paper Financing climate objectives in cities and regions to deliver sustainable and inclusive growth - Environment Policy Paper By doi.org Published On :: Tue, 17 Sep 2019 17:16:00 GMT This paper focuses on how national and sub-national governments can align subnational financial flows to transition towards low-carbon, resilient and inclusive cities. The paper is a contribution from the OECD Champion Mayors for Inclusive Growth initiative and to the OECD Programme on Subnational Finance and Investment. Full Article
paper Policy Paper: Scaling up climate-compatible infrastructure: Insights from national development banks in Brazil and South Africa By www.oecd-ilibrary.org Published On :: Wed, 30 Oct 2019 15:19:00 GMT National development banks (NDBs) and development finance institutions are poised to play a role in bridging the investment gap for climate-compatible infrastructure in developing countries. This paper highlights the role of NDBs drawing from case studies of the Brazilian Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social and the Development Bank of Southern Africa. Full Article
paper Carbon Pricing and Competitiveness: Are they at Odds? - Environment Working Paper By www.oecd-ilibrary.org Published On :: Thu, 21 Nov 2019 16:00:00 GMT This paper reviews ex-post empirical assessments on the impact of carbon pricing on competitiveness in OECD and G20 countries in the electricity and industrial sectors. Most of these assessments find no statistically significant effects of carbon pricing or energy prices on different dimensions of competitiveness, including net imports, foreign direct investments, turnover, value added, employment, profits, productivity, and innovation. Full Article
paper An assessment of the social costs and benefits of vehicle tax reform in Ireland - Environment Working Paper By doi.org Published On :: Fri, 20 Dec 2019 10:33:00 GMT This paper presents the results of an ex post evaluation of the impacts of a vehicle tax reform in Ireland, by carrying out a full social cost benefit analysis of a vehicle tax reform and shows that whilst successful in improving the fuel economy of new passenger cars, it may have caused unintended effects (increased proliferation of diesel vehicles in the passenger car fleet). Full Article
paper Greening regional trade agreements: Subsidies related to energy and environmental goods - Environment Working Paper By www.oecd-ilibrary.org Published On :: Tue, 07 Jan 2020 14:32:00 GMT This report investigates in what ways Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) could incorporate environmental objectives in chapters and articles related to subsidies for energy and environmental goods. It highlights the current state of play in incorporating provisions related to environmentally related subsidies in RTAs. Full Article
paper Green transformation of small businesses: Achieving and going beyond environmental requirements - Environment Working Paper No. 47 By dx.doi.org Published On :: Fri, 21 Sep 2012 11:56:00 GMT This report aims to help environmental and other competent authorities in OECD countries to promote green business practices among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). It analyses different ways to establish environmental regulatory requirements for facilities with low environmental risk (most of which are SMEs). Full Article
paper Green Development Co-operation in Zambia - Green Growth Paper By dx.doi.org Published On :: Thu, 12 Feb 2015 08:57:00 GMT Embracing green growth can secure strong, stable and sustainable development. An increasing number of developing countries have formulated and/or implemented innovative policies to pursue green growth, notably in Africa. Zambia, in particular, is committed to drawing up an Inclusive Green Growth Strategy (IGGS) that builds upon a nationally-defined and comprehensive definition of green growth. Full Article
paper Land Transport and How to Unlock Investment in Support of "Green Growth" - Green Growth Paper By dx.doi.org Published On :: Tue, 24 Feb 2015 10:17:00 GMT "Green growth" and transport combines several different concepts that are central to sustainable mobility, including sustainable economic activity, reduced environmental impact and sustained growth in high quality jobs. Full Article
