Tabla de Contenidos: “…Improving Efficiency in Tertiary Education Greece -- Improving Efficiency in Primary and Secondary Education -- References -- Foreword and Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Annex: Comparative Performance of the Greek School System…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Singapore: Rapid Improvement Followed by Strong Performance -- Finland: Slow and Steady Reformfor Consistently High Results -- Japan: A Story of Sustained Excellence -- Brazil: Encouraging Lessons from a Large Federal System -- Introduction -- Viewing Education in the United States Through the Prism of PISA -- Foreword -- Shanghai and Hong Kong: Two Distinct Examples of Education Reform in China -- Ontario, Canada: Reform to Support High Achievement in a Diverse Context -- Lessons for the United States -- Germany: Once Weak International Standing Prompts Strong Nationwide Reforms for Rapid Improvement -- Vignettes on Education Reforms: England and Poland…”

“…Guidance on Safety Performance Indicators provides a systemic approach to measuring the success of stakeholders' chemical safety programmes by detailing targets, activity indicators and outcome indicators. …”

“…OECD Environmental Performance Reviews…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Industrial Performance, China, 1913-2003 -- Appendix C. Growth and Level of Chinese Gross National Product -- Appendix D. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Introduction -- Regulatory principles -- Current approaches -- Best practice directions -- Performance based measures and standards -- Implementation issues -- Potential outcomes…”

“…He is the author of 20 books on the long run performance of nations, and their interactions within the world economy. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Foreword; Preface; Table of contents; Executive summary; Introduction; Chapter 1 - Better health through better care: the quest for quality; Chapter 2 - Access to care: the quest to improve and maintain; Chapter 3 - Satisfied patients and consumers: the quest for greater responsiveness; Chapter 4 - Health-care spending: the quest for affordable costs and sustainable financing; Chapter 5 - Increasing value for money in health systems: the quest for efficiency; Conclusions from the OECD Health Project: promising approaches for improving health-system performance; Bibliography; Also available…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The OECD Programme of Environmental Performance Reviews""""2. Meeting International and Domestic Commitments""; ""3. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Foreword; CONTENTS; Executive Summary; OPENING SESSION; SESSION 1 The TDB Project; SESSION 2 Building the Bridges: Data to Performance Assessment; SESSION 3 Performance Assessment; PANEL SESSION - TDB Input in Performance Assessment; Closing Remarks; Annex 1 - List of Participants; Annex 2 - Organising Committee…”

“…There is growing interest in improving the performance of health systems in OECD countries. Many countries are developing initiatives to measure performance to guide and inform the improvement process. …”

“…"The scope of contemporary higher education is wide, and concerns about the performance of higher education systems are widespread. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Foreword; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Strategies for innovation and reform in the school system; Chapter 3: Devolution of responsibilities to schools; Chapter 4: System monitoring; Chapter 5: Organisation of support systems; Chapter 6: Understanding and application of standards; Chapter 7: Organisation ofeducational processes within the schools; Chapter 8: Integration of non-native students and students with foreign-born parents; Chapter 9: How countries cope with differences between target student performance and its achievement; Chapter 10: Professional development of teachers…”

“…This series of seven policy studies were the source material for the synthesis report of The OECD Health Project, Towards High-Performing Health Systems. They cover lessons from experience in health system reform, improving the technical quality of health care, income-related inequality in health care, matching supply with demand for physicians and nurses, excessive waiting times, costs and benefits of private health insurance, and ageing-related spending projections…”