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Gender and Sustainable Development : Maximising the Economic, Social and Environmental Role of Women
2008
Sustainable development depends on maintaining long-term economic, social, and environmental capital. In failing to make the best use of their female populations, most countries are underinvesting in the human capital needed to assure sustainabilitly. This market and systems failure is discussed...
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West African Mobility and Migration Policies of OECD Countries
2008
This publication reviews migration policies in the main OECD countries receiving West African migrants and analyses the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012442782
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Corporate Responsibility : Results of a Fact-Finding Mission on Private Initiatives
2001
In the ongoing public debate on globalisation, concerns have been expressed about the economic, social and environmental impacts of deepening international trade and investment ties and about the activities of the multinational enterprises. These concerns focus on a variety of issues including...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012445020
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Trade, Employment and Labour Standards : A Study of Core Workers' Rights and International Trade
1996
Recent years have witnessed growing concern over the controversial issue of trade and labour standards. In a context of intensified international competition, alleged cases of child labour exploitation or of denial of rights to freedom of association and collective bargaining in some developing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012445120
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Managing Working Conditions in the Supply Chain : A Fact-Finding Study of Corporate Practices
2002
The expanding geographical sweep of supply chains reflects important advances in the area of logistics management. Some of these advances are linked to progress in computing, telecommunications and robotics technologies as well as to the accumulation of management expertise. Managers have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012446811
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OECD Reviews of Migrant Education: Norway 2010
Taguma, Miho; Shewbridge, Claire; Huttova, Jana; … - 2010
By international standards, Norway has an inclusive education system. However, immigrant students, on average, have weaker education outcomes than their native peers at all levels of education. Norway is undertaking universal and targeted measures to improve the situation of immigrant students....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012441896
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Where Immigrant Students Succeed : A Comparative Review of Performance and Engagement in PISA 2003
2006
Drawing on data from the OECD’s Programme for International Students Assessment (PISA), this report examines the performance of students with immigrant backgrounds and compares it to that of their native counterparts. As well as providing information on countries’ approaches to the...
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Naturalisation: A Passport for the Better Integration of Immigrants?
2011
in the overall framework for immigration and integration policy, with the aim of identifying good practices. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012443358
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Open for Business : Migrant Entrepreneurship in OECD Countries
2010
Migrants contribute to the economic growth of their host countries in many ways, bringing new skills and competencies … with them and helping to reduce labour shortages. An aspect that has received only limited attention up to now is migrants … growth and job creation. In addition, increasing awareness of the positive role that migrants can play as entrepreneurs could …
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