paper Modelling of distribution impacts of energy subsidy reforms: An illustration with Indonesia - Environment Working Paper By dx.doi.org Published On :: Fri, 27 Mar 2015 11:42:00 GMT This report develops an analytical framework that assesses the macroeconomic, environmental and distributional consequences of energy subsidy reforms. The framework is applied to the case of Indonesia to study the consequences in this country of a gradual phase out of all energy consumption subsidies between 2012 and 2020. Full Article
paper Sustainable Consumption Dilemmas - Environment Working Paper By dx.doi.org Published On :: Tue, 14 Apr 2015 10:35:00 GMT Consumers only occasionally choose to buy sustainable products. At the same time these consumers say in surveys that sustainability is important to them, and that the government should promote sustainable consumption. This study takes a closer look at public support for sustainable consumption and the associated dilemmas, with the help of a behavioural economics experiment of group decisions. Full Article
paper Call for Papers: Fifth Green Growth Knowledge Platform (GGKP) Annual Conference on Sustainable Infrastructure By www.greengrowthknowledge.org Published On :: Fri, 20 Jan 2017 11:06:00 GMT The Fifth GGKP Annual Conference will be hosted by the World Bank on the topic of sustainable infrastructure, to stimulate research on these issues and foster interdisciplinary dialogue where relevant.The scientific committee therefore calls for contributions on any aspect of the infrastructure agenda, particularly for developing countries, with a focus on sustainability. Deadline for preliminary versions by 15 June 2017. Full Article
paper paper Youth: Investing in Skills to Foster Youth Employability By www.oecd.org Published On :: Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT paper Youth: Investing in Skills to Foster Youth Employability Full Article
paper NEET Youth in the Aftermath of the Crisis (OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working papers, N°164) By dx.doi.org Published On :: Wed, 04 Mar 2015 14:59:00 GMT This paper presents an overview of the situation of youth in OECD countries since the financial crisis, describing the characteristics and living conditions of young NEETs. It provides data on income-support policies for young people, and summarises available evidence on the impact of interventions that aim at improving the social, education and employment situation of the most disadvantaged youth. Full Article
paper Call for papers: Engaging employers in Skills development and utilisation By www.oecd.org Published On :: Fri, 28 Aug 2015 18:00:00 GMT The work will seek to identify good practices for employer engagement in the areas of both developing and utilising skills, including setting up innovative workplace learning methods, designing effective employer partnerships with the employment and training system as well as financing mechanisms for employer-led training, including how best to reach SMEs. Full Article
paper A Study of International Regulatory Co-operation (IRC) arrangements for air quality - OECD Working Paper By www.oecd.org Published On :: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 12:48:00 GMT This paper identifies the existing arrangements for air quality co-operation in North East Asia and provides guidance to advance regulatory co-operation. Full Article
paper Methodology paper By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 15:11:00 GMT A detailed explanation of the methodology used to build the OECD PMR indicators Full Article
paper The Dark Horse, The Paper Tiger and Chicken Little: Lessons from the OECD Foreign Bribery Report By www.oecd.org Published On :: Fri, 13 Feb 2015 16:24:00 GMT One of the more startling findings in the OECD Foreign Bribery Report, is that some level of corporate management was involved in over 50% of the cases sanctioned. This paper by Leah Ambler, published in the Journal of Business Compliance (01/2015), examines what went wrong and why from a corporate governance and compliance perspective. Full Article
paper Working Paper 2011/7: The Competitiveness of Global Port-Cities:The Case of the Seine Axis By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT This working paper offers an evaluation of the performance of the ports of the Seine Axis (Le Havre,Rouen, Caen and Paris). Full Article
paper Water Governance in Latin America and the Caribbean (working paper) By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 04 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT This paper is part of the regional development working paper series covering water governance in Latin America and the Carribbean (LAC) countries. Full Article
