Global Governance in Education Crisis Narrative
Explore the shift towards global governance in education, focusing on the impact of global learning metrics. The narrative delves into how initiatives like SDG 4 shape education assessment, highlighting challenges like the narrowing of educational agendas and the devaluing of non-measurable learning
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Achieving Effective Delivery of Infrastructure Projects: Insights from OECD Seminar
Infrastructure investments play a crucial role in global development, but their successful delivery is becoming increasingly complex. Issues such as governance, ownership, and policy responsiveness can impact project outcomes. Without strategic management, projects may face challenges like inadequat
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INTEGRITY: A FACTOR FOR EQUALITY THROUGH INCLUSIVE POLICIES
In a global context of growing income inequality, the importance of integrity in fostering equality through inclusive policies is emphasized. The OECD works with Mexico to address issues of inequality, corruption, and declining trust in government, highlighting the need for integrity and competence
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Progress on Development of Code of Conduct for Special Advisers Presentation
Presentation to the Select Committee outlines the overview, dispensation vs OECD standards, elements of the code of conduct, and the draft code emphasizing adherence to the Constitution, ethical conduct, and official duties for Special Advisers in South Africa. It focuses on promoting a capable and
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SUSTAINABLE WATER USE FOR GREEN HYDROGEN PRODUCTION: PRELIMINARY INSIGHTS FROM OECD WORK IN MONGOLIA
Preliminary insights from OECD work in Mongolia discuss the impact of green hydrogen production on water, sustainable approaches, and possible ways forward. The Sustainable Infrastructure Programme in Asia supports the transition towards net-zero infrastructure with a focus on enabling policies, pla
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Challenges and Progress in Chilean Infrastructure Development
The challenges of Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) in Chile within the framework of best practices and international standards are discussed, highlighting the need for long-term infrastructure planning and enhanced governance. The 2017 OECD Infrastructure Governance Review identified deficiencies
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Building a Macrostructural Standalone Model for North Macedonia: Model Overview and Features
This project focuses on building a macrostructural standalone model for the economy of North Macedonia. The model layout includes a system overview, theory, functional forms, and features of the MFMSA_MKD. It covers various aspects such as the National Income Account, Fiscal Account, External Accoun
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Challenges and Opportunities in Monitoring and Evaluation in OECD Countries
Monitoring and evaluation in OECD countries present unique challenges and opportunities, requiring clear mandates, ongoing processes, and robust institutional frameworks. The OECD approach emphasizes fostering quality, ensuring impact, and sharing lessons learned for efficient resource management. I
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NAMI Family Support Group Model Overview
This content provides an insightful introduction to the NAMI family support group model, emphasizing the importance of having a structured model to guide facilitators and participants in achieving successful support group interactions. It highlights the need for a model to prevent negative group dyn
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OECD Due Diligence Guidance: Establish Strong Management Systems
The OECD Due Diligence Guidance outlines the importance of establishing strong management systems for responsible sourcing of minerals from conflict-affected and high-risk areas. This involves adopting company policies, engaging with suppliers, implementing grievance mechanisms, and utilizing the 3P
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Understanding the OECD Nutrition Policy Marker (NPM)
The OECD Nutrition Policy Marker (NPM) is a voluntary tool to identify donor investments with a nutrition objective. It helps mainstream nutrition in large-scale programs to improve outcomes and accountability. The NPM is applied at the project level to track investments and promote transparency in
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Understanding Entity-Relationship Model in Database Systems
This article explores the Entity-Relationship (ER) model in database systems, covering topics like database design, ER model components, entities, attributes, key attributes, composite attributes, and multivalued attributes. The ER model provides a high-level data model to define data elements and r
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Communication Models Overview
The Shannon-Weaver Model is based on the functioning of radio and telephone, with key parts being sender, channel, and receiver. It involves steps like information source, transmitter, channel, receiver, and destination. The model faces technical, semantic, and effectiveness problems. The Linear Mod
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Understanding Atomic Structure: Electrons, Energy Levels, and Historical Models
