Invention and Transfer of Environmental Technologies

Inducing environmental innovation is a significant challenge to policy-makers. Efforts to design public policies that address these issues are motivated by the fact that innovations can allow for improved environmental quality at lower cost.

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Ten years of water sector reform in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia

This report evaluates how well EECCA countries have done in ensuring people’s access to adequate water supply and sanitation services since their Economic, Finance, and Environment Ministers adopted the Almaty Guiding Principles to support such efforts in 2000.

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OECD/EAP Task Force Contributes to the 7th "Environment for Europe" Ministerial Conference

7th “Environment for Europe” Ministerial Conference took place in Astana (Kazakhstan) on 21-23 September 2011. Two main themes: sustainable management of water and water-related ecosystems and greening the economy: mainstreaming the environment into economic development.

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• Вклад ОЭСР/СРГ ПДООС в Седьмую Министерскую Конференцию «Окружающая среда для Европы»
• Вклад ОЭСР/СРГ ПДООС в Седьмую Министерскую Конференцию «Окружающая среда для Европы»

Policy Brief: Greening public budgets in EECCA: Highlights for policy makers, 2011

The purpose of this Policy Brief is to present some of the major findings and conclusions that have emerged from a survey, conducted by the OECD, on medium-term budgeting practices in the environment sector in the countries of Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia.

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Greening public budgets in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia, 2011

This report aims to help Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (EECCA) environmental administrations to harness the potential benefits of on-going public finance reforms in the region.

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Chemicals: Argentina joins OECD agreement on mutual acceptance of chemical safety data

Argentina has joined the OECD system for the Mutual Acceptance of Data (MAD) in the Assessment of Chemicals. Through MAD, Argentina’s non-clinical safety data related to the protection of human health and the environment must be accepted by OECD and other adhering countries.

Вклад ОЭСР/СРГ ПДООС в Седьмую Министерскую Конференцию «Окружающая среда для Европы»

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• OECD/EAP Task Force Contributes to the 7th "Environment for Europe" Ministerial Conference
• OECD/EAP Task Force Contributes to the 7th "Environment for Europe" Ministerial Conference

The Trade Effects of Phasing Out Fossil-Fuel Consumption Subsidies

A co-ordinated multilateral removal of fossil-fuel consumption subsidies over the 2013-2020 period would increase global trade volumes by 0.1% by 2020, according to this report.

Back to school

Work hard at school, get a good education and you can get a good job – the familiar mantra of parents the world over. But is it still true at a time of shrinking government budgets and ballooning unemployment figures? And if so, what kind of education is best?

Cool, clean water

Without water we cannot survive. Yet billions of people still live without access to stable supplies of clean water, and a growing world population will put increasing pressure on this finite resource in years to come. How can we make better use of this precious commodity?