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Economic survey of the United States 2007: Ensuring fiscal sustainability

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29-May-2007

The long-term fiscal outlook is bleak. Entitlement programmes need to be fixed.

Economic survey of the United States 2007: Potential employment

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29-May-2007

Tighter limits on employment growth are slowing the economy. Improvements to disability insurance, Social Security and the Earned Income Tax Credit would help.

Economic survey of the United States 2007: Challenges facing the US economy

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29-May-2007

Long term challenges facing the US economy include labour force growth, fiscal sustainability,, distortions in the housing market, performance of secondary schools and access to college.

Economic survey of the United States 2007

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29-May-2007

The US economy continues to grow solidly, though at a slower pace than before. Long term challenges include labour force growth, fiscal sustainability, distortions in the housing market, performance of ...

Tax Information Exchange Agreements (TIEAS)

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20-Apr-2007

Bilateral Agreements that have been signed to establish exchange of information for tax purposes.

OECD steps up co-operation with the OAS to fight corruption in the Americas

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13-Apr-2007

The Organization of American States (OAS) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) signed an agreement today to strengthen the fight against corruption in the Americas. 

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.

Progress Toward Safe Nanotechnology in the Workplace

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28-Feb-2007

This document is a report of the progress of the NIOSH Nanotechnology Research Center (NTRC) since its inception in 2004 through 2006. Using only internally redirected resources, the NTRC has begun to ...