The atomic model describes how electrons occupy energy levels or shells in an atom. These energy levels have specific capacities for electrons. The electronic structure of an atom is represented by numbers indicating electron distribution. Over time, scientists have developed atomic models based on
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Understanding ROC Curves and Operating Points in Model Evaluation
In this informative content, Geoff Hulten discusses the significance of ROC curves and operating points in model evaluation. It emphasizes the importance of choosing the right model based on the costs of mistakes like in disease screening and spam filtering. The content explains how logistical regre
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Responsible Sourcing in Conflict-Affected Areas: OECD Guidelines
The OECD Due Diligence Guidance outlines steps for companies to identify and assess risks in mineral supply chains from conflict-affected and high-risk areas. It explains Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas (CAHRAs) and the importance of due diligence in responsible mineral sourcing to avoid finan
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OECD Guidelines for Responsible Business Conduct
The OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises provide a framework for responsible business conduct, encouraging sustainable practices and minimizing negative impacts. The OECD's work on responsible business conduct focuses on enhancing economic and social well-being globally, emphasizing ethical
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Chile's Financial Services Liberalization Overview
This content provides an in-depth look at Chile's main reservations under the OECD Codes of Liberalization, including its context of accession to OECD Free Trade Agreements and commitments to liberalization in services, investments, and financial services. It covers aspects such as cross-border trad
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Understanding the OSI Model and Layered Tasks in Networking
The content highlights the OSI model and layered tasks in networking, explaining the functions of each layer in the OSI model such as Physical Layer, Data Link Layer, Network Layer, Transport Layer, Session Layer, Presentation Layer, and Application Layer. It also discusses the interaction between l
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Regression Diagnostics for Model Evaluation
Regression diagnostics involve analyzing outlying observations, standardized residuals, model errors, and identifying influential cases to assess the quality of a regression model. This process helps in understanding the accuracy of the model predictions and identifying potential issues that may aff
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OECD Expert Group on Disparities in National Accounts Work Summary
The OECD Expert Group on Disparities in National Accounts focuses on developing methodology to produce distributional results for household income, consumption, and saving. Their work involves adjusting national accounts totals, identifying relevant variables from micro data sources, imputing missin
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MFMSA_BIH Model Build Process Overview
This detailed process outlines the steps involved in preparing, building, and debugging a back-end programming model known as MFMSA_BIH. It covers activities such as data preparation, model building, equation estimation, assumption making, model compilation, and front-end adjustment. The iterative p
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Financing Long-Term Care in OECD Countries: Insights and Challenges
The funding of long-term care services in OECD countries poses significant financial and organizational challenges, with a growing proportion of the elderly population requiring such services. This article delves into the financing mechanisms, the public funding landscape, and potential reform pathw
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Proposal for Radio Controlled Model Aircraft Site Development
To establish a working relationship for the development of a site suitable for radio-controlled model aircraft use, the proposal suggests local land ownership with oversight from a responsible agency. Collins Model Aviators is proposed as the host club, offering site owner liability insurance throug
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OECD's Work on AI in Response to COVID-19: Insights for Latin America and the Caribbean
OECD is focusing on AI in the context of COVID-19, emphasizing the importance of trustworthy AI for societal benefits. The organization has outlined principles for implementing AI in policies, with a goal of fostering an ecosystem that prioritizes human rights, transparency, accountability, and more
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UBU Performance Oversight Engagement Framework Overview
Providing an overview of the UBU Logic Model within the UBU Performance Oversight Engagement Framework, this session covers topics such as what a logic model is, best practice principles, getting started, components of the logic model, evidence & monitoring components, and next steps. The framework
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Regression Model for Predicting Crew Size of Cruise Ships
A regression model was built to predict the number of crew members on cruise ships using potential predictor variables such as Age, Tonnage, Passenger Density, Cabins, and Length. The model showed high correlations among predictors, with Passengers and Cabins being particularly problematic. The full
