query: oecd stands for organization for economic cooperation and

pos: OECD democratic level. OECD The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD; , "") is an intergovernmental economic organisation with 36 member countries, founded in 1961 to stimulate economic progress and world trade. It is a forum of countries describing themselves as committed to democracy and the market economy, providing a platform to compare policy experiences, seeking answers to common problems, identify good practices and coordinate domestic and international policies of its members. Most OECD members are high-income economies with a very high Human Development Index (HDI) and are regarded as developed countries. As of 2017, the OECD member states collectively

pos: Human rights in Israel Freedom Index. The first such publication began in 2002. The results for Israel and the Palestinian Authority from 2002 to the present are shown below, with lower numbers indicating better treatment of reporters: Obesity rates in Israel are below the average for Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) nations, with an obesity rate of 14% for adults in 2009. In 2007, the obesity rate among Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza was the third highest (42%) in the world for women and eighth highest (23%) for men. For 2014, the obesity rate in Gaza stands on 60%. According

pos: Marshall Plan Organization for European Economic Cooperation (later called the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development or OECD), which was headed by Frenchman Robert Marjolin. The first substantial aid went to Greece and Turkey in January 1947, which were seen as the front line of the battle against communist expansion, and were already receiving aid under the Truman Doctrine. Initially, Britain had supported the anti-communist factions in those countries, but due to its dire economic condition it decided to pull out and in February 1947 requested the US to continue its efforts. The ECA formally began operation in July 1948. The ECA's

pos: Culture of Israel 2012, Israel was named the second most educated country in the world according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)'s Education at a Glance report, released in 2012. The report found that 78% of the money invested in education is from public funds and 45% of the population has a university or college diploma. Ancient Israeli philosophical ideas and approach can be found in the bible. Psalms contains invitations to admire the wisdom of God through his works; from this, some scholars suggest, Judaism harbors a Philosophical under-current. The exegetical work of Psalm 132 stands between philosophy of

pos: 2016 United Nations Climate Change Conference considered a "party". These are Annex I, Annex II, and Non-Annex I. The organization of parties decides the level of participation of each country. It determines if the country is required to give financial aid to others, how often they must send reports, and the strictness of regulations in their country. The Annex I title refers to industrialized countries involved in either the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in 1992 or countries in economic transition (EIT). Annex II refers to countries in OECD but not EIT. These parties are required to help less advanced countries financially. They are

pos: Federal Antimonopoly Service of medicines to the consumers. The FAS Russia has established ties and participates in the work of the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Interstate Council for Antimonopoly Policy (ICAP) uniting 10 CIS Countries and Ukraine, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), International Competition Network (ICN), BRICS, European Union (basing on the Agreement on partnership and cooperation between Russia and the EU entered into force in 1997), Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), Energy Regulators Regional Association (ERRA). To enhance international cooperation in the competition field, the FAS Russia holds annually the event “Russian Competition

pos: Jim MacNeill Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary with responsibility for Canada's national and international preparations for the first United Nations Conference on Human Settlements held in Vancouver in May, 1976. Moving to the international arena in 1977, Jim MacNeill served for seven years in Paris as Director of Environment for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). While at OECD, he oversaw a program of empirical research on the relationships between the environment and the economy. In 1984, this work resulted in OECD finding that "the environment and the economy could be made mutually reinforcing," a concept that has since moved into the

pos: Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CISSTAT) Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs of the Secretariat (UNOCHA) Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) PARIS21 (P21) Statistical Centre for the Cooperation Council for the Arab Countries of the Gulf (GCC-Stat) Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) Statistical Office of the European Union (EUROSTAT) The Economic and Statistical Observatory of Sub-Saharan Africa (Afristat) United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) United Nations

pos: Foreign official Foreign official Foreign official or foreign public official refers to a person who acts in an official capacity for a foreign government. The term is chiefly used in connection with international conventions and national laws against corruption in international trade. Members of the "Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development" (OECD) agreed the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention in 1999 and this treaty has been ratified by 39 countries. The document defines a foreign public official as follows: And expands the definition as such: The definition of a foreign official defined in the OECD agreement is now referenced in enforcement actions by the

pos: Labor and the environment Labor and the environment Labour and the environment are two different concepts that can be linked as one. Labour is defined as a task that is performed, typically for an economic return. Environment is defined as air, water, minerals, organisms, and all factors that contribute to ecology. It is the gregarious and cultural pressures that builds the lives of individuals or an entire population. Human labour in the forms of Logging, Mining, and Tourism, have negatively impacted the functions of the environment in various countries that are part of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) forum. The OECD

pos: International cybercrime effective legal framework for fighting cybercrime, through harmonization of cybercriminal offences qualification, provision for laws empowering law enforcement and enabling international cooperation. APEC Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) is an international forum that seeks to promote promoting open trade and practical economic cooperation in the Asia-Pacific Region. In 2002, APEC issued Cybersecurity Strategy which is included in the Shanghai Declaration. The strategy outlined six areas for co-operation among member economies including legal developments, information sharing and co-operation, security and technical guidelines, public awareness, and training and education. OECD The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is an international economic organisation

pos: Canada membership in the World Trade Organization, the G20 and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Canada is also a member of various other international and regional organizations and forums for economic and cultural affairs. Canada acceded to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in 1976. Canada joined the Organization of American States (OAS) in 1990 and hosted the OAS General Assembly in 2000 and the 3rd Summit of the Americas in 2001. Canada seeks to expand its ties to Pacific Rim economies through membership in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (APEC). Canada and the United States

pos: Environmental racism of hazardous waste was exported from Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries to non-OECD countries. Two international agreements were passed in response to the growing exportation of hazardous waste into their borders. The Organization of African Unity (OAU) was concerned that the Basel Convention adopted in March 1989 did not include a total ban on the trans-boundary movement on hazardous waste. In response to their concerns, on January 30, 1991, the Pan-African Conference on Environmental and Sustainable Development adopted the Bamako Convention banning the import of all hazardous waste into Africa and limiting their movement within the continent.

