Author: OECD Publishing
Publisher: Org. for Economic Cooperation & Development
Keywords: learning, science, new, towards, brain, understanding
Number of Pages: 120
Published: 2002-07-13
List price: $34.00
ISBN-10: 9264197346
ISBN-13: 9789264197343

Over the last ten years, advances in non-invasive brain scanning and imaging technologies have opened up new methods of work for researchers. More has been learned about the functioning of the brain in the past decade than in all the preceding centuries. Research into the brain s capacity to develop, learn, and change throughout the will have profound implications for learning and education. The new "science of learning" sheds light on how the brain produces perception, memory, and language, and on the importance of the early and late years in successful lifelong learning. It provides, amon

Author: OECD Publishing
Publisher: Org. for Economic Cooperation & Development
Keywords: china, governance, global, economy
Number of Pages: 576
Published: 2005-07-05
List price: $77.00
ISBN-10: 926400842X
ISBN-13: 9789264008427

While China’s economy has shown impressive dynamism following the increased reliance on market-based policies, the governance structures themselves will have to be reformed deeply for this growth to be sustainable. This report examines the many challenges of governance which China is facing. In addition to the well-known problems related to the lack of openness in government and intellectual property rights, this book also looks at the delivery of public services, management of state assets, regulatory management, e-government, taxation and public expenditure, fighting corruption, and p

Author: OECD. Published by : OECD Publishing
Publisher: Org. for Economic Cooperation & Development
Keywords: water, electricity, transport, land, telecom, infrastructure
Number of Pages: 360
Published: 2006-07-06
List price: $56.00
ISBN-10: 9264023984
ISBN-13: 9789264023987

Energy, transport, water and telecommunications all are essential to future development and growth. However, infrastructure investment requirements over the coming decades will be massive, running into trillions of dollars. How will the nee

Author: OECD Publishing
Publisher: Org. for Economic Cooperation & Development
Keywords: tax, personal, income, reform, studies, policy, oecd, fundamental
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 2006-06-16
List price: $38.00
ISBN-10: 9264025774
ISBN-13: 9789264025776

In a drive to encourage risk-taking, entrepreneurship and competitive fiscal advantage, many OECD countries have reformed their personal income tax system fundamentally over the last two decades. At the same time, governments are aware that they must maintain taxpayer’s faith in the integrity of their tax systems to fund public spending. Fairness and simplicity have become the byword of reformers, but the double challenge has meant that no clear consensus has emerged on an ideal personal income tax. Although there are large differences in tax policies between OECD countries, almost all

Author: OECD. Published by OECD Publishing
Publisher: Org. for Economic Cooperation & Development
Keywords: tax, administrations, transfer, enterprises, multinational, pricing, guidelines, version, travel
Number of Pages: 264
Published: 2001-06-18
List price: $68.00
ISBN-10: 926418628X
ISBN-13: 9789264186286

This compact version of Transfer Pricing Guidelines provides the complete and current text of the OECD pricing guidelines accepted by member countries and to be used by multinational enterprises when transferring goods and services across

Author: Food and Agriculture Organization OECD
Publisher: Org. for Economic Cooperation & Development
Keywords: outlook, agricultural, fao, oecd
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 2006-07-17
List price: $84.00
ISBN-10: 9264024603
ISBN-13: 9789264024601

This twelfth edition of the annual Agricultural Outlook - and the second prepared jointly with the FAO - provides an assessment of agricultural market prospects based on projections that extend to 2015 for production, consumption, trade, st

Author: OECD Publishing
Publisher: Org. for Economic Cooperation & Development
Keywords: issue, strategy, public, innovation, volume, offs, tech, review, special, fostering, sti, spin
Number of Pages: 168
Published: 2001-08-01
List price: $57.00
ISBN-10: 9264175806
ISBN-13: 9789264175808

Universities, public research institutions and governments across the OECD are extremely interested in fostering spin-offs from their research base. What drives the interest in this form of technology transfer? How can institutions and governments incr