paper Call for papers: Engaging employers in Skills development and utilisation By www.oecd.org Published On :: Fri, 28 Aug 2015 18:00:00 GMT The work will seek to identify good practices for employer engagement in the areas of both developing and utilising skills, including setting up innovative workplace learning methods, designing effective employer partnerships with the employment and training system as well as financing mechanisms for employer-led training, including how best to reach SMEs. Full Article
paper Environmental Zoning and Urban Development: Natural Regional Parks in France - Environment Working Paper By dx.doi.org Published On :: Thu, 25 Aug 2016 17:41:00 GMT This study provides an empirical analysis of the effects of environmental zoning on urban development. It focuses on the case of Natural Regional Parks (NRPs) in France. Of the environmental zoning instruments used in France, NRPs extend over the widest physical area. Three potential side-effects of NRPs on urban development in the regulated area are investigated. Full Article
paper Emission scenario document on formulation and application of thermal and carbonless copy paper By www.oecd.org Published On :: Fri, 11 Apr 2014 11:22:00 GMT This document provides information on the sources, use patterns, and potential release pathways of chemicals used in the manufacture of thermal and carbonless copy paper. It presents approaches for estimating the environmental releases of and occupational exposures to additives and components used in thermal and carbonless copy paper coatings. Full Article
paper Assessing the economic valuation of the benefits of regulating chemicals - Environment Working Paper By doi.org Published On :: Mon, 22 Oct 2018 11:23:00 GMT This paper reviews and compares five case studies on quantification and economic valuation of benefits in cost-benefit analyses (CBAs) of regulating phthalates, mercury, PFOA (perfluoro-octanic acid) and its salts, NMP (1 methyl-2-pyrroloidine) and formaldehyde. The case studies had all been carried out as part of the SACAME project, and the purpose of the present paper is to draw out cross-cutting findings from these studies. Full Article
paper The Fast Lane: how newspaper delivery has missed a trick By www.ft.com Published On :: Fri, 08 Sep 2017 11:33:02 GMT Many media companies still maintain a direct relationship with readers — but few still have access to foyers Full Article
paper As States Race to Woo MNCs Shifting Out of China With Labour Reforms, Will Beaureacuracy Rise to Occasion... - Todaynewspaper By news.google.com Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 03:32:52 GMT As States Race to Woo MNCs Shifting Out of China With Labour Reforms, Will Beaureacuracy Rise to Occasion... TodaynewspaperView: The unbearable lightness of these labour reforms Economic TimesWatch | UP Labour Law Ordinance: 'An Attempt at Labour Exploitation, India Pushed Back to 19th Century' The WireCovid-19: Yogi Adityanath Attempts Reforms, Delivers Regulatory Chaos in UP News18Ease labour laws now: UP gets it right, but relaxation must become permanent The Financial ExpressView Full coverage on Google News Full Article
paper Papers Laid On The Table Of The House By Ministers/Members. on 5 December, 2019 By indiankanoon.org Published On :: Thu, 05 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0530 माननीय अध्यक्ष: अब पत्र सभा पटल पर रखे जाएंगे । श्री अर्जुन राम मेघवाल । संसदीय कार्य मंत्रालय में राज्य मंत्री तथा भारी उद्योग और लोक उद्यम मंत्रालय में राज्य मंत्री (श्री अर्जुन राम मेघवाल): महोदय, श्री किरेन रिजीजू की ओर से मैं निम्नलिखित पत्र सभा पटल पर रखता हूं: 1. (एक) दादरा और नागर हवेली वक्फ बोर्ड, सिलवासा के वर्ष 2018-2019 के वार्षिक प्रतिवेदन की एक प्रति (हिन्दी तथा अंग्रेजी संस्करण) तथा लेखापरीक्षित लेखे । (दो) दादरा और नागर हवेली वक्फ बोर्ड, सिलवासा के वर्ष 2018-2019 के कार्यकरण की सरकार द्वारा समीक्षा की एक प्रति (हिन्दी तथा अंग्रेजी संस्करण) । [Placed in Library, See No. LT 1092/17/19] 2. (एक) वक्फ बोर्ड अंडमान और निकोबार द्वीपसमूह, पोर्ट ब्लेयर के वर्ष 2018-2019के वार्षिक प्रतिवेदन की एक प्रति (हिन्दी तथा अंग्रेजी संस्करण) तथा लेखापरीक्षित लेखे । Full Article