pos: United States Agency for International Development wealthy countries in global development assistance, the USG supported the creation of the Aid India Consortium in August 1958, the first of several informal groupings of donors. The USG also supported creation of the Development Assistance Group for the European Marshall Plan organization, the OEEC (Organization of European Economic Co-operation), in January 1960. (As the OEEC broadened its membership and became the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in 1961, the Development Assistance Group was re-named the Development Assistance Committee, or DAC.) At the end of the 1950s, the momentum in favor of development assistance—as represented by PL-480, new

pos: Economy of Taiwan (2014) by the MasterCard 2014 Global Destination Cities Index. Bubble Tea originated in Taiwan. Taiwan is a member of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the World Trade Organization (WTO), and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC). Taiwan is also an observer at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) under the name of "Chinese Taipei", and a member of International Chamber of Commerce as "Chinese Taipei". Taiwan signed Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement with People's Republic of China on 29 June 2010. Taiwan also signed free trade pact with Singapore and New Zealand. Taiwan is seeking to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership

pos: David L. Aaron Clinton. In Mondale's campaign, Aaron played a leading role as senior consultant on foreign policy and defense. Aaron served in Clinton's foreign policy team during his election campaign. In 1993 he became United States Permanent Representative to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris, and in 1996 was assigned the additional job of White House Special Envoy for Cryptography. At the OECD he successfully negotiated the Convention to Prohibit Bribery in International Business Transactions. As Special Envoy for Cryptography, Aaron pushed for a global standard that would require computer users with high grade encryption to submit keys

pos: Foreign official should not be confused with the term "politically exposed person", as this term relates to the financial sector and its clients. The term "foreign official" relates to all industries. Foreign official Foreign official or foreign public official refers to a person who acts in an official capacity for a foreign government. The term is chiefly used in connection with international conventions and national laws against corruption in international trade. Members of the "Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development" (OECD) agreed the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention in 1999 and this treaty has been ratified by 39 countries. The document defines a foreign

pos: Sahel and West Africa Club security for vulnerable households. The club is aligned with the Organization for Economic Development and Cooperation(OECD). The club originally consisted of countries who were affected by drought in the early 1970s. In 1973 at the height of the Sahel drought, a committee consisting of Senegal, Mali, Chad, Burkina Faso, Mauritania and Niger initiated an Interstate Committee to Control Drought in the Sahel. In 1976, a new association, the Sahel Club was founded in Dakar and had members of the inter-state committee, The Gambia and Cape Verde, multilateral agencies and member nations of OECD. The concept for founding the club was

pos: Socialist economics 1980s it was claimed that: Data collected by the United Nations of indicators of human development in the early 1990s show that a high level of social development was achieved in the former socialist planned economies of Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CEE/CIS). Life expectancy in the CEE/CIS area in the period 1985–1990 was 68 years, while for the countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) it was 75 years. Infant mortality in the CEE/CIS area was 25 for every 1,000 live births in 1990, compared to 13 in the OECD area.

pos: Jessica Herrera-Flanigan Cybersecurity Award. Before working on the Hill, Herrera-Flanigan was Senior Counsel at the Computer Crime & Intellectual Property Section, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice, where she led a team of prosecutors and investigators pursuing cybercriminals, including hackers and virus writers. She worked on such cases as the Melissa and Love Bug viruses and the 2000 Denial of Service Attacks on U.S. systems. She also served as vice-chair on the U.S. Delegation to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development ("OECD") Experts Group on international information security. She also represented the United States at Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation ("APEC") and the

pos: G7 Kitakyushu Energy Ministerial Meeting 2011, the city was recognized by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) for its pioneering efforts in environmental policy; including its history of overcoming pollution and the implementation of the Kitakyushu Eco-Town project. The city was selected as one of four Green Growth Model Cities by the OECD alongside the cities of Paris, Chicago and Stockholm. In May, 2015, ‘The Kitakyushu Smart Community Creation Project’ was selected as a finalist in the 2014 ISGAN Awards. It was chosen as a finalist from a selection of forty different projects spanning fifteen different countries, and was the only finalist from

pos: Slovakia and NATO in 2004 and the Eurozone in 2009. Slovakia is a member of the United Nations (since 1993) and participates in its specialized agencies. The country was, on 10 October 2005, elected to a two-year term on the UN Security Council from 2006 to 2007. It is also a member of the Schengen Area, the Council of Europe (CoE), the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and part of the Visegrad Four (V4, Slovakia, Hungary, the Czech

pos: Rounaq Jahan for Women (UNIFEM), United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD), United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the Ford Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, as well as NGOs like International Women's Health Coalition. Jahan was the head of the Programme on Rural Women, Employment and Development Department at the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Geneva, Switzerland from 1985 to 1989. She was the coordinator of the Programme on Integration of Women in Development, United Nations Asia Pacific Development

pos: NEET enrolled in school or work-related training, and not seeking work. A 2008 report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said the unemployment and NEET rates for people aged 16–24 in the majority of OECD countries fell in the past decade, attributed to increased participation in education. NEET is to be distinguished from the newly coined NLFET rate used in the 2013 report on Global Employment Trends for Youth by the International Labour Organization. NLFET stands for "neither in the labour force nor in education or training". It is similar to NEET but it excludes the unemployed youth

pos: Office of the United States Trade Representative and international ones. Worldwide aid and domestic funding related to trade are coordinated through the USTR. The World Trade Organization (WTO), Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) all have an impact in trade. The WTO deals heavily with FTAs. Licensing and trade barriers are addressed here. APEC facilitates trade with Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong, China, Indonesia, Japan, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Peru, the Philippines, the Russian Federation, Singapore, Chinese Taipei, Thailand, The United States

pos: Ecotourism routes in Europe (including natural, cultural sites, pilgrims, and regional specialties), and also to organize their travels more easily. The European Federation of the Mountain (FFEM), concerned with the rural development of its territories, asked a qualified consultant to represent it at an OECD workshop (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) which was devoted to the research of "the niche markets and rural development." 20 country members of the Organization and the Council of Europe were represented to discuss the proposals from three experts from the private sectors and five consultants from the Expert Committee Initiative Leader Europe. The editions of the OECD

pos: Corruption in South Korea Wan-koo initially denied the accusation and showed no intention of vacating his position. However, he ultimately offered his resignation. As a result of such scandals, coupled with other incidents, such as the Sewol disaster, a 2015 report released by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) showed that "[a]lmost 70 percent of South Koreans distrust their government, while less than 30 percent of them are confident in the nation's judicial system." This rate is significantly lower than the OECD average, which was 41.8 percent. Despite South Korea's low public confidence rate in 2015, it was at least a step

pos: OECD iLibrary OECD iLibrary OECD iLibrary is OECD’s Online Library for books, papers and statistics and the gateway to OECD’s analysis and data. It replaced SourceOECD in July 2010. OECD iLibrary contains content released by OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development), International Energy Agency (IEA), Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), OECD Development Centre, PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment), and International Transport Forum (ITF). All content is hosted by the OECD so users can find - and cite - tables and databases as easily as articles or chapters in any available content format: PDF, WEB, XLS, DATA, ePUB. OECD iLibrary is listed

