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Economic Policy Reforms: Going for Growth 2007: United Kingdom Country Note

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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 the United Kingdom. ...

Réformes économiques: Objectif croissance 2007 - Mesures prises en réponse aux priorités d'action en 2006 - Royaume-Uni

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13-Feb-2007

Cette note, extraite du chapitre 2 de Réformes économiques: Objectif croissance 2007, contient des informations sur les progrès réalisés dans la mise en œuvre des réformes de politique structurelle identifiées ...

Women and Men in OECD Countries

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22-Jan-2007

Best practice across countries in many areas of policy cannot be "gender-blind".

Conference on "patents: realising and securing value": Summary report

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18-Jan-2007

This November 2006 conference engaged patent and licensing professionals, patent officials and policy makers in discussions about the licensing and valuation of patents. It showed the emergence of technology markets and the increasing use of patents for raising capital.

Bringing Post-Occupancy Evaluation to Schools in Scotland

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11-Jan-2007

Keith Thomson and Chris Watson

The Scottish Executive is currently engaged in the country’s largest school rebuilding programme in modern times. As part of this commitment, guidance was published in June 2004 to assist local authorities in undertaking school building evaluations

Quality Indicators in the Design of Schools (QIDS): A Tool for Assessing School Design?

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11-Jan-2007

Sebastian Tombs

This paper describes the development of key design indicators for schools in Scotland, known as “Quality Indicators in the Design of Schools” or QIDS.

UK Report on an Overview of the Framework of Current Regulation Affecting the Development and Marketing of Nanomaterials

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22-Dec-2006

This report was published in December 2006 and was conducted by the UK's Economic and Social Research Council's Centre for Business Relationships Accountability Sustainability and Society (BRASS) at Cardiff University.

OECD Territorial Reviews: Newcastle in the North East, The United Kingdom

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15-Dec-2006

OECD Territorial Reviews: Newcastle in the North East, The United Kingdom assesses the economic trends, policy and governance challenges in building a competitive economy in Newcastle and the North East England.

Activation Strategies and the Performance of Employment Services in Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom (OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Paper No. 42)

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13-Dec-2006

Peter Tergeist and David Grubb

The report analyses how activation policies and the performance of employment services are addressed in three countries which have undertaken considerable reforms in recent years, namely Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. A particular emphasis is put on outsourcing strategies.

Competitive Regional Clusters: National Policy Approaches

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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.