32 Productivity is, once more, on the agenda in many OECD countries. It has long been regarded as the long-run driver of economic growth, but attention for productivity-related issues has waxed and waned over the past decades. In recent years, productivity growth has received a great deal of attention in several OECD countries, notably Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and ...

The aim of the Forum was to bring representatives from OECD and non-OECD country governments together with representatives from the research community, to identify and discuss key policy issues relating to greenhouse gas emissions trading and other project based mechanisms for GHG emission reduction, such as Joint Implementation and the Clean Development Mechanism. The Forum also aimed to promo...

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The role of OECD in the development of national and international risk/safety assessment frameworks is presented and discussed. The most relevant OECD bodies in this context have contributed a lot to the development of international biosafety frameworks, inter alia by organizing international conferences in the areas of food/feed and environmental safety of GMOs, focusing on practical and curre...

The CVD mortality has decreased over the past 50 years at a faster pace than the OECD average, reaching the lowest in the OECD at 171 per 100 000 population, 43% lower than the OECD average of 299 (Figure 1). However, potential years of life lost, a commonly used measure of premature mortality, at 807 per 100 000 population for diseases of the circulatory system in 2011, is 39% higher than the ...

Over the past 50 years, the reduction of mortality from CVD in Germany has followed a similar trend as the OECD average, reaching 310 per 100 000 population, 4% higher than the OECD average of 299 in 2011 (Figure 1). However, potential years of life lost, a commonly used measure of premature mortality, at 490 per 100 000 population for diseases of the circulatory system in 2011, is 16% lower th...

در این پژوهش سعی می‌­شود مدلی برای شبیه‌­سازی چرخه عمر صنعت برق با استفاده از شبیه‌سازی عامل­بنیان ارائه شود، مدل، 5 عامل استخراج شد و شبیه­‌سازی به کمک نرم‌افزار Anylogic صورت پذیرفت. بهینه‌­سازی مدل چهار سناریو نظر خبرگان شد. سناریوی نخست، جذابیت نیروگاه گازی سیکل ترکیبی کاهش یافت بر دو دیگر افزوده نتیجه افزایش تولید آبی است که توجه کمبود منابع کشور به‌صرفه نیست. دوم ورود یک فناوری جدید میزان...

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