pos: International organization membership of the Netherlands International organization membership of the Netherlands As a relatively small country, the Netherlands generally pursues its foreign policy interests within the framework of multilateral organizations. Treaties are always signed, negotiated or acceded by the Kingdom of the Netherlands, after which a depository declaration indicates validity for its European territory (the country the Netherlands except the Caribbean Netherlands), Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten and/or the Caribbean Netherlands. The Netherlands is an active participant in the United Nations system as well as other multilateral organizations such as the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), World

pos: Israel–Palestine relations at 5%. Israel maintains a strong currency and has the best protection of property rights of all the economic systems in the Middle East. Israel is a member of the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development), and is also known as the "entrepreneurship country". Due to historical reasons, Palestine has not been able to form a completely independent economic system. Foreign direct investment is almost non-existent. Israel is ranked 19 on the UN’s Human Development Index ranking of 177 countries, while Palestine is in the lower 100’s. In addition to agriculture, Palestine's main economic income is aid from the

pos: Australia capita income. Australia is a regional power and has the world's 13th-highest military expenditure. Australia has the world's 9th largest immigrant population with immigrants accounting for 26% of the population. Having the third-highest human development index and the eighth-highest ranked democracy globally, the country ranks highly in quality of life, health, education, economic freedom, civil liberties and political rights, with all its major cities faring well in global comparative livability surveys. Australia is a member of the United Nations, G20, Commonwealth of Nations, ANZUS, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), World Trade Organization, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, Pacific Islands Forum

pos: OECD iLibrary governments and public administration, non-governmental organisation and think tanks. OECD iLibrary OECD iLibrary is OECD’s Online Library for books, papers and statistics and the gateway to OECD’s analysis and data. It replaced SourceOECD in July 2010. OECD iLibrary contains content released by OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development), International Energy Agency (IEA), Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), OECD Development Centre, PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment), and International Transport Forum (ITF). All content is hosted by the OECD so users can find - and cite - tables and databases as easily as articles or chapters in any available content format:

pos: Education NGOs the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)'s "Educational Sector Strategy", which establishes specific international targets for "primary education, adult literacy, and gender parity in basic education with the "Education for All" initiative" as well as the OECD's "Development Assistance Committee goals"." Although many scholars, activists, and NGOs agree with targeting specific populations, they contest the motives of the World Bank based on their measurements of success. These members of civil society see the actions of the World Bank as emphasizing economic growth based on the pursuit of profits as well as the increase of consumption in developing areas, as

pos: Bruno Figueroa Fischer at the Matias Romero Institute (Instituto Matías Romero), and has diplomas from the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna and The Hague Academy of International Law. Ambassador Bruno Figueroa is a career diplomat since 1987. In his last posts abroad, he served as Permanent Representative to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, OECD, (2007–2010), and as Consul General of Mexico in San Jose, California (2004–2007). In Mexico, he served as Director General of the Mesoamerica Integration and Development Project (2015–2017), being in charge of the technical, scientific and financial cooperation between Mexico and Central America and the Caribbean; Director General for

pos: Economic history of Somalia owed to centrally planned economies (mainly the Soviet Union, US$110 million; China, US$87.2 million; with small sums to Bulgaria and the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). Another one-third of the debt was owed to countries in the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Finally, one-third was owed to members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) (principally Saudi Arabia, US$81.9 million; Abu Dhabi, US$67.0 million; the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development, US$34.7 million; Kuwait, US$27.1 million; and smaller amounts to Iraq, Qatar, the OPEC special account, Libya, and Algeria, in that order). Many loans, especially

pos: Impact evaluation on quality-of-life outcomes. For example, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's Development Assistance Committee (OECD-DAC) defines impact as the "positive and negative, primary and secondary long-term effects produced by a development intervention, directly or indirectly, intended or unintended". A number of international agencies have also adopted this definition of impact. For example, UNICEF defines impact as "The longer term results of a program – technical, economic, socio-cultural, institutional, environmental or other – whether intended or unintended. The intended impact should correspond to the program goal." Similarly, Evaluationwiki.org defines impact evaluation as an evaluation that looks beyond the immediate results

pos: Foreign relations of the Netherlands United Nations system as well as other multilateral organizations such as the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), World Trade Organization (WTO), and International Monetary Fund. The Netherlands is one of the founding members of what today is the European Union. It was one of the first countries to start European integration, through the Benelux in 1944 and the European Coal and Steel Community in 1952. Being a small country with a history of neutrality it was the host country for the important Maastricht Treaty and Amsterdam Treaty and is the seat

pos: Mohd Ali Rustam other companies in Melaka. Besides promoting cooperation in all aspects of development between Muslim Malays and other nations in the world. Melaka River Cruise which is also known as Venice of the East was inspired by him. His contribution of ideas also in the construction of Melaka Straits Mosque and Taming Sari Tower. Under his leadership, Melaka was declared as a developed state after Melaka fulfilled 32 indicators according to specifications set by Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) chairman. The declaration by the Prime Minister thereby proving Melaka's credibility as a developed state strengthened. The Melaka Government

pos: Philippe Douste-Blazy Bretton Woods institutions, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development-Development Assistance Committee (OECD-DAC), the United Nations Development Group and the Millennium Communication Campaign. Douste-Blazy was also in charge of organizing the first World Conference of Non-Governmental Donors, with a special focus on the financing for development provided by citizens, local and regional authorities, foundations, non-governmental organizations, economic and social representatives, faith groups and the private sector. It is hoped that these innovative sources of funding could compensate the insufficient official development assistance in achieving the Millennium Development Goals. Ahead of the 2012 presidential elections, Douste-Blazy announced in January 2012 that he

pos: Adela Investment Company passed a resolution recommending that the Secretary Generals of the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the Organization of American States (OAS) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) give their support. A task force was created and funded by the Ford Foundation, led by George S. Moore, President of the First National City Bank (now Citibank), Hermann Abs of Germany’s Deutsche Bank and Gianni Agnelli of Fiat, among others. The group proposed to create the Atlantic Development Group for Latin America, or ‘Adela’ for short. They were joined by Senator Javits in inviting private corporations from Europe, North America

pos: Ecotourism routes in Europe where to go out, what to visit, and how to organize their own personalized journeys. The workshops of the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) let 130 countries participate in exchanging ideas in the organization for the rural development. Pierre Guerry, consultant of this workshop as marketing expert, proposed an approach of ecotourism to promote the local products and the territorial specificities in the supranational level. Afterward, the approach was suggested to the institutional organizations. Ecotourism routes in Europe The five eco-tourism Pan-European routes cross 35 countries in Europe by connecting natural parks (national parks and regional parks) to

