This country section is an extract from chapter 3 of the OECD publication (2008) Environmental Performance of Agriculture in OECD countries since 1990, which is available at the OECD website indicated below. A summary version of this report is published as Environmental Performance of Agriculture: At a Glance, see the OECD website which also contains the agri-environmental indicator time series...

This country section is an extract from chapter 3 of the OECD publication (2008) Environmental Performance of Agriculture in OECD countries since 1990, which is available at the OECD website indicated below. A summary version of this report is published as Environmental Performance of Agriculture: At a Glance, see the OECD website which also contains the agri-environmental indicator time series...

OBJECTIVES To compare average levels of population health for Australia and other OECD countries in 2001. METHODS Healthy life expectancies (HALE) for OECD countries for 2001 are based on analysis of mortality data for OECD countries, country-specific estimates of health state prevalences for 135 causes from the Global Burden of Disease 2000 study, and an analysis of 34 health surveys in 28 O...

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PENSIONS AT A GLANCE 2009: RETIREMENT-INCOME SYSTEMS IN OECD COUNTRIES – ISBN 978-92-64-06071-5 – © OECD 2009 17 Methodology Future entitlements under today’s parameter and rules The pension entitlements that are presented are those that are currently legislated in OECD countries. Changes in rules that have already been legislated, but are being phased-in gradually, are assumed to be fully in p...

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Note prepared for the OECD-Secretariat and the OECD TIP-group Presented at the 2nd OECD-workshop on cluster analysis and cluster-based policy Vienna, May 4th & 5th 1 This draft was prepared by Theo Roelandt and Pim den Hertog using the contributions of the focus group members. A full list of the participants of the focus group and the papers prepared for the focus group meetings has published i...