Economics of specific sectors

The papers in this conference proceedings address the various conceptual, measurement and statistical policy issues that arise when applying accounting frameworks to the concept of sustainable development.

Unsustainable subsidies are pervasive in the industry, agriculture, transport and energy sectors of most OECD countries.

Achieving sustainable development depends on good governance practices, particularly the effective implementation of national sustainable development strategies which integrate government decision-making in the economic, environmental and social spheres.

Ce rapport consacre a l'Autriche evalue les progres accomplis ou a faire dans la reduction de la charge polluante, la gestion des ressources naturelles, l'integration des politiques economique et environnementale et le renforcement de la cooperation internationale.

Pour faire face a un probleme environnemental donne, on peut utiliser une combinaison d'instruments par opposition a un instrument unique.

What are the impacts on environmental effectiveness and economic efficiency of using an "e;instrument mix"e;, rather than a single instrument, to address a given environmental problem?

This publication summarises the lessons learned from the 30 country reviews of sustainable development that have been published since 2002 as part of OECD Economic Surveys.

Cette publication reunit tous les documents de l'OCDE sur les bonnes pratiques de laboratoire et la verification de leur respect.

The relationship between environment and children's health has been the subject of increasing interest these last ten years.

Cet ouvrageest le fruit d'une collaboration entre la Direction de l'environnement et la Direction de la coopration pour le dveloppement de l'OCDE.

This fact-filled book presents key environmental indicators endorsed by OECD Environment Ministers and major environmental indicators from the OECD Core Set.

Cet ouvrage presente les resultats de l'examen par les pairs des politiques et programmes de l'environnement de la republique Tcheque.

Cet ouvrage presente une evaluation approfondie des developpements conceptuels et methodologiques dans le domaine de l'analyse couts-avantages et de l'environnement en utilisant un etalon de mesure monetaire commun.

This book presents an in-depth assessment of the most recent conceptual and methodological developments in cost-benefit analysis and the environment.

Cet examen des politiques et performances environnementales du Chili mene en collaboration avec la Commission economique pour l'Amerique latine et les Caraibes des Nations Unies est une analyse systematique des performances et de la politique du Chili concernant l'air, l'eau, la preservation de la nature et la biodiversite.

This review of Chile's environmental policies and performance, carried out in co-operation with the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, systematically examines Chile's performance and policy with regards to air, water, nature conservation, and biodiversity.

Ce rapport consacre a la France evalue les progres accomplis ou a faire dans la reduction de la charge polluante, la gestion des ressources naturelles, l'integration des politiques economique et environnementale et le renforcement de la cooperation internationale.

This book presents the results of a peer review of France's environmental policies and programmes.

This book brings together the findings of key sector- and media-specific analyses of the environment in the Eastern Europe, Caucasus, and Central Asia (EECCA) area and puts forward a set of indicators to provide a one-stop, concise and up-to-date assessment that is accessible also to a non-specialist audience.

Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) have increased significantly in number over the past few years.

This book presents OECD assessments and recommendations regarding the United States' efforts to manage its environment including air, water, nature, and biodiversity; to do this in a sustainable manner; and to do this in co-operation with its global neighbours.

This publication unites all of the OECD documents related to Good Laboratory Practice and compliance monitoring, and, in the Annex, reproduces the three OECD Council Decisions related to the Mutual Acceptance of Data in the Assessment of Chemicals.

This book is the product of a collaborative effort between the OECD Environment and Development Co-operation directorates on mainstreaming responses to climate change in development planning and assistance.

The book is the only technical volume that explains how equivalency analysis methods mentioned in Annex II of the European Environmental Liability Directive should be implemented.

One of the early set of reforms that South Africa embarked on after emerging from apartheid was in the water sector, following a remarkable, consultative process.

Despite being a relatively young sub-discipline, European environmental sociology has changed considerably in the last decades towards more interdisciplinary collaborations and problem solving.

Fossil fuels will remain the backbone of the global energy economy for the foreseeable future.

Empirical in character, this book analyses the society-nature interaction of the Tsimane', a rural indigenous community in the Bolivian Amazon.

