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International Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing, 23-24 September 2008

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03-Jul-2008

This conference aims to provide a venue for sharing experience of leading companies in this area. It will also provide an opportunity to discuss what the OECD and its member countries can do to help advance private sector sustainable manufacturing initiatives.

FDI from OECD countries jumps 50% in 2007 but set to fall in 2008

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24-Jun-2008

Foreign direct investment (FDI) outflows from OECD countries in 2007 leapt to a record USD 1.82 trillion from USD 1.2 trillion in 2006 but are projected to fall sharply in 2008, according to estimates from the OECD.

Entrepreneurship and innovation are engines of economic growth, OECD workshop concludes

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08-May-2008

A three-day international workshop on innovation and the global impact of high-growth small and medium-sized firms (SMEs), organized by OECD with the Kauffman Foundation in Kansas City, hailed entrepreneurship and the fast growth of innovative small firms as the engines of economic growth.

OECD Kansas City Workshop

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30-Apr-2008

How can policymakers encourage entrepreneurship and the fast growth of innovative small firms? The OECD Kansas City workshop examined innovation and the global impact of high-growth SMEs.

OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2007: briefing note on the United States

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28-Nov-2007

This note summarises recent developments in science, technology and innovation in the United States.

List of tourism websites (by country)

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05-Jul-2006

List of tourism websites (by country) - useful contacts on the Internet.

FAIR 2006 - Weaving the Safety Net for an Aging World: Lessons Learned from the Pension and Insolvency Systems of the U.S., the U.K., and Germany

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27-Apr-2006

This document reproduces a report by Mr. Sprayregen written after the Fifth Forum for Asian Insolvency Reform (FAIR) which was held on 27-28 April 2006 in Beijing, China. It will form part of the forthcoming OECD publication “Legal & Institutional Reforms of Asian Insolvency Systems”.

OECD Scoreboard 2005: Briefing note for the United States

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10-Oct-2005

This note summarises recent developments in science, technology and innovation in the United States.

Meeting of the OECD Council at Ministerial Level, 2005: Enabling Globalisation

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02-May-2005

This year’s OECD Ministerial Council Meeting will be held at OECD Headquarters on 3-4 May 2005 under the chairmanship of Göran Persson, Prime Minister of Sweden, with the overarching theme of “Enabling ...

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