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23-September-2010
English
Obesity rates in the United Kingdom are the highest in Europe. In England, rates have increased faster than in most OECD countries.
8-July-2010
English
The United Kingdom’s aid volume was USD 11.5 billion in 2009, representing 0.52% of its gross national income (GNI).
7-July-2010
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The global economic crisis hit the UK economy and its labour market hard. The UK unemployment rate (ILO definition) rose by 2.8 percentage points since December 2007 to reach 7.9% in March 2010, an increase that is similar to the average rise for the OECD area.
22-April-2010
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The report is part of an OECD comparative study, ICT in Initial Teacher Training, which aims to develop insights into how courses of initial teacher training prepare student teachers to use ICT effectively in their teaching. Three English initial teacher training providers agreed to participate in the research. Visits to undertake the research took place in May and June 2009. In the case of institutions A and B, the main work involved
8-April-2010
English
This book sheds light on the use of tax expenditures, mainly through a study of ten OECD countries: Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Korea, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States. It highlights key trends and successful practices.
11-March-2010
English
Dedicated public-private partnership (PPP) units are set up with full or partial aid of the government to ensure that the skills needed to handle third-party provision of goods and services are made available and clustered together. This book provides an overview of dedicated PPP units
10-March-2010
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This note is taken from Chapter 3 of Economic Policy Reforms: Going for Growth 2010.
18-January-2010
English, , 231kb
This “Country Chapter” provides a detailed description of tax and benefit rules in the United kingdom in 2008 and a summary of policy trends.
18-January-2010
English, , 234kb
This “Country Chapter” provides a detailed description of tax and benefit rules in the United kingdom in 2008 and a summary of policy trends.
14-December-2009
English
This country note, extracted from the STI Scoreboard 2009, explores recent developments in matters relating to innovation, science, technology and globalisation in the United Kingdom.
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