“…This study is part of the OECD's Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI) project on "Measuring the Social Outcomes of Learning" (SOL). …”

“…The theory implies that markets will substantially undervalue fuel economy relative to its expected present value. It also has potentially important implications for welfare analysis of alternative policy instruments…”

“…Nevertheless, there is also tentative evidence that some labour market reforms (e.g. of unemployment benefit systems and job protection) pay off more quickly in good times than in bad times, and can even entail short-term losses in severely depressed economies…”

“…Because environmental protection has become a growing societal imperative, the review of progress made shows that there is a strong political push in OECD countries to integrate environmental considerations in procurement. …”

“…Current services are mismatched; our vision of the family and its needs is changing along with the balance between prevention and remediation, and the ways that professionals work together. …”

“…All sectors of the Mongolian economy are open to foreign investors and foreign investment is protected from nationalisation or expropriation. Investment is promoted via a "one-stop shop" which provides a first point of contact and support for foreign investors. …”

“…Et quelles leçons peut-on tirer de l'épreuve des faits ? Ce rapport présente les Principes directeurs de l'OCDE pour une meilleure pratique en matière de sous-traitance des services publics ainsi que les études de cas complémentaires…”

“…Since the IEA Scoreboard 2009 is published in conjunction with the 35th anniversary of the IEA, 35 themes, ranging from diversification to prices, show how IEA countries have performed in their efforts to attain energy security, environmental protection and economic growth. This book, which combines statistical rigour with easy access and readability, is an ideal resource for anyone who would like to have a quick overview of energy development in IEA member countries over the last 35 years. …”

“…It also outlines the social policy advantages that their proponents claim, and documents what the existing programmes and demonstration projects look like…”

“…The report discusses the results of the OECD “Leveraging Training and Skills Development in SMEs” (TSME) project which examines access to training by SMEs across seven regions in six OECD countries: New Zealand, Poland, Belgium, UK, Turkey and Canada. …”

“…Il contient des notes nationales détaillées pour l’Allemagne, l’Australie, l’Autriche, la Belgique, le Canada, la Corée, le Danemark, l’Espagne, l'Estonie, les États-Unis, la Finlande, la France, la Grèce, la Hongrie, l’Irlande, l’Islande, l’Italie, le Japon, le Luxembourg, le Mexique, la Nouvelle-Zélande, les Pays-Bas, la Pologne, le Portugal, la République slovaque, la République tchèque, le Royaume-Uni, la Slovénie, la Suède, la Suisse et la Turquie. Ces notes présentent la situation budgétaire actuelle et les trajectoires annoncées, les plans d’assainissement ainsi que le détail des mesures portant sur les dépenses et les recettes…”

“…Il peut également y avoir des répercussions négatives en amont et en aval, ainsi que sur les régions tributaires de produits dont les prix et la production diminuent à mesure que le soutien et la protection sont réduits. Malgré la nécessité de procéder à des réformes pour respecter les engagements commerciaux multilatéraux et bilatéraux et pour faire face aux contraintes budgétaires, ces effets préjudiciables sont l’une des principales raisons pour lesquelles les pouvoirs publics ont du mal à réformer leurs politiques…”

“…Current growth continues to exceed most past projections. The benefits wrought by mobility in communications are increasingly evident in terms of both economic and social development. …”

“…Thirdly, to combat increasing labour market dualism, employment protection legislation on regular work contracts needs to be eased once the current economic crisis subsides and the preferential treatment of student work should be phased out. …”

“…Furthermore, credible price-level targeting can support capital accumulation by protecting the long-run purchasing power of money and reducing the inflation risk premium embedded in actual long-term real interest rates. …”

“…In May 2009, the three OECD Committees recommended to make public, under their responsibility, this updated version. This report presents the results of this exercise: the first chapter reports the general analysis of the impact of the crisis and the appropriate policy responses, and the second chapter reviews current national responses…”

“…In particular, the settings of framework policies relating to product market regulation, openness to trade and debtor protection in bankruptcy provisions are found to be important for the diffusion of new technologies…”

“…In this sense, some of their projects, particularly their efforts at Arabisation, could be harnessed to increase literacy levels in order to favour general education and development and diminish fragility…”

“…In many regions, weak local governance is hindering the emergence of local grass-roots projects, diffusion of R&D results to SMEs is slow and dialogue between higher education institutions and firms is poor. …”

“…These data are based on the System of National Accounts 1993 (1993 SNA) for all countries except Australia, presented on the basis of the 2008 SNA…”