Are breast cancer survival rates higher in the United States than in the United Kingdom and France? Are a patient's chances of dying within 30 days after admission to a hospital with a heart attack lower in Canada than in Korea? Are surgeons in some countries more likely to leave “foreign...

Wie bereiten Schulen ihre Schüler auf die Herausforderungen der Zukunft vor? Mit dem OECD-Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) sind die Voraussetzungen dafür geschaffen worden, anhand von international vergleichbaren Indikatoren die grundlegenden Kompetenzen von 15-jährigen...

Investment is essential to build a competitive and sustainable tourism sector. This Tourism Paper examines effective policy approaches to boost the quantity and quality of investment in tourism. It reviews the enabling conditions and barriers to promoting investment that can foster sustainable...