Housing in Korea has been part of the government policy development agenda for the past three decades contributing to reducing the historical housing shortage and improving the quality of dwellings. Despite its achievements, Korea now faces a housing affordability challenge as prices are too...

Housing finance markets in Central and Eastern European countries are typically small in scale and under-developed, though it is generally recognized that fostering housing finance markets contributes to economic development and brings social benefits to the public. This book presents a...

This publication provides comprehensive information on the regulatory and institutional frameworks governing nuclear activities in Ireland. It examines the general regulatory regime, including mining, radioactive substances and equipment, nuclear installations, trade in nuclear materials,...

Infrastructure investment has been at the forefront of the political debate for more than two decades. Despite decades of theoretical study and experimentation in practice, “how to” actually procure infrastructure still lacks a complete and evidence-based guide, relying heavily on subjective...

This dataset presents baseline and policy scenario projections for plastic leakage to aquatic environments, at the global level for the 2019-2060 period. The dataset provides projections for accumulated stocks both in oceans and in rivers and lakes, as well as leakage to water from mismanaged...