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27-Aug-2007
China needs a better return on its fast-rising investments in research and development (R&D) and higher education if it is to meet its goal of becoming an “innovation-oriented” economy by 2020, according to a new OECD report.
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20-Aug-2007
New Zealand should strengthen its support for research and innovation to boost economic growth, according to a new OECD report.
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12-Jul-2007
Telecommunications investment continues to rise and consumers are generally paying less for more and better services across the OECD area but technology developments are presenting new challenges to telecoms operators, according to a new OECD report.
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04-Jun-2007
Governments should work more closely with companies and strengthen enforcement to fight the rising global trade in counterfeit and pirated goods, according to a new OECD report.
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31-May-2007
The presentations from the 62nd Steel Committee meeting and the Roundtable on consolidation in the world steel market, held in Istanbul on 17-18 May 2007 are now available.
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21-May-2007
The services sector makes an important contribution to employment growth, productivity and innovation in OECD countries. This document looks specifically at business support services and their strong linkages with other sectors. It aims to identify factors, institutions and policies that affect the delivery of business support services and that could enhance growth prospects more broadly. It focuses mainly on issues related to productivity, standardisation and regulation, and trade.
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21-May-2007
Driven by buoyant steel-intensive economic activity including construction and infrastructure building in many developing economies, global apparent consumption of steel has increased at an average pace of more than 7% per annum since 2002 to reach a record level of 1.113 billion tonnes last year.
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04-May-2007
These recommendations are intended to promote data access and sharing among researchers, research institutions, and national research agencies, while at the same time taking into account the various national laws, research policies and organisational structures of OECD member countries.
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04-Dec-2006
China will this year for the first time spend more on research and development (R&D) than Japan and so become the world’s second highest investor in R&D after the United States, according to OECD projections based on recent trends.
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08-Nov-2006
The OECD Council Working Party on Shipbuilding, in association with the major shipbuilding associations, has released a revised and updated system to calculate compensated gross tons (cgt). The new cgt system came into force on 1 January 2007, and all cgt users are encouraged to use the new system from that date. A copy of the document and user guide describing the new cgt system can be downloaded from this site.
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