of liberalization and technological and business...
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