Business & Money
epub |eng | 2019-03-11 | Author:OECD

Fastest growing products ordered online, 2013-18 Percentage of Internet users ordering each product in 2018 (triangle) and change from 2013 (horizontal marker) Source: OECD, based on Eurostat, Digital Economy and ...
( Category: Industries May 5,2020 )
epub |eng | 2019-04-03 | Author:OECD

Box 4.1. The waste hierarchy The waste hierarchy is a concept that guides waste management policy in many OECD and non-OECD countries. Although the goal or objective of the waste ...
( Category: Economics May 5,2020 )
epub |eng | 2020-01-27 | Author:OECD

Box 3.5. Relevant international examples: Supporting recent reforms in secondary VET institutions Expanding work-based learning: Training associations in Switzerland and Austria In Switzerland, the government established vocational training associations (Lehrbetriebsverbünde) ...
( Category: Education & Reference May 5,2020 )
epub |eng | 2019-02-20 | Author:OECD

Notwithstanding these binary principles, Portugal has seven public universities that contain polytechnic programmes, most notably the University of Algarve, in which just over one-half of students (51%) are enrolled in ...
( Category: Education & Reference May 5,2020 )
epub |eng | 2020-03-03 | Author:OECD

Agglomeration economies Another determinant of the productivity differences across cities is the agglomeration economies, the productivity gains that arise due to interactions between workers or firms that take place locally. ...
( Category: Economics May 5,2020 )
epub |eng | 2019-03-19 | Author:OECD

Opportunities and benefits There are various economic, political and other reasons behind the upsurge of decentralisation reforms, and the reasons vary considerably across countries (see Chapter 2). For instance, in ...
( Category: Economics May 5,2020 )
epub |eng | 2020-03-06 | Author:OECD

Analysis of the public control functions In the Kazakhstan law of public councils, Articles 16-19 lay out the procedures for public councils in the form of public control. The forms ...
( Category: Economics May 5,2020 )
epub |eng | 2020-04-22 | Author:OECD

Table 11.1. Scoreboard for the Czech Republic Indicator Unit 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Debt Outstanding business loans, SMEs CZK billion 555.03 527.55 550.08 ...
( Category: Economics May 5,2020 )
epub |eng | 2019-02-14 | Author:OECD

Notes ← 1. Advances in other technologies, e.g. drone technology, could also contribute to reduced inspection costs. ← 2. Significant moves are also being made in bringing salmon farming onshore ...
( Category: Industries May 5,2020 )
epub |eng | 2020-01-17 | Author:OECD

Setting OP investment priorities that reflect national and regional development needs Strategic priority setting can be complex and require a sophisticated approach to balance different factors. It is, however, fundamental ...
( Category: Economics May 5,2020 )
epub |eng | 2019-04-17 | Author:OECD

Israel A complex of buildings and infrastructure, technological systems, logistical equipment, computing and communications systems, that are institutionally activated and controlled, that provides a vital service to the population and ...
( Category: Economics May 5,2020 )
epub |eng | 2020-01-06 | Author:OECD

Review funding arrangements and mechanisms for ICT and e government projects to improve the budgetary framework and remove existing barriers. Create frameworks that foster the adoption, reuse and scale up ...
( Category: Economics May 5,2020 )
epub |eng | 2019-03-06 | Author:OECD

Figure 3.2. Framework to identify actors/roles, drivers and misalignments Source: Adapted from OECD (2014[61]), Boosting Resilience through Innovative Risk Governance, http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264209114-en. 4. Explicitly consider distributional and equity implications of policies ...
( Category: Economics May 5,2020 )
epub |eng | 2019-07-12 | Author:OECD

1Strengthening active labour market programmes. Unemployment is declining from very high levels but is becoming increasingly long-term, while a large share of youth are inactive. Job-skill mismatch is high. Recommendations: ...
( Category: Economic Policy May 5,2020 )
epub |eng | 2019-03-08 | Author:OECD

Although progress has been made in expanding women’s access to productive and financial resources, challenges remain, especially to improving women’s workplace rights. Gender discrimination and inequalities at work persist in ...
( Category: Economics May 5,2020 )