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Below Threshold Contracts
OECD - 2011
The EU Public Procurement Directives only apply to contracts of a value that meet or exceed the relevant EU financial threshold. Below threshold contracts are not covered by the procurement Directives. However, below threshold contracts comprise the vast majority of contracts awarded by...
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Contract Management
OECD - 2011
When a contracting authority enters into a contract with an economic operator, the arrangement cannot just be left to …. It is therefore vital that they are properly managed. SIGMA Brief 22 first describes the process of contract management … and then presents contract management in practice and post-contract performance review. …
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Financial indicators - flows
OECD - 20XX
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Mobile handset acquisition models
2013
This report examines the relationship between the prices for mobile communication services and some of the most popular handsets used to access these services, focusing on smartphones. The objective is to better understand different business models and how they may affect comparisons of prices....
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What is a Contracting Authority?
OECD - 2011
The public procurement Directives only apply if a body is a contracting authority (contracting entity in the Utilities sector) within the definition of the Directives. SIGMA Brief 3 gives guidance on the notion of a contracting authority/entity under the directives (especially the concept of...
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Which Contracts are Covered by the Procurement Directives?
OECD - 2011
The EU Public Procurement Directives cover three main types of contract: works, supplies and services including design … contests. Some contracts will often contain elements of one or more of the 3 types of contract. The Directives contain specific … relevant EU financial threshold. SIGMA Brief 4 gives an overview of the different types of contract, on contract classification …
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Taxation of Cross-Border Portfolio Investment : Mutual Funds and Possible Tax Distortions
1999
The past decade has witnessed a significant increase in cross-border capital flows and a pronounced shift in their composition towards portfolio investment, with much of the capital under management by mutual funds or "collective investment institutions" resident in OECD countries, as well as in...
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Assessing the Benefits of Transport
2001
This book discusses the full economic benefits - and costs - of transport infrastructure and explores ways to make good estimates of the full impact of planned investments on regional and national economies. It argues for proper account to be taken of all relevant economic weaknesses -- those...
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Attribution of Profits to Permanent Establishments
2001
Currently, there is a lack of consensus amongst OECD Member countries as to how profits should be attributed to a permanent establishment (PE). As a first step in remedying this situation a working hypothesis has been developed as to the preferred approach for attributing profits to the PE. The...
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Bank Profitability: Methodological Country Notes 2000
2000
Trends in bank profitability and factors affecting it are major indicators of changes in the state of health of national banking systems. OECD statistics published annually under the title Bank Profitability -- Financial Statements of Banks, provide a unique tool for analysing developments in...
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