The report examines the possibilities for and barriers to developing efficient and environmentally-friendly freight transport systems and management strategies through integrated advanced logistics. In a global and multimodal context, the study reviews lo
The current wave of scientific discoveries and technical advances provides OECD countries with unparalleled opportunities for economic growth and improved social well-being. But the rapid increase in new scientific and technological knowledge only provides economic and social benefits when it is ...
This first review by the OECD of Mexican science and technology policy assesses the measures and mechanisms recently introduced in the scientific and technological system. It puts forward several recommendations concerning the institutional framework (the role of Congress, ministerial functioning...
This review assesses those measures and makes some suggestions for consolidating Portugal's science and technology, for instance through better performance by institutions of higher education and public research agencies. Bearing in mind Portugal's relative weakness in industrial research, the re...
This publication reviews the reforms of the last few years. The Examiners make a number of recommendations designed to reinforce the S&T system. These include increasing resources, better co-ordinating S&T policy, establishing a national R&D/S&T budget, generating a better synergy between univers...
This is the first OECD review of S&T policy in Poland. It evaluates the mechanisms and reforms recently introduced into the S&T system by the State Committee for Scientific Research (KBN) and offers solutions suggested by the experience of other OECD countries in the areas of institutions, higher...
As have OECD countries, Colombia has recognised that the communications sector, and in particular high-speed Internet access provided by fixed and mobile broadband, represents a key infrastructure for improving productivity and economic growth and in enhancing the welfare of its citizens. This re...
Green skills, that is, skills needed in a low-carbon economy, will be required in all sectors and at all levels in the workforce as emerging economic activities create new (or renewed) occupations. Structural changes will realign sectors that are likely to decline as a result of the greening of t...
This review offers a comprehensive assessment of the innovation system of Colombia, focusing on the role of government. It provides concrete recommendations on how to improve policies that affect innovation performance, including R&D policies and identifies good practices from which other countri...
The OECD Information Technology Outlook 2008 has been prepared by the OECD under the guidance of its Committee for Information, computer and Communications Policy (ICCP), and in particular the Working Party on the Information Economy (WPIE) . This edition is the ninth in a biennial series designe...
