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12/12/2005 - The OECD’s latest economic survey of the Netherlands, to be published on Thursday 15 December 2005, looks at the reasons why the Dutch economy has been slow to recover from five years of sluggishness and sets out the policies needed to boost growth – including promoting innovation.
The survey will be available to journalists in English on the OECD's password-protected website at 5.00 p.m. Paris time (16:00 GMT) for immediate release.
A Policy Brief with the main conclusions will be freely accessible in pdf format (in English and French) on the OECD’s web site at www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/netherlands (available shortly). You are invited to include this internet link in reports on the survey.
The publication is divided into the following chapters:
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Assessment and recommendations,
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Challenges faced by the Dutch economy,
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Explaining the Dutch lack of resilience following adverse shocks,
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Putting public finances on a sustainable path,
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Labour market reform to increase resilience and labour utilisation,
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Further improvement of product market competition, especially in services,
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Making better use of knowledge creation in innovation activities.
Journalists will be allowed advance access to the electronic version of the publication, by e-mail and under embargo, four hours ahead of release time. For journalists in Asia/Pacific time zones such advance access is allowed 12 hours ahead of release time.
The study will be sent by e-mail on request only. In asking to receive the survey under embargo, journalists undertake to respect the OECD’s embargo procedures. Requests to receive the survey by e-mail under embargo or to obtain a password to access the website should be sent by e-mail to Nicole Le Vourch in the OECD’s Media Relations Division.
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