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French | View long abstract
01-Jul-2008
Ces dernières années, les résultats budgétaires ont été plutôt meilleurs que prévu, grâce au dynamisme des recettes et à une progression des dépenses légèrement supérieure aux prévisions.
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English | View long abstract
01-Jul-2008
In recent years, budget outcomes have tended to be better than expected, reflecting dynamic revenues that have outstripped spending growth. However, measures are need to secure fiscal sustainability.
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03-Jun-2008
Greater labour market flexibility would allow the economy to respond better to the pressures stemming from globalisation. More needs to be done to promote participation and raise employment, especially in light of the rapid aging of the population.
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English | View long abstract
03-Jun-2008
Recent economic performance has been good although large wage increases pose risks to competitiveness. Medium-term fiscal policy challenges should be addressed with further pension reform and tighter fiscal policy in the short term.
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16-Apr-2008
Ireland faces similar but more distant, long-term pressures from population ageing. The main issues are ensuring fiscal sustainability and finding a cost-effective way of increasing saving by those people facing a gap between the state pension and a reasonable replacement rate income in retireme
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19-Feb-2008
The Danish pension system is well-developed and almost unique in the OECD. This report suggests that there may be scope to increase choice and flexibility in the pension system. However, the key policy challenge is to reform capital taxation outside pension savings.
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English | View long abstract
27-Jun-2007
Past reforms have much reduced the future costs of ageing but they are still set to rise; the government will need to continue the reforms, building on the recent Pensions Advisory Council report.
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20-Jun-2007
There is pressure for increased outlays on pensions, healthcare, long-term care and social assistance. Korea should be cautious in expanding spending, taking into account the impact on economic growth. ...
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30-May-2007
A major pension reform is urgently required to ensure fiscal sustainability, eliminate distortions against working at older ages and deal effectively with poverty issues.
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23-Apr-2007
New Zealand Superannuation is well-designed, but the growing share of recipients will lead to rising debt levels and a number of measures could pare back future outlays. KiwiSaver should promote retirement ...
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