pos: Fragile States Index transparency in scoring methods, a reworking of the criteria to give the index predictive value, and a consolidation of indicators into umbrella groups for easier comparison. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has based its annual Fragile States Report, now named ‘States of Fragility,’ on the FSI, as well as on data from the World Bank (which publishes its own lists of fragile states), since 2005. On a monthly basis, International Crisis Group (ICG), a transnational non-governmental organization (NGO), publishes CrisisWatch, a bulletin designed to inform readers about the development of state-based conflict across the globe. The reports

pos: Janet L. Norwood Research Center at the University of Chicago (NORC), the Conference Board, the statistical organization State of the USA Inc. (SOUSA), the Institute of Global Ethics, the Consortium of Social Science Associations, the Committee of National Statistics of the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences (CNSTAT), the Advisory Council on Unemployment Compensation, and served on the corporate boards of Republic National Bank, History Associates, Inc., and MidAtlantic Medical Services, Inc. (MAMSI). After serving as chair of a committee on statistics of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, that OECD group in Paris reappointed her to continue as

pos: Foreign relations of Kazakhstan drinking water for the arid steppe nation. The country staged its first expedition to the South Pole in 2011. On January 23 in Davos at the World Economic Forum, Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Karim Massimov and Secretary General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Angel Gurria signed a Memorandum of Understanding between Kazakhstan and the OECD on the implementation of the Country Program of Cooperation for 2015–2016. In July 2016, it was announced that Kazakhstan was admitted to the OECD Competition Committee that aims to promote antitrust reforms. Kazakhstan is the first Central Asian country to join

pos: Greece foreign investor of capital in Albania, the number-three foreign investor in Bulgaria, at the top-three of foreign investors in Romania and Serbia and the most important trading partner and largest foreign investor of the Republic of Macedonia. Greek banks open a new branch somewhere in the Balkans on an almost weekly basis. The Greek telecommunications company OTE has become a strong investor in Yugoslavia and other Balkan countries. Greece was a founding member of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC). In 1979 the accession of the country in

pos: William K. Reilly member coun¬tries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Reilly accompanied President Bush to the 1989 Paris Economic Summit, the first environment minister to accompany a head of state to this annual meeting. At President Bush's request he led a mission to Kuwait at the conclusion of the war to assess the environmental and health effects of the burning oil fields, and then reported to the Congress on his findings. He also became the first EPA Administrator to take part in the annual bi-national Cabinet meetings with Mexico, and played a pivotal role in assuring that the North

pos: Foreign relations of New Zealand was no longer able to protect New Zealand so the government decided that a policy of independent relations with a group of strong powers was the best way to defend New Zealand. New Zealand participates in the United Nations (UN); the World Trade Organization (WTO); World Bank; the International Monetary Fund (IMF); the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); the International Energy Agency; the Asian Development Bank; the Pacific Islands Forum; the Secretariat of the Pacific Community; the Colombo Plan; Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC); and the International Whaling Commission. New Zealand also actively participates as a member of the

pos: D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation The D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation, also known as Developing-8, is an organisation for development co-operation among the following countries: Bangladesh, Egypt, Nigeria, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Pakistan, and Turkey. The objectives of D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation are to improve member states' position in the global economy, diversify and create new opportunities in trade relations, enhance participation in decision-making at international level, and improve standards of living. D-8 is a global arrangement rather than a regional one, as the composition of its members reflects. Organization for Economic Cooperation (D-8) is a forum with no adverse

pos: Preventive healthcare Program, National Association of County and City Health Officials, Yale Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Chronic Disease State Policy Tracking System, National Conference of State Legislatures, Prevention Institute’s ENACT local policy database, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), and the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF). "Childhood Immunization Policies" Despite nationwide controversies over childhood vaccination and immunization, there are policies and programs at the federal, state, local and school levels outlining vaccination requirements. All states require children to be vaccinated against certain communicable diseases as a condition for school attendance. However,

pos: Selectorate theory coalition and government revenues affect leader's decision making on policy concession and aid. By analyzing the bilateral aid transfers by Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) nations between 1960 and 2001, they discovered that leaders in aid recipient countries are more likely to grant policy concession for donors when the winning coalition is small because leaders with small winning coalitions can easily reimburse supporters for their concession. As a result, relatively poor, small coalition systems are most likely to get aid. The conclusion of their study shows that interest exchange is the primary reason for foreign aid practice and

pos: Ashraf Abdelwahab various committees, conferences and international meetings such as the Public Governance Committee (PGC) of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). During the 2011 parliamentary elections, Abdelwahab led a team of engineers in creating Egypt's first elections API that allowed voters to search for their assigned voting locations using their national ID in a partnership with Google. The election nthat followed saw a significant rise in voter turnout. Under Abdelwahab's leadership of the Ministry of State For Administrative Development, the ministry won second place in the UN Public service award for two consecutive years (2011–12). In 2012, Abdelwahab joined

pos: Rahul Chandran Reconstruction Program, working for Barnett Rubin before his appointment as Senior Advisor to Richard Holbrooke. Chandran was the lead author of From Fragility to Resilience, a policy paper for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) that provided new definitions for State-building and resilience. The paper was highly influential in the world of conflict policy. First, it restored the idea that political settlement was essential to social contract stability. Second, it defined building resilience as the goal of international assistance to conflict countries. Third, it renewed the focus on legitimacy. This work has been taken forward in a number

pos: Angus Maddison University of St. Andrews. He subsequently got his doctorate in 1978 at the University of Aix-Marseille in France. In 1953, Maddison joined the Organisation for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC), and afterwards became Head of the OEEC Economics Division. In 1963, when the OEEC became the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Maddison became Assistant Director of the Economic Development Department. In 1966–71 he took leave of absence and spent the next 15 years in a series of consulting appointments during which he returned to the OECD for four years. In 1969–1971, Maddison worked at the Development Advisory Service of

pos: Heriberto Félix Guerra in the business, has been lecturer at Harvard University, and at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Milan, Italy. Currently serves on the Council of Businessmen of Sinaloa. In this field, he has worked for over 15 years as president of the board "Friends of Children", and president of the foundation "Prospera" and "With the Strong Heart". He was also director of citizen IFE in Sinaloa, a member of the "Christian Family Movement" and, together with his wife Lorena Clouthier and other marriages, coordinated the "Engaged Encounter Movement" in Sinaloa for 10 years. His first contact with

