Reports

OECD Territorial Reviews: Toronto, Canada 2009

Economic Policy Reforms: Going for Growth 2010 - Canada Country Note

This note is taken from Chapter 3 of Economic Policy Reforms: Going for Growth 2010.

Les Clés de la réussite: Impact des connaissances et compétences à l'âge de 15 ans sur le parcours des jeunes canadiens

Les Clés de la Réussite présente les résultats d'une étude qui a été menée au Canada. Le but de l'étude est le suivi du parcours, sur presque dix ans, de jeunes Canadiens qui ont participé au test du PISA en 2000.

Pathways to Success - How knowledge and skills at age 15 shape future lives in Canada

Pathways to Success presents the results of a study carried out in Canada which has been following the progress over nearly a decade of the Canadian students who sat the test of the Programme for International Student Assessment in the year 2000.

OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2009 : Canada Highlights

This country note, extracted from the STI Scoreboard 2009, explores recent developments in matters relating to innovation, science, technology and globalisation in Canada.

Skills for competitiveness project

OECD research shows that to be successful in today’s knowledge economy, communities need to invest not only in the supply of skills but also in the demand for skills.The new OECD LEED project on “Skills for Competitiveness” will examine the advantages of such demand-side policy interventions.

OECD Territorial Reviews: Toronto, Canada

The review proposes a new sustainable competitiveness agenda to enhance productivity in Toronto. This agenda could focus on innovation, cultural diversity and infrastructure; and apply a green lens to policies.

Distributed Public Governance: Agencies, Authorities and Other Autonomous Bodies in Canada

Canada’s experience in creating new organisational forms for service delivery is a product of its distinct culture and its political form, federalism. In 1867, Canada adopted a federal form of government. Because the new country included diverse linguistic, cultural and regional communities, federalism was seen as a compromise between full integration of the independent colonies and the status quo. Its champions thought that it would

Performance Budgeting in Canada

This article describes the performance budgeting reforms of the government of Canada, the five main lessons learned over the past 30 years, and the current initiatives to strengthen performance measurement for the future.