In recent years, the East and South East Asian region has witnessed a rapid expansion of regional economic cooperation through bilateral and plurilateral free trade agreements.

Comparative Evaluations of Innovative Fisheries Management begins with a look at four places outside the European Union known for innovative management: New Zealand, Nova Scotia, Alaska and Iceland.

Veel organisaties - zoals ziekenhuizen, overheidsinstellingen en nutsinstellingen, maar ook grote bedrijven, banken en verzekeraars, zijn voor hun facilitaire ondersteuning en automatisering van honderden contracten afhankelijk.

Het uitgangspunt van dit boek is goede patiëntenzorg, kostenbeheersing en aantrekkelijk werkgeverschap.

Met de recente decentralisaties in de care ontstaat er een nieuw speelveld waarbij beleidsterreinen in elkaar overvloeien en de burger en de cliënt centraal staan.

‘Het duurt te lang’, ‘het kost te veel’, ‘we begrijpen elkaar niet goed’.

Patient mobility across Europe is markedly increasing and new generations will actively ask to be treated by the health-care system that best meets their needs.

This book collects several contributions, written both by statisticians and medical doctors, which focus on the identification of new diagnostic, therapeutic and organizational strategies in order to improve the occurrence of clinical outcomes for Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS) patients.

A water crisis on our immediate horizon is destined to hurt, even kill, millions of children, and the window of opportunity to do something about it is rapidly closing.

This book presents methodological and empirical advancements in evaluating the accessibility, use demand and behavior, and equity of urban parks.

This book provides a comprehensive exploration of the challenges and issues concerning the economic valuation of natural resources.

¿De dónde vienen los productos que consumimos?

Los incentivos para la innovación son especialmente relevantes en elsector farmacéutico, en el que no todas las necesidades sociales proporcionanlas mismas oportunidades de beneficio y en el que la mayoríade los países de la OCDE intentan aplicar diferentes medidas quefomenten la investigación en estos campos que generan menos beneficios.

Incentives for innovation are particularly relevant in the pharmaceutical industry where not all social needs provide equally profitable opportunities and where most OECD countries try to implement different measures that promote research in these less profitable areas.

El Ayuntamiento es la institucion de Gobierno que mayores presiones recibe al ser la mas accesible para los ciudadanos.

Aquesta guia, elaborada per un equip de treball del Departament de Direcció d'Empreses de la Universitat de València, és un instrument al servei de l'Administració Pública Valenciana i de la ciutadania en general, que té com a propòsit oferir informació detallada de l'oferta que existeix a la Comunitat Valenciana sobre finances ètiques, cooperatives i locals: quantitat d'entitats financeres ètiques i socials i d'institucions públiques i privades de suport, així com les activitats que desenvolupen i els productes i serveis que ofereixen.

En el marco del Congreso organizado por la Cátedra Modelo Económico sostenible de Valencia y su entorno, casi una treintena de investigadores de la Facultat d'Economia e Institutos de Investigación de la Universitat de València, han acometido el reto de investigar y traer propuestas persiguiendo el diseño del modelo económico de la ciudad de Valencia y su entorno para los próximos años.

Las Jornadas "Bienestar, Formación y Territorio" edición 2016 que se recogen en este volumen son el resultado de una ilusionante iniciativa compartida con el Vicerrectorado de Participación y Proyección Territorial de la Universitat de València y la Diputación de València.

Este libro está pensado inicialmente para apoyar la enseñanza del Derecho urbanístico en los planes de estudio de Derecho de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.

Como parte de las actividades emprendidas entre los meses de enero a Diciembre de 2016 del Cuerpo Académico "Economía, Sociedad y Fiscalidad", adscrito al Instituto de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades de la Universidad Tecnológica de la Mixteca, presentamos al público lector el segundo volumen de una serie de estudios realizados por cada uno de los miembros que integran este equipo; trabajos de investigación que fueron desarrollados bajo líneas argumentativas que tratan de describir y visibilizar las diferentes problemáticas que existen en la región de la mixteca oaxaqueña.