Over the past two decades OECD countries have made a series of policy choices, particularly with respect to decentralisation, allowing for greater territorial differentiation in policy design and implementation. This report examines these arrangements across the OECD. These policy choices are influenced by a need for governments to solve increasingly complex problems, ones for which...

This book identifies the critical factors that shaped and influenced New Zealand's defence acquisition decision-making processes from the election of the Fourth Labour Government in 1984 and the subsequent ANZUS crisis, through to the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States and the following 'war on terror'. It explores and analyses decision-making processes...

On average, students in online learning conditions performed better than those receiving face-to-face instruction according to this US report examining the comparative research on online versus traditional classroom teaching from 1996 to 2008. Abstract A systematic search of the research literature from 1996 through July 2008 identified more than a thousand empirical studies of online...

In the midst of hard economic times, it is clearly more challenging for arts organisations to take the long view and continue to devote time and effort to building new audiences. But this report on a gathering of representatives from more than 50 Wallace-funded arts organisations in six US cities concludes that participation-building efforts and...

The OECD Communications Outlook 2009 presents the most recent comparable data on the performance of the communication sector in OECD countries and on their policy frameworks. The 2009 edition analyses the communications sector over the years following the "dot com bubble" crisis and explores future developments. The OECD Communications Outlook provides an extensive range of...