For the implementation of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OEC D) principles of good laboratory practice (GLP) and performance of studies according to worldwide regulatory requirements, test facilities (TFs) in Japan have been making constant effort to promote better understanding of this matter and improve communication with monitoring authorities (MAs). Their activi...

This paper describes two applications of evaluation techniques for the promotion of sustainable development in national and international policy-making. The first is based on a programme of work being undertaken for the European Commission, to carry out Sustainability Impact Assessments of the current round of WTO Trade Negotiations (Kirkpatrick et al 2002). The second application described is ...

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The paper combines Baumol’s model of structural change with a model of aggregate demand growth in the Keynesian–Kaleckian tradition to predict the dynamics of aggregate employment. The model for the demand regime is estimated with – and Baumol’s model for the productivity regime is calibrated on – OECD data. The trajectory for employment predicted by the combination of the two models tracks the...