“…We also argue that accounting rules and regulatory changes are driving plan design in some OECD countries such as Japan, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom and can lead to procyclical investment behaviour by pension funds…”

“…The international financial crisis increases the relevance of this annual publication jointly published by the African Development Bank, the OECD Development Centre and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA). …”

“…On average, the role of export-credit operations (ECOs) in the Brazilian economy has been modest: during the 1985-89 period they involved only 2.57 per cent of total Brazilian imports, highly concentrated in "equipment" (excluding transport, but including government services), "cereals" and "coal", with the United States, Canada and France being the most important partners (covering on average 88.5 per cent of the total). …”

“…It advances thinking on new policy measures, such as active labour market policies and measures to "make work pay" and focuses on specific experiences in a few individual countries, namely the United States, Japan, Finland and Denmark. It includes papers from politicians, high level officials from the European Commission and the OECD Secretariat, social partners and prominent representatives from the academic community. …”

“…Each definition is a subset of the Central Product Classification (Version 2) developed by the United Nations Statistical Division (UNSD) and both are expressed in terms of 5-digit subclasses of the CPC. …”

“…Some countries, especially Ireland and Denmark, have significant net inflows of venture capital, while net outflows appear for the United Kingdom and Switzerland. While such cross-border ..…”

“…Foreign investors, particularly from the United States, are now the major players and are targeting their funding to technology-based start-ups. …”

“…Waiting times are a serious health policy issue in the 12 countries involved in this project (Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom). Waiting times are not recorded administratively in a second group of countries ..…”

“…Within the foreseeable future, refrigerators will be using 30% less electricity in some countries. Homes in the United States will be emitting 4% less carbon dioxide. …”

“…The analysis is based mainly on the well-documented tax reforms in the United Kingdom. The first part of the paper develops the appropriate methodology for analysing labour supply responses to tax changes and the second part attempts to clarify the magnitude ..…”

“…Among the structural aspects, the relation between firm size and employment creation has attracted policy makers’ attention, triggered by empirical work on the United States which showed that the small business sector had been a major source of net job creation. …”

“…The aggregate TFP estimates showed some recovery in the 1980s in most countries and notably in the United States, where most of this recovery was in manufacturing. …”

“… Indian coal reserves are the third largest in the world, after the United States and China. India is the third largest coal producer in the world and the eighth largest importer. …”

“…Skin sensitisation refers to an allergic response following skin contact with the tested chemical, as defined by the United Nations Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (UN GHS). …”

“…TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD PART I: Development Co-operation Review of the United States PART II: Development Co-operation Review of Canada DESCRIPTION OF KEY TERMS PART III: Selected Papers on ODA This journal brings together the DAC's annual overview of development co-operation efforts and policies and detailed country reviews previously published in the Development Co-operation Review Series. …”

“…The region's long-term economic development and climate policy objectives, encompassed in countries' nationally determined contributions (NDCs) and the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7 and set out in the vision of the African Union's Agenda 2063, will require a transformation in how energy is supplied and consumed across the region…”

“…For China, for example, GDP per capita relative to the United States improves by 50% when all household production of non-market services is included. …”

“…Le démantèlement des centrales nucléaires est un sujet qui suscite un intérêt grandissant de la part des pouvoirs publics et de l’industrie à mesure que les unités en exploitation arrivent en fin de vie. Ce rapport, qui s’appuie sur des données fournies par 26 pays et analysées par des experts d’agences gouvernementales et de l’industrie, porte sur des réacteurs de types et de tailles très variés. …”

“…The survey work is distinguished by its international dimension (surveys were conducted in the Czech Republic, Italy and the United Kingdom) and by the extensive development efforts undertaken. …”

“…That strategy was based on bilateral sectoral negotiations with the United States and multilateral negotiations through GATT to obtain recipiocity for Mexico’s own trade liberalisation, combined with efforts to attract Japanese and European FDI. …”