The Russian Federation faces important economic and social challenges. By 1998 national income was little more than half its level in 1990. Life expectancy for men is now about 61 years, compared to 65 years a decade ago. The rate of suicide and self-inflicted injuries is more than three times...

En analysant vingt tentatives de réforme structurelle menées dans 10 pays de l’OCDE, ce rapport examine pourquoi certaines de ces réformes politiques sont appliquées et d'autres non. Les études de cas présentées dans l’ouvrage illustrent un large éventail de démarches visant à la...

Sound policy making and regulatory policy are critical for responsive, efficient government and public service delivery. This report analyses the institutional and policy framework for policy making and regulatory policy in the Palestinian Authority. It includes recommendations for improving the...

Based on a production-theoretic framework, we measure the effects of real output prices, primary inputs, multi-factor productivity growth, and depreciation on Korea’s real net income growth over the past 30 years. The empirical analysis is based on a new dataset for Korea with detailed...

This study outlines the status of livelihoods today, and explores emerging trends in the economy, technology, demography, environment, security and governance which could impact livelihoods in the future. it asks how we can build secure livelihoods; how societies will adapt to the coming...