22-July-2003
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New maritime security measures to counter the threat of terrorist attacks will require an initial investment by ship operators of at least USD 1.3 billion, and will increase annual operating costs by USD 730 million thereafter, according to estimates in a new OECD report.
19-July-2003
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Senior government officials from major steel-producing economies convened a sixth High-Level Meeting on steel at the OECD in Paris on 18 July (i) to discuss significant industry, market and policy developments, and (ii) to advance work on a proposed steel agreement to discipline subsidies.
16-July-2003
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The world’s main steel-producing nations began three days of talks in Paris today aimed at reaching an internationally binding agreement on cutting or eliminating subsidies to the industry.
1-July-2003
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This paper analyses trends in Swedish venture capital markets and makes policy recommendations which have been developed through an OECD peer review process.
30-June-2003
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This paper analyses trends in Danish venture capital markets and makes policy recommendations which have been developed through an OECD peer review process.
29-June-2003
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As far as we know, there is no study that identifies databases on the destination of doctorate recipients, including at international level. This report has two objectives: to review existing statistical sources in the OECD countries, and discuss their comparability.
27-June-2003
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This paper examines the factors that have contributed to the growing popularity of R&D spending targets and analyses in more detail the economic and structural consequences of achieving the increased levels of R&D spending.
25-June-2003
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This paper examines recent patterns in productivity growth of service industries and analyses the role of problems in measuring service productivity growth on industry and aggregate productivity growth.