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“…Unsurprisingly, its increasing differentiation over the last three decades has raised questions about the ability to communicate across different academic camps. This edited volume enables dialogue by identifying commonalities and differences among academic camps from a metatheoretical perspective. …”

“…This open access book brings together national experts from across the Dinaric region to rigorously review IEA’s Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2019 grade four data to develop a multidimensional and culturally sensitive perspective on their TIMSS 2019 primary-level results. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Foreword -- Table of contents -- Basic statistics of Austria, 2020 -- Executive Summary -- The recovery has been strong until a resurgence in the pandemic -- Moving to a greener economy -- Social cohesion requires decisive policy action -- Fostering productivity gains -- 1 Key policy insights -- The pandemic hit Austria hard, requiring to adjust the sharing of health responsibilities across levels of government -- The containment policy mix displayed certain specificities -- Differences between Länder and preliminary lessons from the management of the pandemic -- Macroeconomic outlook and risks -- The recovery has started strong -- Supply bottlenecks -- Inflation pressures -- Housing and banking sector risks -- Economic and social supports are being adapted to the recovery -- A comprehensive support package -- Transition policies out of the pandemic -- The tourism sector is facing particular challenges -- Consequences and outlook for public finances -- Important structural changes are pending after the pandemic -- The intended fast shift to carbon neutrality will have important economic impacts -- Emission regulations -- Carbon prices -- Emission saving technologies and investments -- Mitigating social impacts -- Social cohesion is under pressure -- Austria entered the pandemic with a high degree of social cohesion with certain weaknesses -- The pandemic has exacerbated existing vulnerabilities on the labour market -- Re-integrating the long-term unemployed -- Better supporting the free-lancers and the self-employed -- Re-addressing gender inequalities -- Boosting the inclusion of low-skilled immigrants and their children -- Public sector reforms become more compelling -- Handling the fiscal costs of ageing -- Pensions -- Health spending -- Long-term care -- Fiscal implications of the transition to a greener and digitalised economy…”

“…Heavily oversupplied markets in the short term have triggered sharp investment cuts across the industry; if under-investment persists it could sow the seeds of a classic bust-boom commodity cycle. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Adopting a multi-dimensional approach to work across organisational boundaries -- Embracing agility in the design and delivery of services -- Key enablers to support public service design and delivery -- Guidelines and standards for coherent transformation -- Common components and tools -- Digital Identity -- Hosting services and digital solutions -- Taking payments -- Sending notifications -- Submitting information to government -- Digital inclusion -- Channels -- References -- Notes…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Preface -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Editorial -- Abbreviations and acronyms -- Executive summary -- Insights from the Data for Development profiles -- Towards good practices in international support for data and statistical systems -- Insights from the Data for Development Profiles of DAC members -- Development co-operation for data and statistics -- Key insights from the profiles -- Insight # 1: DAC members' overarching thematic and geographic priorities drive funding of data and statistics -- Data-related support is spread across institutions -- Digital strategies highlight data challenges and opportunities -- Long-standing geographic priorities bear out in support for data and statistics -- Insight # 2: DAC members increasingly invest in sectoral data and statistics -- A closer look at evolutions in sectoral support -- Programmatic and budget support can incentivise support for general/core statistical capacities -- Insight # 3: ODA to data and statistics is increasingly concentrated in fragile states -- ODA is increasingly concentrated in Africa... -- ...and in fragile contexts -- Insight # 4: Project-type interventions are preferred to joint-funding mechanisms -- Stable but evolving engagement in joint funding mechanisms -- Multilateral channels are often used in low-income countries and fragile contexts -- Insight # 5: Country ownership drives successful results -- Regional programmes are emerging as relevant and efficient -- Approaches to supporting country ownership are evolving, going beyond national government -- Towards good practices in international support for data and statistical systems -- References -- Notes -- Data for Development Profiles -- Data for Development Profiles -- Australia -- Strategies, actors and funding -- Illustrative programmes and projects -- Lessons learnt -- Thematic focus -- Geographic focus…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…3 Policy recommendations -- Introduction -- Policy recommendations for improving the Arnona -- Policy recommendation 1: Reduce the large disparity between non-residential and residential Arnona rates by reducing non-residential rates relative residential rates -- Policy recommendation 2: Develop alternative sources of local government revenue, through taxation, user charges and income from assets -- Policy recommendation 4: Standardise the classification of types of property across the country and reduce the number of sub-classification categories -- Policy recommendation 5: The central government should establish and enforce a uniform system for measuring taxable area for purposes of implementing the Arnona (pending more comprehensive reform -see recommendations 9 and 10) -- Policy recommendation 6: Addressing the problems created by the current system of Arnona exemptions and discounts -- Exemptions provided to residential Arnona taxpayers -- Exemptions and rebates provided to non-residential Arnona taxpayers -- Policy recommendation 7: Allow some degree of rate setting by local governments. …”

“…A picture is painted of youth entrepreneurship programmes operating at national, regional and local levels across the OECD in a wide variety of settings and with various different approaches and delivery mechanisms. …”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Foreword -- Executive summary -- Policies to address COVID-19 paid little heed to the needs of people-centred health services, especially in the early phases of the pandemic -- Despite some progress, no country yet delivers strong, person-centred care across all key policy domains of the OECD Scorecard -- 1 An analytical framework and scorecard for people-centred health systems -- The OECD Framework for People-Centred Health Systems -- How people-centred are OECD health systems? …”

“…OECD Regions at a Glance aims to fill this gap by analysing and comparing major territorial patterns and regional trends across OECD countries…”

“…Tolling has served numerous and wide-ranging purposes across the ages. While initially providing right of way, tolls were later used to finance the building and maintenance of infrastructure, before becoming a means of internalising external costs and managing demand. …”

“…"Late nineteenth-century Britain experienced an unprecedented explosion of visual print culture and a simultaneous rise in literacy across social classes. New printing technologies facilitated quick and cheap dissemination of images--illustrated books, periodicals, cartoons, comics, and ephemera--to a mass readership. …”

“…The present collection of essays aims to contribute to the fulfillment of this gap by offering a reconstruction of the seminal passages in the history of philosophy which testify to the evolution of the idea of respect for persons and the rich array of conceptual specifications that such an idea acquires across the centuries.By analysis of pivotal texts of ancient and modern contemporary philosophy, the volume will try to offer an articulated account of respect which, starting from its primeval connection with the search for esteem and the pursuit of human excellence, gradually evolves towards the recognition of the political status of each citizen and culminates into a true politics of human rights.Bringing together the expertise of classicists and scholars specialized in modern and contemporary philosophy, the volume is especially intended for scholars working in the fields of the history of philosophy, ethical and political theory…”

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“…Thanks to author Nadean Tanner’s wide array of experience from teaching at a University to working for the Department of Defense, the Cybersecurity Blue Team Toolkit strikes the perfect balance of substantive and accessible, making it equally useful to those in IT or management positions across a variety of industries. This handy guide takes a simple and strategic look at best practices and tools available to both cybersecurity management and hands-on professionals, whether they be new to the field or looking to expand their expertise. …”