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Reforms for a Cleaner, Healthier Environment in China

Hill, Sam - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013

but others, including greenhouse gas emissions, continue to rise. Poor air and water quality threaten human health, create …

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Better Harnessing Talent and Knowledge to Boost Sustainable Medium-term Growth in Spain

Haugh, David; Westmore, Ben - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2014

touching on education, the labour market and the business environment. Areas of particular weakness to be tackled include the …

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Responding to Key Well-being Challenges in Austria

Gönenç, Rauf; Röhn, Oliver; Beer, Christian; … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013

Important challenges for the future of Austrian well-being arise from demographic and environmental trends. The ageing of the population calls for a fair balance between life-time pension contributions and entitlements, drawing on the recent pension reform. Such progress will allow Austrians to...

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Encouraging Environmentally Sustainable Growth in Poland

Peszko, Grzegorz; Lenain, Patrick - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2001

This paper reviews several aspects of Poland’s environmental policies. Its main finding is that substantial progress has been made in dealing with the environmentally unfriendly legacy from the past. Poland has successfully combined emission permits based on environmental quality standards,...

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Comment encourager une croissance écologiquement durable en France ?

Vourc'h, Ann; Lenain, Patrick - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2001

Ce document analyse certains aspects économiques de la politique de l'environnement en France, en se concentrant sur les émissions de gaz à effet de serre, la pollution de l'eau et les rejets dans l'air en milieu urbain. Comme la plupart des autres pays de l'OCDE, la France cherche depuis...

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Achieving Sustainability of the Energy Sector in Canada

Mourougane, Annabelle - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2008

Energy represents a major sustainable-development challenge for Canada. In the short term, labour shortages and infrastructure bottlenecks are likely to hinder energy developments and need to be addressed. In addition, provincial fiscal management could be improved by adopting prudent allocation...

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Linking Poverty and the Environment: Evidence from Slums in Philippine Cities

Ballesteros, Marife M. - Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), … - 2010

This paper examines the linkages of poverty and environment at the household level in Philippine slums. Rapid … bad living conditions in slums impact on health, livelihood, and the social fiber. The effects of urban environmental … education. Bad living environment thus deepens poverty, increases the vulnerability of both the poor and nonpoor living in slums …

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How the Transport System can Contribute to Better Economic and Environmental Outcomes in the Netherlands

Koźluk, Tomasz - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2010

Congestion has become a burden for the Dutch economy. Commuters and businesses are suffering from the time lost in traffic and the unreliability of travel time. Expanding infrastructure can potentially solve such problems, albeit only in the long term and at a high cost. Thus short to...

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Health, Work and Working Conditions: A Review of the European Economic Literature

Barnay, Thomas - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2014

caveats in mind, the literature finds that a favourable work environment and high job security lead to better health …Economists have traditionally been very cautious when studying the interaction between employment and health because of … the two-way causal relationship between these two variables: health status influences the probability of being employed …

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Belgium: Enhancing the Cost Efficiency and Flexibility of the Health Sector to Adjust to Population Ageing

Sorbe, Stéphane - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013

Belgium has a good record in delivering accessible care, but adaptation to population ageing will be complicated by the fragmentation of responsibilities in the healthcare system and a strong reliance on government regulations. The organisation of the system could be rationalised by giving...

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