“…New empirical analysis estimates that the scale of global CIT revenue losses could be between USD 100 and 240 billion annually at 2014 levels. The report also presents a toolkit to assist countries evaluate the fiscal effects of BEPS countermeasures. …”

“…Les agences publiques, si elles sont correctement conçues et gérées, présentent un moyen de décentraliser l’administration publique, d’obtenir une plus grande transparence dans le fonctionnement du gouvernement et d’améliorer l’efficience et l’efficacité des prestations de service public aux usagers. …”

“…Since most OECD economies have very little scope for raising taxation or debt to finance higher spending, reforms to curb the growth in public spending while raising its cost effectiveness are now required. This paper presents a reform strategy for progress in this direction, based on detailed country reviews for over twothirds of OECD countries. …”

“…International engagement in these situations presents significant risks for donors and implementing partners, but also holds the potential for substantial rewards in terms of improved results and outcomes. …”

“…Il s’agissait non seulement de préciser quelle était l’activité des entreprises au Myanmar mais également d’examiner les difficultés d’ordre général que rencontrent les entreprises pour se comporter de façon responsable dans les pays où sévissent des troubles civils et des violations des droits de l’homme de grande ampleur. Le présent document, établi en réponse à cette demande, porte essentiellement sur les problèmes intéressant particulièrement les industries extractives. …”

“…In the same period, there has been a considerable increase in the wedge between the real cost to the employer of hiring a worker and the net real wage received by the worker. The present study examines whether changes in the wedge (including various tax rates) may have generated long-lasting effects on real labour costs. …”

“…It looks at a whole range of issues: economy, technology, demography, environment, security and governance. This book presents five possible future scenarios for livelihoods, whose positive or negative outcomes depend on how several emerging challenges are dealt with. …”

“…Especially the increasing importance of open innovation on a global scale in so-called global innovation networks, calls for internationally comparable data on open innovation. This paper presents different indicators using existing data on R&D investments, innovation survey data, patent data and data on licensing, illustrating the increasing importance and the different characteristics of open innovation across companies, industries and countries…”

“…With a persistent demand for foreign workers in low-skilled and low-paid jobs, the proximity of conflict areas and the enlargement of the European Union to Romania and Bulgaria in 2007, migration to Italy increased rapidly over the last 15 years. This report presents an overview of the skills and qualifications of immigrants in Italy, their key labour market outcomes in international comparison, and their evolution over time, given the highly segmented Italian labour market and its high share of informal jobs. …”

“…Le présent document étudie de manière empirique l’influence que peut exercer une meilleure protection des droits de propriété intellectuelle (DPI) sur le transfert international de technologie par l’intermédiaire de la concession de licences. …”

“…This yearly publication records the commitments reported by Members of the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) and by multilateral institutions to the Creditor Reporting System (CRS). Data presented are unique, comparable and consistent with DAC statistics' definitions and methodologies. …”

“…Such a transition, from one of the youngest populations in the OECD at present to the second oldest by 2050, may boost the need for public spending and slow economic growth. …”

“…Because of the important role housing wealth has been playing during the current upswing, this paper will look more closely at what is underlying these developments for 18 OECD countries over the period from 1970 to the present, with a view to shedding some light on whether or not prices are in line with fundamentals. …”

“…Le présent rapport a pour objet les pratiques relatives à la gestion des ressources humaines dans quatre pays d’Europe centrale et orientale : l’Albanie, l’Estonie, la Hongrie et la Pologne. …”

“…L’adhésion à l’UE, qui a donné lieu à quatre "vagues" successives jusqu’à présent, est un processus d’internationalisation clairement défini qui montre bien les nouvelles compétences exigées des fonctionnaires dans la plupart des domaines, que ce soit pour l’investissement initial ou pour l’évolution continue des modes de gestion. …”

“…This paper presents in summary form the findings that emerge from a study of 20 structural reform episodes in 10 OECD countries. …”

“…Trends in these variables between 2003 and 2012 are examined when comparable data are available, and case studies, examining the policy reforms adopted by countries that have improved in PISA, are presented throughout the volume…”

“…Across all cities, about 40 million people (0.6% of the global population or roughly 1 in 10 of the total port city population in the cities considered here) are exposed to a 1 in 100 year coastal flood event. For present-day conditions (2005), the top ten cities in terms of exposed population are estimated to be Mumbai, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Miami, Ho Chi Minh City, Kolkata, Greater New York, Osaka-Kobe, Alexandria and New Orleans; almost equally split between developed and developing countries. …”

“…Nous cherchons dans le présent document à répondre à cette question en observant les caractéristiques qu’ont en commun vingt-cinq pays en développement qui ont réduit l’extrême pauvreté de façon spectaculaire au cours des vingt-cinq dernières années. …”

“…Yet, like most institutional arrangements, fiscal relations affect the behaviour of firms, households and governments and thereby economic activity. This paper presents empirical research on the potential effects of fiscal decentralisation on a set of outcomes such as GDP, productivity, public investment and school performance. …”