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Improving Value in Health Care : Measuring Quality

2010

of health care are among the issues addressed in this publication. Many health policies depend on our ability to measure … pay providers of high-quality care more than those who underperform. However, measuring the quality of health care is … challenging. The OECD’s Health Care Quality Indicator project has overcome some of the problems, though many remain. If policy …

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Transport Infrastructure Investment and Economic Productivity

2007

This Round Table is one of a series of research events to discuss tools to improve transport planning. It addressed the macroeconomic effects of transport infrastructure policies, and aimed at identifying analytical and empirical tools that could determine the overall volume of public...

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Test No. 456: H295R Steroidogenesis Assay

2011

This Test Guideline describes an in vitro screen for chemical effects on steroidogenesis, specifically the production of 17ß-estradiol (E2) and testosterone (T). The human H295R adreno-carcinoma cell line, used for the assay, expresses genes that encode for all the key enzymes for...

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A Better World for All : Progress Towards the International Development Goals

2000

In a first-ever joint report by the UN, the OECD, the World Bank and the IMF, the world’s four principal development institutions assess progress towards poverty reduction goals and agree on a common vision for the way forward. The goals for international development address that most...

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Innovation and the Development Agenda

2010

Innovation drives long-term economic growth. It has a crucial role to play as global economies recover from the current financial crisis. This book examines the role of innovation in developing countries, with a focus on Africa. It investigates innovation systems and their application; the key...

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Financing development 2008 : whose ownership?

2008

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Promoting Pro-Poor Growth : Policy Guidance for Donors

2007

For aid donors, the pro-poor growth agenda is not business as usual and more of the same will not be sufficient. Focusing on pro-poor growth and income poverty, Promoting Pro-Poor Growth: Policy Guidance for Donors identifies binding constraints and offers policies and strategies to address...

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Migration, remittances and development

2005

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Strengthening Trade Capacity for Development

2001

Developing countries want to join in the globalisation process. However, the increasing complexity of global markets, the new challenges of the multilateral trading system and the competing demands of regional, bilateral and multilateral trade agreements confront developing countries with an...

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Private finance and economic development : city and regional investment

2003

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