paper Papers Laid On The Table By The Ministers/Members. on 6 December, 2019 By indiankanoon.org Published On :: Fri, 06 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0530 माननीय अध्यक्ष: अब पत्र सभा पटल पर रखे जाएंगे । श्रीमती स्मृति जूबिन ईरानी । THE MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND MINISTER OF TEXTILES (SHRIMATI SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI): Sir, I beg to lay on the Table of the House: 1. (i) A copy of the Annual Report (Hindi and English versions) of the Indian Silk Export Promotion Council, New Delhi, for the year 2018-2019, alongwith Audited Accounts. (ii) A copy of the Review (Hindi and English versions) by the Government of the working of the Indian Silk Export Promotion Council, New Delhi, for the year 2018-2019. [Placed in Library, See No. LT 1124/17/19] 2. (i) A copy of the Annual Report (Hindi and English versions) of the Wool Research Association, Thane, for the year 2018-2019, alongwith Audited Accounts. Full Article
paper Khloe Kardashian elaborately toilet papers sister Kourtney's mansion amid worldwide shortage By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 23:59:00 GMT Amid the worldwide toilet paper shortage, Khloé Kardashian plastered her older sister Kourtney's home with the highly sought-after paper good. Full Article
paper For tribals, only paper pledges By indiatogether.org Published On :: Thu, 01 May 2003 00:00:00 +0000 Videh Upadhyay argues that adivasis will benefit greatly if the Provision of Panchayat Extension to Scheduled Areas Act (PESA) is implemented on the ground by the state governments. Full Article
paper CBSE to begin paper evaluation from May 10, to be done at home by teachers By www.oneindia.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 20:55:58 +0530 New Delhi, May 09: The evaluation for class 10, 12 board exams will be done by teachers at their homes and 3,000 schools have been identified as exam centres to deliver the answer sheets to them, Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Full Article
paper Catalogue of books and papers relating to electricity, magnetism, the electric telegraph, &c.: including the Ronalds Library / compiled by Sir Francis Ronalds, F.R.S. ; with a biographical memoir ; edited by Alfred J. Frost, Acting-Librarian of the So By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 12 Jan 2014 06:33:00 EST Archives, Room Use Only - Z5831.R66 1994 Full Article
paper Submarine telegraphy: instruction paper / presented by the engineers of the Western Union Telegraph Company By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 19 Jan 2014 06:34:31 EST Archives, Room Use Only - TK5621.A44 1920 Full Article
paper The papers of Joseph Henry / Editor: Nathan Reingold. Assistant editors: Stuart Pierson and Arthur P. Molella with the assistance of James M. Hobbins and John R. Kerwood By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 9 Feb 2014 06:34:19 EST Archives, Room Use Only - Q143.H6.A2 1972 Full Article
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paper On railway telegraphs, and the application of electricity to the signalling and working of trains / by William Henry Preece, Assoc. Inst. C.E., with an abstract of the discussion upon the paper ; edited by Charles Manby, F.R.S., M. Inst. C.E., honorary s By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 2 Mar 2014 06:33:00 EST Archives, Room Use Only - TF627.P74 1863 Full Article
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paper Return to an address of the Honourable the House of Commons, dated 5 May 1868, for: copy of correspondence and papers relating to the establishment of telegraphic communication between India, Singapore, China and Australia, since the 21st day of February By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 9 Mar 2014 06:50:15 EDT Archives, Room Use Only - HE8374.G74 1868 Full Article
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paper Everyday hygiene reduces need for antibiotics by 30 pc, says new paper By www.newkerala.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 12:48:02 +0530 Full Article
paper Paradise Papers: The moral dilemmas of tax avoidance By www.hardnewsmedia.com Published On :: Wed, 08 Nov 2017 12:54:59 +0000 Mohan Guruswamy The tranche of documents uncovered recently has not only brought several stalwarts of Indian politics, cinema industry, and business tycoons under scanner but has also thrown up pertinent questions over the moral dilemmas of avoiding tax The paradise in the Paradise Papers refers to tax havens of low or even no taxation. Such havens usually are shadowy and sleazy little countries and principalities such as the Cayman Islands, Lichtenstein and Monaco, and sometimes entities within countries like Jersey, Guernsey, Bermuda in the