This publication aims to identify what works in the policy and practice of adult learning, drawing on the experience of nine OECD countries: Canada, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom (England). It def
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Ce numero special de Politiques et gestion de l'enseignement superieur comprend sept articles sur les universites europeennes et l'entrepreneuriat.
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Pour faire face au vieillissement rapide de la population, il est necessaire de promouvoir de meilleures opportunites d'emploi pour les travailleurs ges. On a deja beaucoup fait etat du besoin de reformer les regimes de pension de retraite et de prere
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1. The OECD Revised Recommendation of May 1997, which contains a list of agreed preventive and repressive measures.<BR>2. The binding criminal law Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions of December 1997, which focuses on the criminalization issue.<BR>This book reviews the United States' laws and rules implementing the convention, as well as their enforcement. The book ...

This book presents an in-depth reflection on the sources of economic growth. What drove economic growth in the OECD countries over the past decades? What effects have recent developments, such as globalization and international terrorism, had on the determinants of growth? How, and how much, does government activity contribute to long-term growth? What policies should therefore be advocated? And, finally, what lessons do practices in individual ...

This annual report reviews recent developments in international direct investment, includes recent statistics and highlights policy responses that will help countries reap the full benefits of investment. This edition's special focus is on lega
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This 2006 edition of OECD's periodic survey of Germany's economy finds economic activity still weak and uneven, and recommends reforms in a number of areas. Special chapters cover regaining fiscal credibility and improving public efficiency; improvin
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This ninth volume of the OECD Tax Policy Studies series reports on trends in the areas of tax revenues; the 'tax mix'; and the taxation of labour, dividends, and personal and corporate income. It also looks at value added and environmentally rel
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This book explores the changing nature of major risks and the implications for systems that provide health services, transportation, energy, food and water, information and telecommunications, and safety and security. There has been a host of large-scale disasters in recent years: flooding in Europe, the emergence of virulent new diseases, terrorist attacks, and major disruptions to critical infrastructures caused by computer viruses or ...

This book explores the contribution space systems might make in dealing with looming societal challenges related to threats to the physical environment and the management of natural resources, growing mobility and its consequences, increasing security
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