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pdf,269Kb,English | View long abstract
21-Nov-2008
Innovation has become a key factor for the economic success of OECD countries and a prerequisite for sustainable development. In a complex and highly competitive global market, companies have to innovate ...
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pdf,330Kb,English | View long abstract
19-Nov-2008
The 14 year-long period of strong expansion has come to an end, as residentialconstruction has begun adjusting towards a sustainable level of activity andthe highly indebted household sector is curbing ...
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pdf,274Kb,English | View long abstract
17-Nov-2008
Good mental health is important, since it allows persons to develop in many ways – emotionally, psychologically, intellectually and socially. It also benefits the places where people live and work, leading ...
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pdf,222Kb,English | View long abstract
14-Nov-2008
Competition law and policy in the Czech Republic have converged on European practices. Since the OECD review of Czech competition policy in 2001, the country has joined the European Union, while the Czech ...
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pdf,250Kb,English | View long abstract
14-Nov-2008
Poland has a large window of opportunity to conduct an ambitious regionaldevelopment policy. It has managed to maintain high growth levels since themid 1990s, with the second-best performance in the OECD ...
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pdf,370Kb,English | View long abstract
28-Oct-2008
Are Latin American governments making the most of fiscal policy to boost economic growth and combat poverty and inequality? Or could governments be making better use of debt management, tax systems and public spending to foster development?
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pdf,188Kb,English | View long abstract
23-Oct-2008
Could countries do more to prevent waste, fraud and corruption in
government contracts? Governments and state-owned firms increasingly
turn to the private sector for a variety of goods, services and public works,
such as buying basic computer equipment or building roads and dams.
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pdf,120Kb,English | View long abstract
15-Oct-2008
Governments devote a large share of taxpayers’ money to publicprocurement – purchasing goods and services from road building to schooltextbooks. But how can they be sure that they are getting good value ...
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pdf,272Kb,English | View long abstract
13-Oct-2008
Regional innovation systems are important for two main reasons. First, strong dynamics of innovation generation in regions are crucial for achieving national innovation policy objectives; and second, innovation ...
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pdf,206Kb,English | View long abstract
10-Oct-2008
The performance of the Australian economy has remained remarkable inmost respects. However, after more than a decade and a half of rapid growththe economy has bumped into capacity constraints, while facing ...
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