Author: OECDPublisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9264051465
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
APEC-OECD Co-operative Initiative on Regulatory Reform Proceedings of the Fifth APEC-OECD Workshop on Regulatory Reform Paris, France, December 2003
Author: OECDPublisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9264051465
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
APEC-OECD Co-operative Initiative on Regulatory Reform Proceedings of the Fourth APEC-OECD Workshop on Regulatory Reform Vancouver, Canada, October 2003
Author: OECDPublisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9264051457
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 171
Book Description
This series of publications presents studies on regulatory reform in the Asia-Pacific area resulting from the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC)-OECD Co-operative Initiative on Regulatory Reform. Most of the documents are conference proceedings, with each proceeding including a summary of the discussions and the papers presented. Some of the papers presented are country-specific and others are issue-specific.Less.
APEC-OECD Co-operative Initiative on Regulatory Reform Proceedings of the Fifth APEC-OECD Workshop on Regulatory Reform Paris, France, December 2003
Author: Regulatory Policy and Governance Supporting Economic Growth and Serving the Public Interest
Author: OECDPublisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9264116575
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 155
Book Description
This report encourages governments to “think big” about the relevance of regulatory policy and assesses the recent efforts of OECD countries to develop and deepen regulatory policy and governance.
Domestic Regulation and Service Trade Liberalization
Author: Pierre SauvePublisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 0821383434
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Trade in services, far more than trade in goods, is affected by a variety of domestic regulations, ranging from qualification and licensing requirements in professional services to pro-competitive regulation in telecommunications services. Experience shows that the quality of regulation strongly influences the consequences of trade liberalization. WTO members have agreed that a central task in the ongoing services negotiations will be to develop a set of rules to ensure that domestic regulations support rather than impede trade liberalization. Since these rules are bound to have a profound impact on the evolution of policy, particularly in developing countries, it is important that they be conducive to economically rational policy-making. This book addresses two central questions: What impact can international trade rules on services have on the exercise of domestic regulatory sovereignty? And how can services negotiations be harnessed to promote and consolidate domestic policy reform across highly diverse sectors? The book, with contributions from several of the world's leading experts in the field, explores a range of rule-making challenges arising at this policy interface, in areas such as transparency, standards and the adoption of a necessity test for services trade. Contributions also provide an in-depth look at these issues in the key areas of accountancy, energy, finance, health, telecommunications and transportation services.
OECD Public Integrity Handbook
Author: OECDPublisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9264536175
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
The OECD Public Integrity Handbook provides guidance to government, business and civil society on implementing the OECD Recommendation on Public Integrity. The Handbook clarifies what the Recommendation’s thirteen principles mean in practice and identifies challenges in implementing them.
Shock Waves
Author: Stephane HallegattePublisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 1464806748
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
Ending poverty and stabilizing climate change will be two unprecedented global achievements and two major steps toward sustainable development. But the two objectives cannot be considered in isolation: they need to be jointly tackled through an integrated strategy. This report brings together those two objectives and explores how they can more easily be achieved if considered together. It examines the potential impact of climate change and climate policies on poverty reduction. It also provides guidance on how to create a “win-win†? situation so that climate change policies contribute to poverty reduction and poverty-reduction policies contribute to climate change mitigation and resilience building. The key finding of the report is that climate change represents a significant obstacle to the sustained eradication of poverty, but future impacts on poverty are determined by policy choices: rapid, inclusive, and climate-informed development can prevent most short-term impacts whereas immediate pro-poor, emissions-reduction policies can drastically limit long-term ones.
Lifelines
Author: Stephane HallegattePublisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 1464814317
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Infrastructure—electricity, telecommunications, roads, water, and sanitation—are central to people’s lives. Without it, they cannot make a living, stay healthy, and maintain a good quality of life. Access to basic infrastructure is also a key driver of economic development. This report lays out a framework for understanding infrastructure resilience - the ability of infrastructure systems to function and meet users’ needs during and after a natural hazard. It focuses on four infrastructure systems that are essential to economic activity and people’s well-being: power systems, including the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity; water and sanitation—especially water utilities; transport systems—multiple modes such as road, rail, waterway, and airports, and multiple scales, including urban transit and rural access; and telecommunications, including telephone and Internet connections.
ITF Research Reports Moving Freight with Better Trucks Improving Safety, Productivity and Sustainability
Author: OECDPublisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9282102963
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
This report identifies potential improvements in terms of more effective safety and environmental regulation for trucks, backed by better systems of enforcement, and identifies opportunities for greater efficiency and higher productivity.
OECD Principles of Corporate Governance
Author: OECDPublisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9264173706
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
These principles of corporate governance, endorsed by the OECD Council at Ministerial level in 1999, provide guidelines and standards to insure inclusion, accountability and abilit to attract capital.