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Unemployment rates for women in the OECD
WOMEN HAVE considerably higher unemployment rates than men in a number of OECD countries, according to a report funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. While the gap between unemployment rates for men and women was found to be small in some countries, in others it was very large....
And Unemployment Up. (In Brief).(Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
The OECD unemployment rate on a standardized basis was 6.8 percent in October, 0.2 percent higher than September and 0.5 percent higher than a year earlier, based on estimates from 25 OECD member countries. The unemployment rate rose to 5.4 percent The OECD unemployment...
LABOUR MARKETS.(Economic Indicators)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
The latest forecast from the OECD points to a continuing decline in unemployment rates in most developed countries. The jobless rate in the OECD has fallen from 7.0% in 1997 to 6.2% this year, and it is expected to drop to 5.9% in 2002. The decline h...
ICELAND.(brief economic analysis)(Brief Article)
The Icelandic economy is booming. From 1994 to 1998 its GDP grew by an average of 4.1% a year. Last year it notched up growth of 6%, according to the OECD's latest country survey. But signs of overheating are everywhere. The unemployment rate has fal The...
PORTUGAL.(economic growth)(Brief Article)
In its latest report on Portugal, the OECD says that the country has turned in a "remarkable" economic performance since the mid- 1990s. GDP has grown by an average of 3.5% a year, almost touching 4% last year. The unemployment rate has fal In its latest...
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Conducting a mathematics camp for girls & other mathematics enthusiasts
Throughout much of the world, boys continue to outscore girls on standardised mathematics tests. For example, in most of the 57 countries that participated in the Programme for International Student Assessment PISA 2006, boys' performance was significantly higher than girls on the mathematics scale (see www.pisa.oecd.org). This fact alone can...
Thermal energy storage in the ground of a greenhouse by the polypropylene capillary heat exchanger
INTRODUCTION Our terrestrial system can absorb 3 billion tons of carbon per annum whereas we produce the double of this quantity. We will produce the triple in 30 years if the tendencies continue. Gerard Megie, director of CNRS, point out that the carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere...
Research and Markets: The Article "Overview of Canadian Transfer Pricing" Provides an Overview of Canada's Transfer Pricing Regime
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/430597/overview_of_canadi) has announced the addition of the "Overview of Canadian Transfer Pricing" report to their offering. In recent years, owing to the scale of business activities conducted by Canadian companies with non-arm's length non-resident entities, the Canada Revenue Agency has been taking...
Research and Markets: An Analysis of China's New Transfer Pricing Regime: Discover Documentation and Filing Requirements, Enforcement Issues and Rules for Loans
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/52904a/chinas_transfer_p) has announced the addition of the "China's Transfer Pricing Regime" report to their offering. China enacted a new transfer pricing law in March, 2007 and issued new implementing rules in December, 2007. The new provisions include cost sharing and contemporaneous documentation...
Control Risks Expects Tighter Enforcement to Fight Corruption
WASHINGTON -- Control Risks, the international business risk consultancy, released today its latest Anti-Corruption White Paper. In the midst of the worst financial crisis in recent history, Control Risks predicts an era of tighter enforcement and increased government scrutiny to fight corruption. "There will be no leniency from...
A New Global Measurement for Entrepreneurship
With funding and cooperation from the EwingMarion Kauffman Foundation, the Organization for Economic Co-operation andDevelopment OECD developed a new tool to empower research-baseddecision-making on government policies involving entrepreneurship. The creation of the OECD-Eurostat Entrepreneurship Indicators Program EIPwas a joint effort of the OECD, a consortium of 30 industrial democracies,and Eurostat,...
Research and Markets: 'Issues Arising in the Application of the Comparable Uncontrolled Transaction Method' Report Includes an Illustrative Calculation of the BALRM's Application
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/e8b164/issues_arising_in) has announced the addition of the "Issues Arising in the Application of the Comparable Uncontrolled Transaction Method" report to their offering. This article offers practical guidance regarding the application of the comparable uncontrolled transactions method CUTM of valuing intangible property transfers...
Tele-News Conference Media Advisory in Advance of Global Entrepreneurship Week: OECD and International Finance Corporation Present Kauffman Foundation-Funded Data on Entrepreneurship Across Globe
WHAT: Increasing international interest by policy-makers and others inentrepreneurship has resulted in two new tools for country-levelcomparisons of entrepreneurship. Global organisations concerned withadvancing entrepreneurship are jointly presenting their respective reportsthat establish entrepreneurship indicators in dozens of developing andindustrial countries. The reports, funded by the Ewing Marion KauffmanFoundation, a U.S.-based philanthropy...
Money
58% of mortgages in the UK are on a fixed rate of interest 2.2% decline in house prices in October, according to the Halifax 15% rise in gas and electricity bills, said the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development 29.7% annual...
National briefs: Energy shock
ENERGY prices in Britain have risen twice as fast as the European Union average. Gas and electricity rose by 29.7% in the past year, compared with a 15% increase for the EU. The figures, released by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development OECD, show bills are up 14% in...
OECD Petroleum Demand Destruction
Most countries in the OECD world and such EEs as China and India now are using fuels from shale oil, shale gas, coal-bed methane CBM, hydrates and other sources of fuel. No one has made a comprehensive study of the extent to which such fuels have killed demand for conventional...
Mexico
Mexico. OECD 2007 197 pages $54.00 Paperback OECD rural policy reviews HN120 Of all the member countries of The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, Mexico has the largest population living in predominantly rural...
Linking regions and central governments; contracts for regional development
926400873X Linking regions and central governments; contracts for regional development. OECD 2007 196 pages $54.00 Paperback HT391 This published study from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development OECD analyzes contract theory, and how...
OECD environmental outlook to 2030
926404048X OECD environmental outlook to 2030. OECD 2008 517 pages $117.00 Paperback HC79 This volume presents analyses of estimated future economic and environmental trends, for policymakers wanting to address complex and long-term global environmental...
OECD framework for the evaluation of SME and entrepreneurship policies and programmes
OECD framework for the evaluation of SME and entrepreneurship policies and programmes. OECD 2007 122 pages $33.00 Paperback HD2346 Prepared by the OECD Working Party on Small and Medium-sized Enterprises and Entrepreneurship, this report seeks to...
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