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The Changing Boundaries of Social Enterprises

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27-Feb-2009

This book contains recommendations for national and local policy makers and presents a set of international best practices for social enterprises.

More Than Just Jobs: Workforce Development in a Skills-Based Economy

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27-Mar-2008

This report provides valuable insights into how labour policies can be expanded to meet economic development and social cohesion goals, while also reconciling national and local concerns...

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.

OECD LEED Forum on Partnerships and Local Governance: Korea

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02-Aug-2006

This site contains a list of key references on Korea. The documentary database includes documents on partnership and local governance that have been published by governments, universities and other organisations.

Policy Brief : OECD Territorial Reviews: Seoul, Korea

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04-May-2006

For many cities in OECD countries, globalisation has opened access to new markets, skilled human resources and advanced technology, while accelerating international competition and industrial restructuring. ...

Conference on Training Strategies for Regional Competitiveness and Inclusion Through Employment, Seoul, Korea, 12 October 2005

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28-Oct-2005

This event was co-organised with the Korean Labour Institute, a LEED Partner. Sylvain Giguère, Deputy Head of the LEED Programme, and Hyo-Soo Lee, president of the Korean Labour Economics Association, ...

Seoul, South Korea: big city or global city? OECD Territorial Reviews: Seoul, Korea

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29-Sep-2005

Seoul, the national mega-capital of South Korea, is attempting to become a world-class city and a leading business hub for Northeast Asia, but it's facing stiff competition from cities in China and Japan.

Territorial Reviews Korea

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20-Feb-2004

After the severe financial crisis of 1997-98, South Korea underwent numerous changes to address its structural weaknesses and widening disparities between regions and promote regional innovation. This review discusses South Korea's rapid recovery and its future territorial development.

Hierarchical Status of Busan and Changes of Spatial Structure

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14-Jul-2003

One in a series of papers presented at the OECD-Busan seminar on Policy Challenges in Metropolitan Regions in Busan, Korea in July 2003.

Local Governance in Busan

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14-Jul-2003

One in a series of papers presented at the OECD-Busan seminar on Policy Challenges in Metropolitan Regions in Busan, Korea in July 2003.