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Babies and Bosses - Key Outcomes of Finland compared to OECD average

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21-Nov-2007

Key indicators on fertility, female and sole parent employment, childcare participation, child poverty and gender pay gap.

Aid for Trade at a Glance 2007 - Country chapter for Finland

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15-Nov-2007

This country chapter is extracted from the report "Aid for Trade at a Glance 2007" which provides the first comprehensive global picture of aid for trade and will enable the international community to assess what is being achieved, what is not, and where improvements are needed.

Isle of Man signs agreements with Nordic economies on exchange of information for tax purposes

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30-Oct-2007

The Isle of Man has signed bilateral agreements with seven Nordic economies -- Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden -- on exchange of information for tax purposes, ...

Education at a Glance 2007 - Briefing Note Finland

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18-Sep-2007

This note contrasts key findings for Finland with global trends among OECD countries, under the headings: quantity and quality challenges, equity challenges, and resource and efficiency challenges.

Ageing and the Public Service: Human Resource Challenges

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13-Aug-2007

An ageing population creates immediate pressures for changes in both service delivery and in human resources management in government. This report reviews strategies to address these pressing issues and  provides a snapshot of ageing policies and actions in nine OECD countries.

The Third Joint Meeting of the EU Water Initiative EECCA Working Group and the EAP Task Force Water Network

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10-Aug-2007

The Third Joint Meeting of the EU Water Initiative EECCA Working Group and the EAP Task Force Water Network was held on the 24-25th of May 2007, in Helsinki, Finland with the support of the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE).

Equity in Education Thematic Review Country Analytical Report - Finland

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31-May-2007

The Finns regard education as very important. In a survey in 1993-94 Finnish adults were asked how they consider the Finnish comprehensive school to have succeeded in reaching its core objectives (3). ...

Improving School Leadership - Country Background Report for Finland

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04-May-2007

This activity aims to support policy development through examining: the roles and responsibilities of school leaders, policies and conditions for making school leaders most effective, the development and support of effective school leadership and policies and practices conducive to these ends.

Baltic Partnerships: Integration, Growth and Local Governance in the Baltic Sea Region

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16-Apr-2007

This book analyses new economic development in the Baltic States and Northwest Russia and provides suggestions on how to speed up this progress.

Trends in Severe Disability Among Elderly People (Health Working Paper No. 26)

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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.