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Trends in Severe Disability Among Elderly People (Health Working Paper No. 26)pdf,615Kb,English | View long abstract 30-Mar-2007 Gaétan Lafortune, Gaëlle Balestat As the number and share of the population aged 65 and over will continue to grow steadily in OECD countries over the next decades, improvements in the functional status of elderly people could help mitigate the rise in the demand for, and hence expenditure on, long-term care. Also available: |
The Development of Policies for the Protection of Critical Information Infrastructures (CII)English | View long abstract 29-Mar-2007 The 2006 OECD study offers an analysis of the CII security policies in four countries: Canada, Korea, the United Kingdom, and the United States - with a focus on the drivers for and challenges to their development. |
Improving Co-ordination between Environmental and Health Policies: Final Reportpdf,496Kb,English | View long abstract 05-Mar-2007 The report provides evidence-based recommendations to improve policy co-ordination between environment and health. It incluses case studies on Canada, France and the United Kingdom to better understand the existing level of co-ordination between environmental and health policies. Also available: |
Economic Policy Reforms: Going for Growth 2007 - Canada Country Notepdf,38Kb,English | View long abstract 13-Feb-2007 This note, taken from Chapter 2 of Economic Policy Reforms: Going for Growth 2007, contains information about the progress in implementing reforms in line with the 2006 priorities for Canada. Related documents: |
PISA national website: CanadaEnglish | View long abstract 16-Jan-2007 This website in French and English, managed by the Canadian authorities, provides information sepcific to Canada on the OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). Find reports produced by Canada on its performance in PISA here as well as useful contact points. |
Supporting the contribution of higher education institutions to regional development - reports on CanadaEnglish | View long abstract 05-Jan-2007 View reports relating to a review of higher education institution support of regional development. These reports focus on Atlantic Canada. Related documents: |
Pharmaceutical Pricing and Reimbursement Policies in Canada (Health Working Paper No. 24)pdf,674Kb,English | View long abstract 22-Dec-2006 Valérie Paris and Elizabeth Docteur The OECD has released an OECD Health Working Paper (No. 24) from the Pharmaceutical Pricing Policies and Innovation project. The paper describes and assesses pharmaceutical pricing and reimbursement policies in Canada. |
Competitive Regional Clusters: National Policy ApproachesEnglish | View long abstract 07-Dec-2006 "Competitive Regional Clusters: National Policy Approaches" analyses the objectives, targeting, instruments and inter-governmental role sharing used by 26 programmes in 14 OECD countries. |
Developed countries must do more to integrate immigrant workers, says OECDEnglish | View long abstract 05-Dec-2006 Well-managed immigration flows offer benefits both for host countries and for migrants and their families. But the effective integration of immigrants into the societies of the countries where they settle is crucial, and this requires commitment and action at national and local level. Also available: |