UK and Delaware and Puerto Rico in the USA. Then there are low taxation countries like Switzerland, Singapore and Dubai that assure secretive rich people of their privacy. Essentially a tax haven exists to cheat sovereign states of their lawful incomes. The Tax Justice Network campaign group estimates that corporate tax avoidance costs governments $500bn a year, while personal tax avoidance costs $200bn a year. This in effect means that anywhere between $20-30 trillion of business transactions are sheltered from taxations. Moody’s estimated that in 2016 giant American technology companies such as Google, Microsoft and Apple were hoarding about $1.84 trillion cash in offshore havens. Clearly they are avoiding tax and as bending the rules of the tax system is not illegal unlike tax evasion; they are operating within the letter, but perhaps not the spirit, of the law. In the early 1980’s, shaken up by the number of scandals in Wall Street, and by the number of its MBA graduates who were found wanting in ethical and moral values, the Harvard Business School made a course on “Leadership and Corporate Accountability” a core requirement. I am sure Jayant Sinha, a Harvard MBA, had to do this course and would have scored a high grade in it. Such courses now are in the core curriculum of the business schools attended by the other two young politicians also named in the Paradise Papers or capers if you will. Sachin Pilot graduated from the famous Wharton School of Business and Karti Chidambaram took his business masters from Texas and a law degree from Cambridge to boot. Doing the required ethics course is one thing but it is quite something else to be able to resolve moral dilemmas of what John Kenneth Galbraith described as the “HBS’s ethical view of capitalism which derives straight out of the Protestant ethic and its transformational view of money, in which the ability to accumulate wealth is a reflection of one’s character.” The charge against Jayant Sinha is that while acting as an Omidyar Network representative was on the board of a California company that made a loan to that company’s Cayman subsidiary. Usually such a loan to such a subsidiary suggests a fiddle. Whether Sinha knew this or did not know it is something else? Clearly the evidence does not suggest any malfeasance. But clearly there is room for skepticism. Omidyar Network proclaims its belief: “Just as eBay created the opportunity for millions of people to start their own businesses, we believe market forces can be a potent driver for positive social change.” Grand words but that hardly conceals the true goal that is to make bucks, sometimes fast ones too. Again as Galbraith put it: “The modern conservative is engaged in one of man’s oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.” Jayant, then fresh out of one of the IIT’s, worked with me way back in the mid 1980’s on a paper that proposed the mass construction of smokeless challahs for rural homes as a profitable employment for hundreds of thousands of rural workers. I remember it as a bit of an elaborate scheme that also computed the savings due to improved health results. It was published in this newspaper and the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi took note of it. I was impressed enough to write a recommendation when he applied for a Masters in Energy Management at Pennsylvania. I next met him when I was serving as his fathers Advisor in the Finance Ministry. Jayant and his wife were both working with foreign companies investing in Indian stocks. He was apprehensive about a proposal made by me to disinvest PSU stocks by selling them to the governments banks for onward restructure and disinvestment. The minister had clearly spoken to him. At that time too I wondered if the HBS’s core business ethics course would have seen conflict of interest issues in it? The minister however had plenty of flex in him. To my mind tax avoidance is just as reprehensible as tax evasion. Sinha was too junior in the Finance Ministry to have expressed views on this. It would have been unlikely though for that is not the HBS way. The previous Finance Minister, himself a Harvard MBA, would not have any left footprints for young Sinha to tread on. Neither would the present lawyer Finance Minister. CorruptionParadise PapersPanama PapersGovernment of IndiaLead Image: Full Article
paper White Paper on power agreements ready: Punjab CM By www.newkerala.com Published On :: Wed, 04 Mar 2020 04:56:01 +0530 Full Article
