Netherlands

The Netherlands (Dutch: Nederland [ˈneːdərlɑnt] (listen)), informally Holland, is a country primarily located in Western Europe and partly in the Caribbean. It is the largest of four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. In Europe, the Netherlands consists of twelve provinces, bordering Germany to the east, Belgium to the south, and the North Sea to the northwest, with maritime borders in the North Sea with those countries and the United Kingdom. In the Caribbean, it consists of three special municipalities: the islands of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba. The country's official language is Dutch, with West Frisian as …

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IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 16 July 2024 English

This policy brief explores the implications of the 15% global minimum tax on special economic zones, offering comprehensive guidance for governments to reform tax incentives and ensure these zones attract …

Republic Lao People’s Democratic Republic– Netherlands BIT (2003) Fair and equitable treatment, full


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 July 2024 English

From 1650 to 1750 the provision of medical care for injured seamen in the Royal Navy underwent a major transformation, shifting from care provided by civilians in private homes to …

delivery of services, including England and the Netherlands, generally performed better during inter- state


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 June 2024 English

The revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685 led to over 200,000 Huguenots fleeing France. Bryan Banks directs our attention to four authors who advocated for the Huguenots’ right …

Marians ex- iled from England, Catholics from the Netherlands, and so many more. The seventeenth century experienced Linden shows that Huguenot refugees in the Netherlands “struggled to make ends meet,” “sought reassurance eighteenth-century printing trade, especially from the Netherlands, London, and Switzerland, there are ample sources visited archives in France, Switzerland, the Netherlands, England, and the United States and learned Introductionlargely found refuge in Switzerland and the Netherlands, which had republican forms of governance, then


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 June 2024 English

Separated by the world’s longest land border and engaging in over three billion dollars in trade daily, Canada and the United States share security concerns, cultural interests, and a history …

includes those countries but also chapters on the Netherlands, Russia, and Iran (Dumbrell and Schäfer 2009)


IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 12 June 2024 English

Governments are due to submit their third nationally determined contributions (NDCs) in 2025. These will be the first since the landmark agreement at COP 28 to transition away from fossil …

1 includes Ireland, United States, Denmark, Netherlands, Austria, Qatar, Norway, Germany, Australia,


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 4 June 2024 English

Voting Online investigates the effects of cyber elections by looking at how adoption of online voting affects attitudes towards democracy, who uses and who benefits from the voting mode, the …

Ontario Local Elections 13 elections (e.g., the Netherlands and Armenia), where elsewhere such systems are


CGAI: Canadian Global Affairs Institute · 1 June 2024

strategies or defence policies that deal with similar defence industrial issues. For example, the Netherlands’ has a 2018 defence industrial strategy while Germany has a 2023 defence policy guidelines document


Fraser Institute · 28 May 2024 English

Summary This essay evaluates past carbon emission reduction and the feasibility of eliminating fossil fuels to achieve net-zero carbon by 2050. Despite international agreements, government spending and regulations, and technological …

exports to Germany of 14.3 PJ and 8 PJ to the Netherlands (Danish Energy Agency, 2023). Halfway Between


IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 24 May 2024 English

Detailing an eventful year that saw the IGF Secretariat deliver several new publications, workshops, and events for its growing membership.

provided by the governments of Canada and the Netherlands. CONTENTS 2023 Highlights 6 Our Members 12 Read more on page 16. Partnership With the Netherlands Commission for Environmental Assessment The Government of Switzerland Government of the Netherlands Government of the United Kingdom Government Economic and Monetary Union, co-organized with the Netherlands Commission for Environmental Assessment (NCEA) Mongolia Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Netherlands Niger Nigeria Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay


Fraser Institute · 24 May 2024 English

Summary Overuse of low-value healthcare services, providing little or no benefit or even avoidable harm to patients, is a common problem in Canadian healthcare systems, and one that likely contributes …

This includes Australia, Belgium, France, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland—all Co-insurance of 12% for visits to specialists. Netherlands Deductible No cost-sharing for GP care and district


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