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Exact Byzantine Consensus on Undirected Graphs: Local Broadcast Model
This research focuses on achieving exact Byzantine consensus on undirected graphs under the local broadcast model, where communication is synchronous with known underlying graphs. The model reduces the power of Byzantine nodes and imposes connectivity requirements. The algorithm involves flooding va
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Open Access Books and Library Membership: Enhancing Global Research Accessibility
Explore how Open Book Publishers (OBP) and EIFL collaborate to provide free access to scholarly resources for libraries in non-OECD countries, promoting global research accessibility. Discover the benefits of OBP's Library Membership Programme, offering discounts and comprehensive ebook access, revo
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Challenges and Benefits of OECD Accession Process: Experience of Lithuania
The experience of Lithuania in the OECD accession process involves various objectives like national investment regime improvement, safeguarding measures, and coordination efforts with different ministries. Reservations and challenges in areas such as direct investment, real estate operations, and ba
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Calibration of Multi-Variable Rainfall-Runoff Model Using Snow Data in Alpine Catchments
Explore the calibration of a conceptual rainfall-runoff model in Alpine catchments, focusing on the importance of incorporating snow data. The study assesses the benefits of using multi-objective approaches and additional datasets for model performance. Various aspects such as snow cover, groundwate
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The Uncertain Promise of Blockchain for Government - OECD Working Paper
This OECD working paper explores the potential impact of blockchain on government operations. Authored by Juho Lindman, Jamie Berryhill, Benjamin Welby, and Mariane Piccinin Barbieri, the report delves into the opportunities and challenges presented by blockchain technology in public governance. Juh
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Challenges Faced by Mexico Under CLCM and Establishment of Financial Institutions
Mexico faced challenges related to national security concerns and the establishment of branches of financial institutions under the Codes of Liberalisation of Capital Movements (CLCM). The country's entry into the OECD in 1994 marked a significant period of liberalization and reforms, including exte
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Understanding Asp.Net Core MVC - Building Web Applications with Model-View-Controller Pattern
Asp.Net Core MVC is a framework for building web applications based on the Model-View-Controller pattern. The model manages application data and constraints, views present application state, and controllers handle requests and actions on the data model. Learn about the MVC structure, life cycle, mod
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OECD Data Collection Activities Overview
OECD's data collection activities include interrelated work streams focusing on environmental data and indicators, database development, green growth, sectoral statistics, and regional analysis. The organization aims to provide comprehensive information to support policy-making and promote global co
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Promoting Better Lives Through OECD's Competition Policies
The OECD's Competition Division works towards promoting fairer development, better education, healthcare, pensions, and employment through its outreach programs and global forums. The Global Forum on Competition engages participants from around the world to discuss topics like fighting corruption, p
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Enhancing Policy Making: Options for Governments - An OECD Perspective
Various tools and approaches are discussed to improve policy making, including foresight, cost-benefit analysis, and regulatory tools. The changing context of policy challenges is highlighted, along with the OECD policy toolkit's modular approach. Strategies like talking to leaders, engaging stakeho
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Understanding BEPS Action Plan 7: Preventing Artificial Avoidance of Permanent Establishment Status
The Action 7 Report aims to prevent artificial avoidance of Permanent Establishment (PE) status by making changes to the PE definition in the OECD Model Tax Convention. BEPS refers to tax planning strategies exploiting tax rule gaps to shift profits to low-tax locations. The OECD issued 15 action pl
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Taxation Challenges for Cross-Border Teleworkers Post Covid-19
Challenges in international taxation arise for cross-border teleworkers post-Covid-19, especially regarding the taxation of income from employment under Article 15 of the OECD Model Tax Treaty. Issues such as physical presence, bilateral agreements during the pandemic, and future taxation scenarios
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Understanding X-CAPM: An Extrapolative Capital Asset Pricing Model
This paper discusses the X-CAPM model proposed by Barberis et al., which addresses the challenges posed by investors with extrapolative expectations. The model analytically solves a heterogeneous agents consumption-based model, simulates it, and matches various moments. It explores how rational inve
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