pos: Ukrainian Center for EU Civil Service Standards and 598 events were organized by the initiative of Ukraine. During the mentioned period (2006–2018) TAIEX events were conducted in the following areas: • Justice and Internal Affairs (191 events); • Internal Market (332 events); • Environment, Telecommunications, Transport (128 events); • Agriculture and Food Safety (91 events). SIGMA Programme (Support for Improvement in Governance and Management) is considered to be one of the most prestigious analytical centers of the European Union, that was launched in 1992 on the initiative of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the European Union. Key Objectives of the SIGMA Programme: •

pos: James Salzman Prior to entering academia, he worked in Paris in the Environment Directorate of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and in London as the European Environmental Manager for Johnson Wax. His honors include election as a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, as well as appointments as a McMaster Fellow and Fulbright Senior Scholar in Australia, a Gilbert White Fellow at Resources for the Future, and a Bellagio Fellow at the Rockefeller Foundation, among others. He is the author of Drinking Water: A History, and a frequent commentator in the media on drinking water issues. He serves on

pos: Taiwan the world with 68.5% of Taiwanese high school students going on to attend university. Taiwan has a high percentage of its citizens holding a tertiary education degree where 45 percent of Taiwanese aged 25–64 hold a bachelor's degree or higher compared with the average of 33 percent among member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). On the other hand, the system has been criticized for placing excessive pressure on students and eschewing creativity in favor of rote memorization. In addition, the system has been criticized for producing an excess supply of over-educated university graduates and a

pos: Systems Approach for Better Education Results Affairs and Trade (DFAT), Bank Netherlands Partnership Program (BNPP), Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), Department for International Development (DFID), Global Partnership for Education, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Korea-World Bank Partnership Facility, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Russia Education Aid for Development (READ), Teachers Task Force for Education For All (EFA), United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), and World Food Programme (WFP). Policy intent tools, SABER’s initial focus, evaluate enabling environments by examining education policies as they exist on paper. Domain specific policy implementation tools, by contrast, assess the efficacy of

pos: OECD the OECD Development Centre (1961), International Energy Agency (IEA, 1974), and Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering. Unlike the organisations of the United Nations system, OECD uses the spelling "organisation" with an "s" in its name rather than "organization" (see -ise/-ize). In 1989, after the Revolutions of 1989, the OECD started to assist countries in Central Europe (especially the Visegrád Group) to prepare market economy reforms. In 1990, the Centre for Co-operation with European Economies in Transition (now succeeded by the Centre for Cooperation with Non-Members) was established, and in 1991, the Programme "Partners in Transition" was launched for

pos: Center for Democracy and Technology for public representation and for the placement of a Civil Society representative on its Board. In helping to form the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) Principles for Internet Policy Making in 2011, CDT also pushed for a multi-stakeholder approach to Internet governance. OECD's 34 member states committed to respect human rights, open governance, rule of law, and consideration of numerous viewpoints by accepting the principles. At the International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU) World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) in 2012, CDT brought inclusive Internet governance into focus. Though many governments came bearing proposals to escalate government and ITU control

pos: William White (economist) he also contributes to meetings of WP1 and the Economic Policy Committee of the OECD. He was a member of the Issing Commission, advising the German chancellor on G-20 issues. William White has published articles on topics related to monetary and financial stability as well as the process of international cooperation in these areas. William White (economist) William R. White (born 1943) is a Canadian economist who is the chairman of the Economic and Development Review Committee at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). He is famous for flagging the wild behaviour in the debt markets before the

pos: South Korea outlook on education, where its national obsession with education has been called "education fever". This obsession with education has catapulted the resource poor nation consistently atop the global education rankings where in 2014 national rankings of students' math and science scores by the Organization for Economic and Cooperation and Development (OECD), South Korea ranked second place worldwide, after Singapore. Higher education is a serious issue in South Korea society, where it is viewed as one of the fundamental cornerstones of South Korean life. Education is regarded with a high priority for South Korean families as success in education holds a

pos: Food security “any new risks to human health or the environment, beyond the usual uncertainties of conventional plant breeding.” Likewise, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in Europe (OECD) and the Nuffield Council on Bioethics (1999) did not find that genetically modified foods posed a health risk. The UN Millennium Development Goals are one of the initiatives aimed at achieving food security in the world. The first Millennium Development Goal states that the UN "is to eradicate extreme hunger and poverty" by 2015. Olivier De Schutter, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, advocates for a multidimensional approach to

pos: K-pop of 19. The suicide rate in South Korea continues to be one of the highest among all Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) nations. It should be noted that 75.3% of those who have attempted suicide have one or more forms of mental illness. Though mental illness in South Korea has been an increasing problem, awareness has also been on the rise. The Shining Road series, a free concert that was held in the spring of 2018, was a way for Korean celebrities and K-pop idols to use their platform to raise awareness about mental illness. All proceeds that

pos: Agrarian bonds in Peru agrarian reform bonds fits squarely under an application of the Helms-Burton Amendment as bondholders await a fair compensation. "Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)" The OECD is an intergovernmental economic organization to which countries apply for membership upon commitment to democracy and the market economy. Peru has expressed an eagerness to become a member of the OECD, stressing a friendly climate for investors. While Peru participates in OECD Bodies, Guidelines and Legal Instruments, it is not currently a member and has not yet received a formal invitation to apply. However, the current administration has signaled a strong interest in

pos: Environmental governance in China seriously in the field of environments and this has been triggered by the opening up of China to the global economy and polity. The strengthening of the rule of environmental law goes together with more resources for enforcement, a more formal enforcement style of EPBs, and stronger (financial) punishments of companies. For instance, Courts are getting more involved in enforcement in addition to legal procedures initiated by citizens and environmental NGOs, such as the well-known Centre for Legal Assistance to Pollution Victims (CLAPV). Over the last two decades, environmental management in many Organization for Economic Cooperation Development (OECD) countries has

pos: Balkrishna Shetty in the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi, dealing with bilateral, economic and technical cooperation and international disaster relief. He thereafter joined the Foreign Service Institute as Director in charge of Professional Course for Foreign Diplomats (PCFD). Between 1997 and 2001, he was posted at the Embassy of India, Paris, as Minister (Economic), dealing with all bilateral economic matters and relations with Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). He was appointed as Ambassador to the Republic of Senegal and was concurrently accredited to the Cape Verde Islands, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Mauritania and the Gambia from 2001 to 2005.

