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The increased use of information and communications technology (ICT) has helped to raise Australia’s productivity growth, according to a new Commission study. It has enabled firms to innovate in what they do and how they do it. ICT Use and Productivity: A Synthesis from Studies of Australian...
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In January 2003, the Government asked the Commission to undertake a study into the Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) and Trans-Tasm an Mutual Recognition Arrangement (TTMRA).
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Sports and war metaphors abound in business today. For example, one management book, Thunder in the Sky, by Thomas … business world as tantamount to victory in battle.” The book advises American executives to do the same. However, such … metaphors are misleading. The objective in both sports and war is to beat the competitor. Business, on the other hand, aims to …
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This paper uses firm level data collected by the Australian Bureau of Statistics in its Business Longitudinal Survey to …
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The final report of the public inquiry, National Workers' Compensation and Occupational Health and Safety Frameworks. Consistent with its terms of reference, the Commission had recommended a national workers’ compensation scheme to operate alongside those of the States and Territories to...
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This Selected Issues paper analyzes sustaining potential growth in Aruba. As in the other Caribbean countries, there are growing concerns in Aruba about the slowdown in economic growth over the past two decades and the consequent tepid outlook for potential growth. Tackling such concerns...
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This paper analyzes progress on the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper—Country Development Strategy (PRSP–CDS) in the Kyrgyz Republic for 2007–10. The CDS is the most important concept paper that outlines midterm vision of the Kyrgyz Republic. The paper also discusses that...
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-Access Component of the Exogenous Shocks Facility. The global economic downturn has led to a significant decline in tourism, which …
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investment and private credit. Tourism tumbled following an airline bankruptcy, and construction activity fell as major …
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dominate. Highly dependent on tourism, imports of food and fuel, and foreign aid, Palau remains vulnerable to external …
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