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In the wave of M&A: Euro...
Research Results from International M&A Workshop. Hosted by: Research Institute of Economics ands Business Administration (RIEB-Center), Kobe University
(2007)
International Migration ...
OECD's annual publication analysing recent developments in migration movements and policies in its countries. Each edition provides the latest statistical information on immigrant stocks and flows, immigrants in the labour market, and migration policies. This 2012 edition cove...
(2012)
OECD Employment Outlook ...
This 30th edition of the OECD Employment Outlook examines the labour market performance of OECD countries as well as the prospects in the short term. Chapter 1 offers an overview of recent developments, focusing on how marginalised groups (youth, the low skilled, women, the ch...
(2012)
OECD Tourism Trends and ...
The report provides comparative knowledge, both policy and data, through thematic chapters and country-specific policy and statistical profiles. The report highlights key tourism policy developments, focuses on issues that rank high on the policy agenda in the field of tourism...
(2012)
OECD-FAO Agricultural Ou...
This is the 18th edition of the Agricultural Outlook and the eighth prepared jointly with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). It brings together the commodity, policy and country expertise of both organisations, and input from collaborating membe...
(2012)
African Economic Outlook...
Promoting Youth Employment
This 11th edition of the African Economic Outlook reviews recent economic, social and political developments and the short-term likely evolutions of 53 African countries. This year’s edition will for the first time cover Eritrea and South Sudan. The focus of the 2012 AEO ...
(2012)
OECD Pensions Outlook 2012
This edition of the OECD Pensions Outlook examines the changing pensions landscape. It looks at pension reform during the crisis and beyond, the design of automatic adjustment mechanisms, reversals of systemic pension reforms in Central and Eastern Europe, coverage of private ...
(2012)
Jobs for Immigrants (Vol...
Labour Market Integration in Austria, Norway and Switzerland
When immigrants arrive in a new country, they are confronted with new labour market requirements such as language proficiency, familiarity with job-search procedures and work practices which they are not always able to satisfy. Over time, this expertise can be acquired. In pra...
(2012)
Global Business Etiquette
A Guide to International Communication and Customs
by Jeanette S. ... and Lillian H. C...
This book provides the invaluable intercultural knowledge to help you make a deal, sell your product, or find a joint venture, no matter where your business takes you.
(2012)
Better Skills, Better Jo...
A Strategic Approach to Skills Policies
Recognising both the complexity of skills policies and the potential for peer learning, the OECD has developed a global Skills Strategy that helps countries to identify the strengths and weaknesses of their national skills systems, benchmark them internationally, and develop p...
(2012)
Can we still Achieve the...
From Costs to Policies
by Carlos Sanchez, Christopher ..., Gregory De P..., Jean Philipp..., Jesus Bueren, and Vararat Atis...
This study contributes to the current debate on achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), their relevance and what can be done after 2015, by looking at estimates of the cost of reaching the goals in 2015. In particular, it sizes the additional resources needed in dev...
(2012)
Financing SMEs and Entre...
An OECD Scoreboard
Access to finance represents one of the most significant challenges for entrepreneurs and for the creation, survival and growth of small businesses. As governments address this challenge, they are running up against a major and longstanding obstacle to policy making: insuffici...
(2012)
Languages in a Global World
Learning for Better Cultural Understanding
by Bruno Della ..., Christina Hi..., and Jessica Scott
The rise of globalisation makes language competencies more valuable, both at individual and societal levels. This book examines the links between globalisation and the way we teach and learn languages. It begins by asking why some individuals are more successful than others at...
(2012)
Taxing Wages 2011 -
Taxing Wages provides unique information on income tax paid by workers and on social security contributions levied upon employees and their employers in OECD countries. In addition, this annual publication specificies family benefits paid as cash transfers. Amounts of taxes an...
(2012)
Strategic Transport Infr...
Transcontinental Infrastructure Needs to 2030/50 explores the long-term opportunities and challenges facing major gateway and transport hub infrastructures -- ports, airports and major rail corridors – in the coming decades. The report uses projections and scenario...
(2012)
OECD Sovereign Borrowing...
OECD governments are facing unprecedented challenges in the markets for government securities as a result of continued strong borrowing amid a highly uncertain environment with growing concerns about the pace of recovery, surging borrowing costs, sovereign risk and contagion p...
(2012)
Agricultural Policies fo...
With more than two-thirds of the world’s poor living in rural areas, higher rural incomes are a pre-requisite for sustained poverty reduction and reduced hunger. This volume sets out a strategy for raising rural incomes which emphasises the creation of diversified rural econom...
(2012)
Meeting the Water Reform...
The need to reform water policies is as urgent as ever. Water is essential for economic growth, human health, and the environment. Yet governments around the world face significant challenges in managing their water resources effectively. The problems are multiple and complex:...
(2012)
OECD Environmental Outlo...
Humanity has witnessed unprecedented growth and prosperity in the past decades, with the size of the world economy more than tripling and population increasing by over 3 billion people since 1970. This growth, however, has been accompanied by environmental pollution and n...
(2012)
