“…The need for continuing fiscal restraint and demands for more and better public services are changing budgetary practices in OECD countries. …”

“…Urban policy is an effective means of addressing a range of problems inherited from the past, while preparing for a more sustainable future. Over and above the features and findings specific to Germany, the book argues for an integrated and forward-looking multisectoral approach that cannot be guided solely by economic logic and will provide tangible responses to the key question: what kind of cities do we want for the future?…”

“…The government has engaged in ambitious reforms across the board which have led to increased liberalisation and more efficient regulations and have contributed to a strong enabling environment for business. …”

“…The Marshall-Lerner condition clearly holds. More precisely, we find that a 10% real appreciation (depreciation) of the currency leads on average to a non-fuel current account deterioration (improvement) of around 1% of GDP. …”

“…The need to protect the environment also suggests that the construction of more infrastructure will be curbed and that any increases in capacity will be optimized. …”

“…Communities need to adjust to become more accommodating of people with dementia and families who provide informal care must be better supported. …”

“…Governments of origin and destination countries can indeed facilitate the involvement of diasporas, by supporting networks, by facilitating communication channels with the country of origin, by creating an enabling environment, or – more directly – by easing skill mobility and use. …”

“…How can assessment and evaluation policies work together more effectively to improve student outcomes in primary and secondary schools? …”

“…In this paper, we test whether the growth experience of a sample of OECD countries over the past three decades is more consistent with the human-capital augmented Solow model of exogenous growth, or with an endogenous growth model à la Uzawa-Lucas with constant returns to scale to “broad” (human and physical) capital. …”

“…Governments across the OECD and beyond are increasingly concerned with controlling and reducing regulatory costs in order to create a more favourable business environment, thereby improve the conditions for inclusive growth. …”

“…It also faces the enormous challenge of producing almost 50% more food by 2030 and doubling production by 2050. …”

“…Figures are shown in US dollars. Trade data with more detailed commodity breakdowns--in both SITC and Harmonised systems--is available online at www.sourceoecd.org and on DVD-ROM…”

“…Every year, 1.25 million people are killed in road crashes and up to 50 million are seriously injured. Road crashes kill more people than malaria or tuberculosis and are among the ten leading causes of death. …”

“…With the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the condition of water infrastructure deteriorated more dramatically following sharp decreases in public budgets and the continued tradition of providing water services virtually free of charge. …”

“…Pressing energy, climate and financial challenges require even more energy efficiency policy action – particularly in the transport sector. …”

“…The services sector plays a vital infrastructure role in national economies, employs more people than other sectors, and is the most dynamic sector of world trade. …”

“…Electricity accounts for more than 40 % of global energy-related CO2 emissions. …”

“…It uses the 2008 update and revision of the OECD indicators of product market regulation (PMR) that integrate to a larger extent than in the past information on sector-specific regulation and adapt a simpler and more transparent aggregation technique. The results show that OECD countries have extensively liberalised product markets over the past ten years and – as a consequence - convergence of regulation across OECD countries can be observed. …”

“…Cross-country summary tables provide data in US dollars and more detailed country tables provide data in national currency values. . …”

“…The task has become even more challenging given the economic, food and climate change crises of recent years. …”