“…In particular, banks should set aside sufficient provisions for expected losses and problem loans, which requires some harmonisation of the definition of non-performing loans across banks. Higher capital buffers would bolster financial stability and help ensure access to market funding while lowering its cost. …”

“…Urban and rural areas have different yet often complementary assets, and their better integration is important for socio-economic and environmental performance. The report argues that local governments need to engage in partnerships where all parties are equal, as a higher form of urban-rural co-operation. …”

“…This paper exploits longitudinal data on firm performance and patenting activity for 23 OECD countries over the period 2003-2010 to explore the extent to which changes in the patent stock are associated with flows of capital and labour to patenting firms. …”

“…Ce livre synthétise les travaux récents de l'OCDE analysant les politiques commerciales et quantifiant leurs impacts sur les importations et les exportations, la performance des secteurs manufacturiers et des services, et comment les restrictions au commerce des services influencent les décisions et les résultats des entreprises internationales. …”

“…La volatilité de la fiscalité, des dépenses et des déficits d’une année sur l’autre, longtemps caractéristique de la politique budgétaire de la région, avec toutes les conséquences négatives sur les performances économiques que cela comporte, a elle aussi chuté : un indicateur de la volatilité des déficits calculé par les Perspectives économiques de l’Amérique latine 2009 de l’OCDE fait apparaître une diminution d’un tiers entre 1990-94 et 2000-06, l’Amérique latine se situant tout juste 6 pour cent au-dessus des niveaux de volatilité enregistrés dans la zone OCDE sur la même période…”

“…This has been combined with gains in leisure time, especially time spent in retirement, low unemployment, high environmental standards, rising life expectancy, a well-functioning social support network and high subjective well-being. This performance was achieved with a unique combination of supportive conditions for a dynamic business sector, priority for family based care, a wide supply of public services, and a well-functioning social partnership. …”

“…This paper examines how much of the dispersion in economic performance across OECD countries can be accounted for by economic geography factors. …”

“…The fourth International Summit on the Teaching Profession brought together education ministers, union leaders and other teacher leaders from high-performing and rapidly improving education systems, as measured by PISA (the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment ). …”

“…The results of the analysis of the bank data show that the deceleration of bank credit growth is mainly attributable to the fallout from the Asian crisis and postcrisis regulatory changes. While high non-performing loans (NPLs) and foreclosed assets on balance sheets hinder the resumption of lending, those banks that were well capitalised, larger or domestic could resume lending faster. …”

“…The tertiary education system in Canada performs well in fostering a skilled workforce with generally good labour-market outcomes and is internationally recognised for its research contributions. …”

“…Dans les pays de l’OCDE, les systèmes d’éducation qui rémunèrent davantage les enseignants par rapport au revenu national par habitant tendent à obtenir une performance légèrement supérieure en mathématiques, comme l’indiquent les résultats de l’enquête PISA. …”

“…Significant investment has widened access to education and the country performs relatively well in international assessments compared with its peers. …”

“…This paper assesses the relative performance of different investment strategies for different structures of the payout phase. …”

“…This paper uses the OECD’s Going for Growth framework, as well as other available evidence linking policies to economic performance, to identify key structural policy challenges in the BIICS for the years ahead. …”

“…Le contexte de la politique économique -Les résultats obtenus lors de la dernière législature et les efforts qui restent à faire -Assainissement des finances publiques -Situation monétaire et taux de change: politique suivie et évolution observée -Réforme structurelle: résumé de synthèse -Les nouvelles données de la politique économique II. Performance économique et perspectives à court terme -Evolution récente -Perspectives à court terme III. …”

“…A key challenge, however, is to understand why, despite being a global leader in quality monitoring and improvement, the United Kingdom does not consistently demonstrate strong performance on international benchmarks of quality. …”

“…Drawing from the experiences of five economies (People's Republic of China, India, New Zealand, Poland and Turkey), the book concludes that broadened ownership generally has a positive impact on the governance and performance of these companies. However, country practices show that the act of listing cannot guarantee that these companies are completely averse to State interests; and deviations from sound corporate governance practices, as enshrined in the OECD Guidelines on Corporate Governance of SOEs, can in some cases, raise concerns with regards to non-State shareholder rights, commercial orientation, board independence, conflicting State objectives, transparency, disclosure and more…”

“…Policies allowing increasing social mix are found to reduce school socio-economic segregation without affecting overall performance. Countries that emphasise childcare and pre-school institutions exhibit lower levels of inequality of opportunity, suggesting the effectiveness of early intervention policies in reducing persistence of education outcomes across generations. …”

“…Certaines politiques ont des effets pervers sur la performance du marché du travail ; leur efficacité/coût pourrait donc être améliorée pour obtenir de meilleurs résultats avec les mêmes ressources. …”

“…Changement structurel et performances économiques -L'évolution de l'offre sur longue période -Mutations économiques structurelles -Rôle de la politique économique -Bilan et perspectives V. …”