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"Lifelong learning is increasingly being recognized as a primary factor for knowledge diffusion and productivity growth. However, little economic evidence exists on the economic value of lifelong learning for the individual, especially in developing countries. This paper contributes to remedy...
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Consideration of lifelong learning extends the World Bank's traditional approach to education, in which subsectors are looked at in isolation. Three years ago, when he articulated the Comprehensive Development Framework, World Bank President James Wolfensohn referred explicitly to lifelong...
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the incidence and magnitude of detriment at EU and national level, taking into account both pre- and post … loans, credit and credit cards) and four countries (France, Italy, Poland and the UK). Results were extrapolated to the EU28 … and monetised time loss of between EUR 10.7 billion and EUR 25.0 billion over the last 12 months in the EU28. …
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This study on the functioning of retail electricity markets for consumers in the EU is the follow up to the first … are to investigate if a well-functioning electricity market is in place for consumers in the EU and assess how the … electricity market. The study covers all EU Member States, Iceland and Norway. Between July 2014 and October 2015, the following …
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systematic literature review, a review of legislation and regulatory framework at EU and Member State level, in-depth analysis of …
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This study about legal and commercial guarantees, funded by the European Union in the frame of the EU Consumer … Programme (2014-2020), looks at the extent to which sellers are aware of, and comply with, relevant EU legislation; the way in … perceive commercial guarantees and their impact on purchasing decisions. The study covers all EU Member States, Iceland and …
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to conduct a study by collecting and providing data on the functioning of judicial systems in the EU member States. This … it aims at providing objective, reliable and comparable information to be used by the European Commission in the “EU …
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The key objective of this multi-method, exploratory study was to investigate advertising and marketing practices in online social media (OSM) from the perspective of consumer behaviour and consumer protection. It aimed to identify and assess commercial practices in the context of OSM that could...
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some other retailer or service provider and whether that person is acting as a trader within the meaning of EU consumer law …
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