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UK Report on Environmentally Beneficial Nanotechnologies: Barriers and Opportunities

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22-May-2007

Published in May 2007, this study was carried out by leading sustainability consultants, Oakdene Hollins, who were commissioned by Defra to investigate the opportunities and potential obstacles to adoption ...

International dialogue on safety of manufactured nanomaterials

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16-May-2007

The Royal Society organised a workshop that brought together international academic experts and members of the OECD Working Party on Manufactured Nanomaterials (WPNM). This report summarises the main issues discussed during the workshop.

Improving School Leadership - Country Background Report for Scotland

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11-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.

Transfer Pricing Country Profiles

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04-May-2007

The country profiles on transfer pricing legislation and practices for OECD member countries and Observers.

Energy Policies of IEA countries – United Kingdom 2006 Review

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26-Apr-2007

The UK is facing a critical moment in its energy policy: North Sea oil and gas production is declining, dependence on imported energy is increasing, while rising energy prices and climate change considerations pose further challenges.

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.

The Development of Policies for the Protection of Critical Information Infrastructures (CII)

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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.

On the Edge: Securing a Sustainable Future for Higher Education (Education Working Paper No. 7)

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26-Mar-2007

This report examines the conditions needed to secure the future financial sustainability of institutions of higher education from a national (policy) and institutional (management) perspective.

OECD to conduct a further examination of UK efforts against bribery

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14-Mar-2007

At its March 2007 meeting, the OECD Working Group on Bribery reaffirmed its serious concerns about the United Kingdom’s discontinuance of the BAE Al Yamamah investigation and outlined continued shortcomings in UK Anti-Bribery legislation.