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09/09/2004 - The OECD will publish its latest economic survey of Portugal, including a special study of healthcare reform, on Thursday 16 September 2004.
The survey will be available to journalists in English on the OECD's password-protected website at 11.00 a.m. Paris time (9:00 a.m. 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/country_surveys/portugal. 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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Key challenges and issues
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Structural policies to lift Portugal’s living standards
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The fiscal challenge
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The ongoing reform of the healthcare system
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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