pos: St. Peter's School, Barcelona arriving to acquire a level of A1, according to the Common European Framework and Reference for Languages (CEFR). The Program for the International Assessment of Students (PISA) was promoted by the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development). These tests evaluate the ability to apply learned knowledge and skills in real life situations, in order to reason and communicate more effectively. The results obtained by St. Peter's School shows that the performance of our students is above the Spanish average and above leading countries in education, such as Finland, Canada, Germany and the United Kingdom. The results in reading and

pos: Korea International Cooperation Agency as the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund (OECF) of Japan. After successfully overcoming the 1997-98 financial crisis and the following economic recession, South Korea is today recognized as a post-war success story. Through properly designed development strategies and effective use of foreign assistance, South Korea has grown into the world's 11th largest economy and is a leading producer of ships, steel, automobiles, and semiconductors. In 1996, South Korea joined the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Throughout the period of rapid economic development, there has been a considerable amount of interest

pos: Association des États Généraux des Étudiants de l'Europe AEGEE-Europe works with the World Bank, the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) and the OSCE (Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe). AEGEE-Europe is a member of IFISO (Informal Forum of International Student Organizations). AEGEE's first study trip to the Caucasus. Association des États Généraux des Étudiants de l'Europe The AEGEE, or ', known as European Students' Forum in English, is the largest trans-national, interdisciplinary student organisation in Europe. Established in 1985, AEGEE currently has around 10,000 members more than 160 local groups (Antennae) in university cities across Europe, including Russia, Turkey and the Caucasus, with a European

pos: Alto International School entitles foreign students to apply for university entry in Germany. The school was founded in 1988 as the first German school on the US West Coast and changed its name from German-American International School (GAIS) to Alto International School in September 2016. it has 250 students. In August 2018, Alto launched a partnership with Stiftung Louisenlund near Kiel, Germany, to develop joined student programs. Based on the International Schools' Assessment (ISA) and the PISA test of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Alto students consistently outperform comparable schools worldwide and in 2017 Alto's 9th Grade students tested above

pos: Economy of Kazakhstan includes 60 major state-owned companies. According to Kazakh Finance ministry, the state budget got 6.99 billion tenges ($20.6 million) from the deals reached within the 2014-2016 privatization program as of Sept. 20, 2016. Kazakhstan’s privatization program aims to reduce the state participation in the economy to 15 percent, which is the level set for countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). In recent years a trade route has been established between Kazakhstan and the United States. It now makes up 54% of the World's salt imports and exports by volume (350,000 tonnes per year). Economy of Kazakhstan

pos: International Energy Agency India, South Korea and the European Community decided to establish the International Partnership for Energy Efficiency Cooperation, at the Energy Ministerial meeting hosted by Japan in the frame of the 2008 G8 Presidency, in Aomori. International Energy Agency The International Energy Agency (IEA; ) is a Paris-based autonomous intergovernmental organization established in the framework of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in 1974 in the wake of the 1973 oil crisis. The IEA was initially dedicated to responding to physical disruptions in the supply of oil, as well as serving as an information source on statistics about the

pos: Education policy in Brazil spending increased from approximately 2% of GDP in 1995 to 4% of GDP in 2008. Additionally, teacher salaries increased by an average of 70% in the first few years of implementation. According to research done by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), FUNDEF played an important role in increasing enrollment rates over that period, particularly in small municipalities. It was, however, limited in scope, entailing the investment of funds only to elementary education and expiring in September 2006 when it reached 10 years of creation. On January 24, 2006, the House of Representatives approved the Proposal for Amendment

pos: Erich Jantsch He was also Research Associate at MIT, where he studied the future of MIT and the American University. Jantsch was advisor to twenty governments, several international organizations and research institutes. Among others he was "consultant to the Directorate of Scientific Development of the O.E.C.D. and as a member of the executive committee of the Club of Rome." As consultant to OECD (Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development); prepared studies on the world food problem, technological forecasting, higher education, etc. In 1971 he was the Austrian delegate to the first session of the UN Committee on Natural Resources. For the last

pos: Bearer instrument Registered agents, sending their agent company's constituent documents, together with the certificate of registration, the charter and the memorandum of association, passed, as a rule, the forms of certificates of shares. Questions about who owns these certificates, and how they are transferred, were not asked. However, in the past few years, economically developed countries, in particular the United States, as well as international organizations such as OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) and the FATF (Financial Action Task Force) have begun to put significant pressure on offshore jurisdiction. Their main claim was not even that there is preferential taxation

pos: Police corruption corruption within governmental bodies. Beyond the domestic level, Germany is heavily involved in the creation and compliance to international anti-corruption standards via the United Nations, the World Bank, the Group of Eight (G8) and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). German public institutions, such as the police, have also been acknowledged by the Council of Europe's Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) to have done considerable work to prevent corruption. Public perception of police corruption is low among German citizens according to the 2013 Special Eurobarometer on Corruption report. German respondents (16%) were among the least likely (within

pos: Energy in Africa in an urban setting, and Gross Domestic Product (GNP) per capita. Overall, the African continent is a net energy exporter. In 2009 the net energy export was 40% of the energy production 13,177 TWh. The world share of energy production in Africa was 12% of oil and 7% of gas in 2009. Energy in Africa is a scarcer commodity than in the developed world – annual consumption is 518 KWh in Sub-Saharan Africa, the same amount of electricity used by an individual in an Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD – example is the U.S.) country in 25 days.

pos: Education in Israel addition, nearly twice as many Israelis aged 55–64 held a higher education degree compared to other OECD countries, with 47 percent holding an academic degree compared with the OECD average of 25%. It ranks fifth among OECD countries for the total expenditure on educational institutions as a percentage of GDP. In 2011, the country spent 7.3% of its GDP on all levels of education, comparatively more than the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development average of 6.3% and as a result has fostered an education system that helped transform the country and rapidly grow its economy over the past 70

pos: FTC fair information practice Commission also may have contributed to the development of FIPs principles in its 1977 report, "Personal Privacy in an Information Society". As privacy laws spread to other countries in Europe, international institutions took up privacy with a focus on the international implications of privacy regulation. In 1980, the Council of Europe adopted a Convention for the Protection of Individuals with Regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data. At the same time, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) proposed similar privacy guidelines in the OECD Guidelines on the Protection of Privacy and Transborder Flows of Personal Data. The OECD

pos: Regulatory Flexibility Act enacted similar requirements through statutes and executive orders. Both the SBA Office of Advocacy and the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), an association of state and federal legislators, have drafted "model" state laws paralleling the RFA. Other nations have drawn upon, and in some cases more fully developed, various elements of the RFA. Multilateral efforts. In 2000, both the European Union (EU) and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) adopted broad policy statements in support of small and mid-sized enterprises (SME's) that included provisions on the regulatory treatment of SME's. This subject is also being discussed within the

