This paper sets to investigate the responses of the Greek and Irish social actors (trade unions, employers’ organizations, public agencies) to the youth unemployment which has severely risen in both countries after the outbreak of the economic crisis (OECD, 2009). The rationale behind the comparative perspective stems from our intention to investigate how the institutional structures and the in...

A large literature concurs that social determinants of health (SDH) are demonstrable, important, and insufficiently attended to in policy and practice. A resulting priority for research should be to determine how the social determinants of health can best be addressed. In this paper we support the more effective transfer of social determinants research into policy by: (1) describing a qualitati...

rising incomes are likely to continue to put pressure on food demand. International prices for most agricultural commodities are set to remain at 2010 levels or higher, at least for the next decade (OECD-FAO 2010). Small scale producers in many developing countries were not able to reap the benefits of high food prices during the 2007-2008 food price crises. And yet, this upward food price tren...

For several years now, a number of international bodies such as the World Trade Organization, the OECD and Eurostat have turned their attention to the increasing internationalization of companies through the establishment of foreign affiliates, including in the service sector. In December 1993, the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) gave a strong impetus to the liberalization of inte...

This article presents the first comprehensive review and analysis of the uptake of the Canadian Drinking Water Quality Guidelines (CDWQG) across Canada's 13 provinces and territories. This review is significant given that Canada's approach to drinking water governance is: (i) highly decentralized and (ii) discretionary. Canada is (along with Australia) only one of two Organization for Economic ...

University rankings are a topic of controversy and contention in many countries. Poland is no exception. This chapter analyzes aspects of rankings in the Polish context. Poland is a particularly interesting case, since it is a middle-sized coun­ try with a middle-tier higher education system. Among the questions discussed here are: What is the impact of global university rankings on the Polish ...

Much has been written on the macroeconomic aspects of the economic reform process in Latin America, but much less has been published on its microeconomic results, especially at the company level. This paper explores how Embraer, a Brazilian aircraft manufacturer, transformed itself after privatization to become a world market leader in a high-tech industry traditionally dominated by companies b...

Although it is often argued that liberalization provides opportunities for growth and development in all over the world, there are divergent views about the effects of agricultural trade liberalization on growth and income distribution in developing countries. The developing countries’ main complaint in this regard is that trade distorting activities in agriculture by developed countries advers...

In order to implement our empirical strategy we need to measure three types of information: the location of firms’ innovative activity, firms’ productivity performance, and the domestic and foreign spillover pools available to companies. We use data from the US Patent Office (USPTO), firm accounting information, and OECD data on industry level R&D expenditure, to measure each of these respectiv...