Reports

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OECD Reviews of HE in Regional and City Development: Peer Review Report, Berlin

Reviews of Higher Education in Regional and City Development are the OECD’s vehicle to mobilise higher education for economic, social and cultural development of cities and regions. They analyse how higher education systems impact local and regional development and assist in improving this impact.

Tax Expenditures in OECD Countries - OECD publication

This book sheds light on the use of tax expenditures, mainly through a study of ten OECD countries: Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Korea, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States. It highlights key trends and successful practices.

Dedicated Public-Private Partnership Units: A Survey of Institutional and Governance Structures

Dedicated public-private partnership (PPP) units are set up with full or partial aid of the government to ensure that the skills needed to handle third-party provision of goods and services are made available and clustered together. This book provides an overview of dedicated PPP units

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

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

OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2009: Germany Highlights

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

Self-evaluation report: City of Berlin

The Self-evaluation Report for Berlin, Germany was prepared by the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB), as an input to the OECD Review of Higher Education in Regional and City Development.

Doing Better for Children: Pressemitteilung

Deutschland gibt viel Geld für Kinder aus, erzielt in vielen Bereichen aber nur unterdurchschnittliche Ergebnisse. Finanzielle Unterstützung für Familien so hoch wie in kaum einem anderen OECD-Land – Ausbau von Kinderbetreuung und frühkindlicher Erziehung sollte weiter vorangetrieben werden.

Fiscal Discipline between Levels of Government in Germany

The essential actors in co-ordinating fiscal discipline in Germany are the Federation and the 16 Länder. This article presents an overview of the legal basis of the budgetary process and how it is designed with respect to Federation-Länder relations. Developments since 1945 are also described, including the budget reform of 1969, German adherence to the European Economic and Monetary Union, and the work of the Federalism Commission

Higher education in regional and city development: review reports and visits 2008-2011

In 2008-11, 14 regions in 11 countries underwent the OECD Review of Higher Education in Regional Development aiming to mobilise higher education for economic, social and cultural development of cities and regions.