“…Faced with exceptionally rapid population ageing, Korea should address obstacles that lower fertility rates while encouraging higher labour force participation, particularly among women. While public social spending is currently very low, there is pressure for increased outlays on pensions, healthcare, long-term care and social assistance. …”

“…It begins by investigating the fundamental forces shaping long-term oil price developments, highlighting the importance of growth-led demand for oil, particularly that emanating from fast-growing, energy-intensive developing countries, and the implications of increasingly geographically concentrated oil reserves. …”

“…Changes to competition law since the early 1990s have strengthened competitive forces in many sectors of the economy, and proposed amendments to that law would further improve market surveillance. …”

“…Although Korea has the second-lowest level of public spending among OECD countries at 221⁄2 per cent of GDP, it faces strong upward spending pressures over the medium and longer term, which could threaten fiscal sustainability. …”

“…The largest technological force currently shaping work is the computer. Computers are faster and less expensive than people in performing some workplace tasks and much weaker than people in performing other tasks. …”

“…Limited means of electronic communication with the outside world are just one source of isolation of rural communities and economies from the forces of national and global integration, albeit an important one. …”

“…In Kenya, a number of significant changes have already been effected through a ministerial gazette notice pending the coming into force of a Procurement Act. There is also an urgent need for strengthening institutions involved in public procurement, as these institutions tend to lack technical and human resource capabilities. …”

“…Since the crisis, relative unit labour costs have also adjusted considerably, as less competitive sectors experienced relatively slower wage growth and larger labour force reductions. Fourthly, international ..…”

“…DER WEG IN DEN AUFSCHWUNG DIE WIRTSCHAFTSPOLITISCHE ENTSCHEIDUNGSFINDUNG SEIT MITTE DER SECHZIGER JAHRE INLANDISCHE UND INTERNATIONALE ENTWICKLUNG -Konjunkturelle Bestimmungsfaktoren -Finanzielle und finanzpolitische Entwicklung -Arbeitsmärkte und Inflation -Handel und ausländische Direktinvestitionen -Wirtschaftliche Entwicklungen außerhalb der OECD -Mittel- und Osteuropa -Sonstige Regionen ENTWICKLUNG IN DEN EINZELNEN LANDERN In englischer Fassung: -USA -Japan -Deutschland -Frankreich -Italien -Großbritannien -Kanada -Osterreich -Schweiz -Australia -Austria -Belgium -Denmark -Finland -Greece -Iceland -Ireland -Luxemburg -Netherlands -New Zealand -Norway -Portugal -Spain -Sweden -Switzerland -Turkey EINZELPROJEKTIONEN UND HINTERGRUNDINFORMATIONEN (in englischer Fassung) -Demand and Output -Analysis of Fiscal Policies -Labour Force, Employment and Unemployment -Recent Inflation Developments -Inflation Projections -Wages, Labour Costs and Capital Income -Foreign Trade TECHNISCHER ANHANG (in englischer Fassung) -Sources and Methods -Country Classification -Reference Statistics…”

“…The evaluation of the viscosity measurement is to be carried out according to the standards in the case of capillary and forced ball viscometers. In the case of rotational viscometers, the specification of a viscosity is appropriate only for Newtonian fluids. …”

“…The second part shows empirical results from sectoral output-, private consumption- and sectoral productivity functions. …”

“…Regional cooperation is still only approached from an institutional perspective whilst field dynamics, economic actions and their transactions and demographic changes are forces that define spaces that regional policies seldom take into account. …”

“…High on the reform agenda of the government for several years, a new national health insurance system entered into force on 1 January 1999. This reform marked an important shift from a centrally controlled, budget-based system to a decentralised insurance-based system, operating through multiple regional funds and a special fund with nation-wide coverage. …”

“…Priorities are to reverse the rising share of non-regular workers, which has negative implications for both growth and equity, and encourage greater employment of women and youth, who are under-represented in the labour force. Attracting more women to employment requires increasing the availability of childcare, strengthening maternity leave and creating more family-friendly workplaces. …”

“…OECD countries are increasingly interested in structuring government organisation and the financing of job brokerage and employment reintegration services to use market forces. In the Netherlands, the introduction of market mechanisms has been part of a search for a more coherent benefits and activation system. …”

“…There would be a realistic possibility for many people to have a continued attachment to the labour force, and an active life in society, well into later life. …”

“…The regulatory environment is also found to vary markedly across the 21 Indian states for which the PMR indicators are estimated. The paper goes on to review various aspects of product market regulation in India and suggest a number of policy initiatives that would improve the degree to which competitive market forces are able to operate. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Preface by Jean Bonvin and Miguel Angel Martinez -- Part One: Introductory Overview -- -Introduction by Henny Helmich and Jos Lemmers -- Report and Executive Summary by Ed van Thijn and Amanda Bernard -- Conviviability: The Role of Civil Society in Development by Lourdes Arizpe -- Part Two: Conceptual Questions -- Towards a Multi-Cultural Civil Society: The Role of Social Capital and Democratic Citizenship by Percy B. …”

“…Moreover, such a ban might force operators to use more dangerous routes, such as densely populated areas, and thus increase the overall risk. …”

“…Men, women and children relate experiences of deportation and ghettoisation, forced labour camps and death camps, death marches and liberation. …”