pos: Gerardo Jiménez Sánchez National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) School of Medicine, and did his residency in pediatrics at the National Institute of Pediatrics. He obtained a PhD in Human Genetics and Molecular Biology at Johns Hopkins University. His postgraduate training included studies at Duke University. He specialized in Senior Business Management (AD2), Business on Innovation and Technology (ADIT), and Management Business by Services at the IPADE Business School. He was president of the Working Party on Biotechnology at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) (2006-2013), and is currently President of the Committee on Genomics and Bioeconomy at the Human Genome

pos: Economy of Barbados to the economy of Barbados. During fiscal year 2010/2011 the sector contributed approximately Bds$186 million in corporate taxes – almost 60% of the total corporate tax intake. At the end of December 2010, there were 45 offshore banks, 242 captive insurance companies, 3,065 international business companies, and 408 international societies with restricted liability. The financial sector is also under threat of sanctions from the EU and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), both of which have expressed concerns about money laundering, tax evasion, and other financial improprieties in Caribbean offshore centres. In 2006 the Central Bank governor of

pos: Public administration in Israel of all annual government expenditures (local, state, and federal). After government expenditures as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) peaked in the 1980s, the government pursued a "stabilization program" with the goal of shaping a "smaller government" through privatization, savings in public spending, lower tax burdens and reducing public debt. As a result, expenditures decreased to around 44 percent of GDP in 2009, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. In 2008, the Israeli government devoted a much larger share of public resources to defense and education than the average OECD country, roughly 16 percent. Total revenue

pos: Education in South Korea a college degree no longer guarantees a job as it once did. With the nation's high university entrance rate, South Korea has produced an overeducated and underemployed labor force with many being unable find employment at the level of their education qualifications. In addition, a subsequent skills surplus has led to an overall decline in labour underutilization in vocational occupations. In the country, 70.9 percent of high school graduates went on to university in 2014, the highest college attendance rate among the Organization for Economic and Cooperation and Development (OECD) member countries. In the third quarter of 2016, one out

pos: New Breeding Techniques its traits, and these modifications can vary in scale from altering single base, to inserting or removing one or more genes. The various methods of achieving these changes in traits include the following: Many European environmental organisations came together in 2016 to jointly express serious concerns over new breeding techniques. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has its own 'Working Group on Harmonization of Regulatory Oversight in Biotechnology' but, as at 2015, there had been virtually no progress in addressing issues around NBTs, and this includes many major food-producing countries like Russia, South Africa, Brazil, Peru, Mexico, China,

pos: Income inequality in Brazil Brazil in general has been a concern as it perpetuates the income inequality situation by decreasing social mobility. This limits the opportunities of those in low income groups, lowering their chances of narrowing the income gap. Brazil has an illiteracy rate of 10.2% and a poor quality of education. Data from the PISA programme of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) showed that Brazil ranks far behind other nations in terms of learning in various knowledge areas with the majority of their students reaching only lowest learning levels in the disciplines. Brazil's heavy taxes built into consumer prices

pos: Japanese foreign policy on Southeast Asia early 1960s, the government adopted a more forward posture in seeking to establish contacts in Asia. In 1960 the Institute of Asian Economic Affairs was placed under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI). In 1961 the government established the Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund as a new lending agency. The following year the Overseas Technical Cooperation Agency made its debut. By the mid-1960s, Japan's role had become highly visible in Asia as well as elsewhere in the world. In 1964 Japan became a full member of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). As economic

pos: Michael Ward (economist) peacekeeping mission to Cambodia. During his career, Ward worked with other international agencies including the Food and Agriculture Organization, International Monetary Fund, Asian Development Bank, World Bank, and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. His links with the OECD began in the early 1970s. He participated in workshops on statistics in developing countries at the OECD Development Centre. In 1975, between the UNESCO assignments and the post at Sussex University, he worked for a few months as consultant for OECD on the measurement of capital. In 1982, Ward joined the OECD full-time and made the first OECD-Eurostat purchasing power

pos: Sahel and West Africa Club to improve collaboration between the Sahel states and OECD countries and donors. The club's aim include planning for medium term self-sufficiency in agriculture and long term socio-economic regional development. Sahel and West Africa Club The Sahel and West Africa Club, formerly known as the Sahel Club, was founded after the 1968-1973 Sahel drought that affected food production in the Sahel region. The initial aim of the club concentrated on facilitating cooperation between Sahel States and member nations of OECD to provide solutions to food security and long term economic growth. In 2001, as a result of the inter-dependence between the

pos: National Research University – Higher School of Economics Conference on Economic and Social Development, which brings scholars from many countries together with representatives from the Russian government, Russian Presidential Administration, World Bank, IMF, OECD, as well as major Russian and foreign companies. Other prominent international events that HSE has been selected to host include: HSE regularly takes part in international scientific and technical cooperation projects and has partnerships with organizations including BRICS, G20, OECD, and UNESCO. HSE has its own publishing house that specializes in publishing books on social and economic sciences, manuals and textbooks for students. Students from provincial Russia who study at Moscow campus of HSE

neg: African and Malagasy Union power, France. The original aims were both economic and political: to adopt common stands on international issues, to promote economic and culture cooperation, and to maintain a common defense organization. However, this caused a problem: the organization would have to depend on France. The diversity, geography, and post-colonial problems of the different countries stopped the organization from ever becoming significant. In March 1964 the UAM changed its name to the Afro-Malagasy Union for Economic Cooperation (Union Africaine et Malgache de Coopération Économique; UAMCE). Moktar Ould Daddah was elected as the president of the organisation while the city of Yaoundé was

neg: Ukrainian Center for EU Civil Service Standards of administrative system reforms; • analysis of the suggested draft laws and programmes; • organization of trainings and information exchange; • preparation of technical assistance action plans. Cooperation between the NAUCS and the OECD is a priority area according to the Action Plan on Strengthening Cooperation between Ukraine and the OECD for 2013–2016, approved by the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine as of 06.02.2013 No 132-r, Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of Ukraine and the OECD on Deeper Cooperation as of 07.10.2014, Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine “On Procedure of the Participation of

neg: Ersin Erçin Paris, the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE), the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Vienna, and the United Nations in New York. Erçin has lectured at universities as well as civilian and military groups on the topics of early warning, crisis management, conflict prevention and resolution, and post-conflict rehabilitation. After joining the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1981, Erçin served in the position of Third Secretary in the Department of Economic Relations and later as Second Secretary for the Turkish Permanent Delegation to the OECD in Paris. From 1989, he continued with consecutive and

neg: Henryka Bochniarz Economic Committee, striving to develop Polish-Japanese economic cooperation. In the past, she used to be a member of the Enterprise Policy Group at the European Commission, advising on the economic policy of the European Union. Dr. Bochniarz participated also in the works of BIAC - The Business and Industry Advisory Committee, an advisory organisation to OECD, which represents groups of entrepreneurs from OECD member states. For almost ten years she had been a member of Private Sector Advisory Group established by the World Bank and OECD focusing on corporate governance and anti-corruption. Bochniarz is very active in the public life.

