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Climate-Change Policy in the United Kingdom

Bowen, Alex; Rydge, James - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2011

–change in the pace of emission reductions is required to put the UK on the path towards its ambitious 2050 target. Given the … central role of the EU emissions trading scheme, a key element of the UK strategy should be to seek tighter quotas within the …. This paper relates to the 2011 Economic Survey of the United Kingdom (www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/uk)<P>La politique …

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Promoting Infrastructure Development in Brazil

Mourougane, Annabelle; Pisu, Mauro - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2011

Brazil under-invested in infrastructure for over three decades, and infrastructure investment rates have come up only slowly since 2007. Infrastructure needs are sizeable in almost all sectors. It is likely that at its current stage of development the country will benefit from large pay-offs...

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Meeting Infrastructure Needs in Australia

Giorno, Claude - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2011

Adequate and well-functioning infrastructure is a key ingredient to growth and well-being. The benefits to activity of efficient spending in energy, water, transport and communication sectors go well beyond their contribution to capital accumulation. Good infrastructure facilitates trade,...

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The Land Transport Sector: Policy and Performance

Persson, Jan; Song, Daeho - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2010

This paper provides a broad overview of policy goals and instruments and commonly used performance and policy indicators related to land transport. Two policy aspects, infrastructure investment and externalities, are explored in more depth. A review of planning and decision making in individual...

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Tackling the Infrastructure Challenge in Indonesia

Pisu, Mauro - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2010

Indonesia.s infrastructure is in poor shape, having suffered from protracted under-investment since the Asian financial crisis of the late 1990s, and constraints growth potential. This paper focuses on the current state of the regulatory framework and discusses different options for improvement...

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Boosting Productivity in Australia

Koutsogeorgopoulou, Vassiliki; Barbiero, Omar - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013

Australia’s productivity growth has decelerated markedly around the turn of the century. Part of the decline is probably temporary, but raising multifactor productivity is key to ensure that living standards continue to grow strongly, especially if the currently strong terms of trade weaken...

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Tackling the Infrastructure Challenge in Indonesia

Pisu, Mauro - 2010

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Enhancing the Effectiveness of Public Spending: Experience in OECD Countries

Joumard, Isabelle; Kongsrud, Per Mathis; Nam, Young-Sook; … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2004

In most OECD countries, public spending rose steadily as a share of GDP over the past decades to the mid-1990s, but this trend has since abated. The spending pressures stemming from the continued expansion of social programmes have been partly compensated by transient or one-off factors....

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Enhancing the Effectiveness of Public Spending in Finland

Hemmings, Philip; Turner, David; Parviainen, Seija - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2003

Finland is committed to high quality and extensive public services and a high level of income redistribution. The heavy tax burden these commitments require is becoming increasingly difficult to sustain due to tax competition and the need to harmonise certain taxes with other EU countries. These...

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Strengthening Regulation in Chile: The Case of Network Industries

Galetovic, Alexander; Mello, Luiz de - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2005

Chile’s regulatory framework is working reasonably well. The country’s structural reforms since the 1980s, with the privatisation of utilities and deregulation of product and labour markets, have improved resource allocation and increased the population’s access to basic services, while...

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