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23-Jan-2008
Economic globalisation has typically been measured using trade and FDI statistics. However, the emergence of global value chains with products often fabricated in one country, assembled in a second and sold in a third country, challenges these traditional indicators. This paper shows how international input-output tables can be used to provide complementary indicators on the growing importance of these global value chains.
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21-Jan-2008
International scientific years have a long history. Some are intended to enhance public awareness of a scientific domain or issue; others are meant to strengthen collaborative research and to produce real scientific results. But their record of accomplishment is mixed. To assist proponents of future scientific years, the Global Science Forum commissioned a study by Dr. George Stirling, examining the establishment of the the International Polar Year.
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05-Dec-2007
The global steel market is in its sixth year of strong output and demand growth. But the outlook for 2008 is less buoyant amid weaker prospects for global economic growth, according to industry and government officials at the OECD’s Steel Committee meeting in Paris on 3-4 December 2007.
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28-Nov-2007
The OECD Input-Output database is a useful empirical tool for economic research and structural analysis at international level. It highlights inter-industrial relationships and when used in conjunction with other OECD databases such as STAN Industry, Business R&D Expenditures (ANBERD) and Bilateral Trade Database (BTD), it provides a tool for consistent economic analysis of growth, structural change, productivity, competitiveness and employment at the sectoral and macroeconomic levels.
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08-Nov-2007
Chile needs to invest more in research and development (R&D), improve its education system, promote public-private partnerships and foster business-sector innovation, notably among small and medium-sized firms, in order to sustain economic growth, according to a new OECD report.
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25-Oct-2007
More and more OECD governments are giving firms tax breaks to drive innovation while cutting their direct spending on business research and development (R&D), and are also encouraging public research organisations to commercialise their inventions, according to a new OECD report.
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23-Oct-2007
This publication presents the results of a survey of over 800 genetic testing laboratory directors in 18 OECD countries. It covers questions such as types of laboratory policies and practices in place to assure the quality of human genetic testing and the proficiency of those that carry out such tests. It includes information on policies regarding samples and genetic data handling, as well as the transborder flow of specimens.
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12-Oct-2007
This new STI working paper aims at designing simple but robust methods that would enable to forecast the present (or recent past) in order to improve the timeliness of patent indicators.
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26-Sep-2007
Can governments elevate their broadband performance rankings? This paper aims to identify the factors that are significant in driving broadband penetration.
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