neg: John W. Tuthill staff of Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force, under the command of U.S. Army Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower. Was an aide to General George C. Marshall in 1947 and stationed in Bonn Germany. Active in developing the Marshall Plan’s Organization for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC). Became U.S. Ambassador to the OECD in Paris from 1960 to 1962. He served as the United States Ambassador to the European Economic Community in Brussels from 1962 to 1966. Was U.S. Ambassador to Brazil, 1966 to 1969. After retiring from the Foreign Service Ambassador Tuthill was a professor of international politics at the Bologna Center

neg: Foreign relations of Greece Greek diaspora figures. Greece is a founding member of the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation. Greece is a major participant in most large-scale international bodies, with the geographic significance of the region proving advantageous for diplomatic, trade and political crossroads. BIS, BSEC, CCC, CE, EAPC, EBRD, ECA (associate), ECE, ECLAC, EIB, EMU, EU, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, International Maritime Organization, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO, NATO, OECD, OSCE, UN, UN Security Council, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, WEU, WHO, WIPO, WMO. Greece was elected by the United Nations General Assembly to the United Nations Security

neg: Hazardous waste 1999). About 1 percent of this is shipped across international boundaries, with the majority of the transfers occurring between countries in the Organization for the Economic Cooperation and Development(OECD) (Krueger, 1999). One of the reasons for industrialized countries to ship the hazardous waste to industrializing countries for disposal is the rising cost of disposing of hazardous waste in the home country. Hazardous wastes are wastes with properties that make them dangerous or potentially harmful to human health or the environment. Hazardous wastes can be liquids, solids, contained gases, or sludges. They can be by-products of manufacturing processes or simply discarded

neg: Music education in the United States is its use of movement to music, ideally live music. In a report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Education, OECD, it is explained that the amount of time students typically spend in school during primary and lower secondary levels is 7,751 hours. Of these 7,751 hours, the schools surveyed for the report spent eleven percent of the time of the whole year on the arts in elementary schools, and only eight percent of the time on the arts in lower secondary schools. This report also explains that the arts classes combined receive almost the same amount of time

neg: Jean Fourastié the authority of the Prime Minister of France. He served four terms as president of the workforce modernization commission, and in 1961 he was chosen as a member of the "1985 working group" of the "commissariat." Fourastié was recruited in 1948 as vice president of the scientific and technical committee of the European Economic Cooperation Organization (predecessor of the OECD). From 1954 to 1957, he led the European Coal and Steel Community's study group on the conditions and effects of technical progress in the steel industry. In 1957 he was appointed as a United Nations expert for the Mexican government

neg: Foreign relations of Kazakhstan the Committee. Kazakhstan joined the Declaration on International Investment and Multinational Enterprises of the OECD and became an associated participant of the OECD Investment Committee in June 2017. OECD Investment Committee is the leading government forum for cooperation on international investment issues. Kazakhstan applied for WTO accession on January 29, 1996. The accession negotiations between Kazakhstan and the WTO lasted 20 years and on November 30, 2015, the organization welcomed Kazakhstan as its 162nd Member. In April 2017, the General Council of the WTO announced that Kazakhstan’s Ambassador to Switzerland and Permanent Representative of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the

neg: Jamboree (1957 film) that is different from the Sun 45 release); Lewis Lymon and the Teenchords; Jack Payne (another British band leader); Carl Perkins (who sings "Glad All Over"); Jodie Sands, who performs "Sayonara"; Frankie Avalon, who sings "Teacher's Pet"; Slim Whitman, who gathered a tremendous following in Europe, who performs "Unchain My Heart"; Aaron Schroeder in a cameo role as the Songwriter; The Four Coins, who perform "A Broken Promise"; and, Count Basie and his Orchestra, featuring Joe Williams on vocals. Connie Francis overdubbed her vocals for Freda Holloway. Brazilian singer Cauby Peixoto has a cameo appearance in the film under the

neg: Aquilanti–Mundim deformed Arrhenius model this problem, Aquilanti and Mundim proposed (2010) a generalized Arrhenius law based on algebraic deformation of the usual exponential function. Starting from the Euler exponential definition given by, defining the deformed exponential function as, Identifying the deformation parameter formula_9 as a continuous generalization of formula_10 . At the limit formula_11 the d-exponential function, formula_12, coincides with the usual exponential according to the well-known limit due to Euler, that is, This definition was first used in thermodynamics and statistical mechanics by Landau. In the most recent scientific literature, there is a variety of deformed algebras with applications in different areas of

neg: Nuclear weapons of the United States the United States produced more than 70,000 nuclear warheads, which is more than all other nuclear weapon states combined. The Soviet Union/Russia has produced approximately 55,000 nuclear warheads since 1949, France built 1,110 warheads since 1960, the United Kingdom built 835 warheads since 1952, China built about 600 warheads since 1964, and other nuclear powers built fewer than 500 warheads all together since they developed their first nuclear weapons. Until November 1962, the vast majority of U.S. nuclear tests were above ground. After the acceptance of the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, all testing was relegated underground, in order to

neg: Boulia, Queensland covers an area of . Although it is contrary to the principles of defining a locality in Queensland, Boulia is an "island" entirely surrounded by the locality of Wills. Extensive grazing of beef cattle is the predominant industry. Boulia is at the heart of the Channel Country of western Queensland where, during rain events, channels running between the rivers and creeks of the region fill with water and spread that water over expansive areas. When it does rain heavily, the Mitchell grass plains respond magnificently and result in the Channel country around Boulia, being among the finest beef producing country

neg: USS Mount McKinley Harbor. Based there, the ship visited ports in Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Vietnam, and Okinawa, acting as flagship of ComPhibGru 1. On 23 August, "Mount McKinley" sailed for home, arriving 19 September 1966. She sailed on her third WesPac deployment 1 July, arriving Da Nang 28 July to become once more the flagship of Commander, 7th Fleet Amphibious Force. She provided communications support for search and destroy operations against the Vietcong and People's Army of Vietnam forces. As in earlier deployments, support for military forces was combined with civic action operations to assist civilians. Relieved in mid-January, the ship sailed