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OECD Economic Surveys: Slovenia 2013
OECD Publishing 2013; US$ 63.00OECD's 2013 Economic Survey of Slovenia examines recent economic developments, policies and prospects. This issue's special chapters cover banking and welfare restructuring. more...
Synergies for Better Learning: An International Perspective on Evaluation and Assessment
OECD Publishing 2013; US$ 182.00How can assessment and evaluation policies work together more effectively to improve student outcomes in primary and secondary schools" Countries increasingly use a range of techniques for student assessment, teacher appraisal, school evaluation, school leader appraisal and education system evaluation. However, they often face difficulties in... more...
OECD Public Governance Reviews: Poland
OECD Publishing 2013; US$ 28.00This report proposes a practical, country-based framework for developing good governance indicators for programmes funded by the European Union in Poland. The concepts presented and the challenges discussed are, however, relevant to a wide range of OECD member and non-member countries in the development of indicators-based performance measurement... more...
21st Century Learning Environments
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2006; US$ 35.00School buildings have a crucial contribution to make to raising educational achievement. Designing high performance school buildings for the 21st century for all children is a shared concern amongst OECD countries. Innovative research seeks architectural answers that make efficient use of the resources invested in building, renovating and running schools.... more...
Engineered Barrier Systems (EBS) in the Safety Case
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2007; US$ 63.00In the deep disposal of radioactive waste, the presence of several barriers serving complementary safety functions enhances confidence that the waste will be isolated and contained to protect human health and the environment. The barriers include the natural geological barrier and the engineered barrier system (EBS). The EBS itself may comprise a variety... more...
Sweden
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2007; US$ 63.00This review analyses the Swedish institutional framework for better regulation. In recent years Sweden has made a remarkable recovery, benefiting from deregulation efforts undertaken in the early to mid 1990s. Sweden places a strong emphasis on high standards of social welfare and a strong governance framework, which foster consensus. To preserve its... more...
Environment at a Glance
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2006; US$ 49.00This book includes key environmental indicators endorsed by OECD Environment Ministers and major environmental indicators from the OECD Core Set. These indicators reflect environmental progress made since the early 1990s and thus contribute to measuring environmental performance. Organised by issues such as climate change, air pollution, biodiversity,... more...
ICT and Learning
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2006; US$ 33.00Across both the industrialised and the developing worlds, educators have high hopes for information and communications technology (ICT). ICT has been seen as a potentially powerful tool for raising educational performance and increasing access to learning by the disadvantaged. Can it live up to these hopes? And does it have particular relevance to... more...
Denmark
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2006; US$ 56.00Denmark has been using ICT in government for several decades. Following a pattern common in OECD countries, during the 1970s and 1980s the focus was mainly on achieving efficiencies in public administration through process automation. Then, during the 1990s, there was a shift towards exploiting the potential of ICT to develop what, by the later... more...
No. 11: The Taxation of Employee Stock Options
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2006; US$ 56.00Employee stock option plans have become a common component of remuneration packages in multinational enterprises. This publication presents and examines the many important tax issues that arise for beneficiaries and companies. . Focusing first on domestic tax issues, it considers what tax treatment would provide no tax-related incentives for a... more...









