Economic survey of Australia 2008: Improving water management

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10-Oct-2008

Over-exploitation of water and harmful environment effects are major concerns which need to be addressed. Water should be used more efficiently, particularly in rural areas.

Economic survey of Australia 2008: Enhancing the functioning of product and labour markets

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10-Oct-2008

The current industrial relations reform should preserve flexibility. It is also necessary to cut red tape and reduce the geographical segmentation of product markets. Climate change policy should be cost-efficient.

Economic survey of Canada 2008: Achieving long-term sustainability of the energy sector

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11-Jun-2008

Achieving sustainable exploitation of its plentiful energy sources is one of the key challenges Canada will face in the years to come. Indeed, the economy relies considerably on energy based activities whose development has been encouraged by government policies.

Economic Survey of Australia 2006: The need for further reforms to infrastructure services

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31-Jul-2006

Additional measures are needed to improve the efficiency of infrastructure services in essential areas such as electricity, water, road and rail transport.

Economic Survey of Chile 2005: Fostering long-term growth: the challenges ahead

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04-Nov-2005

The recovery from the 1998-2003 slowdown is now well entrenched. Private investment rebounded particularly strongly, raising the investment-to-GDP ratio to 25% in 2004, well above the level prevailing ...

Economic Survey of the United States 2005: Energy and environmental issues

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27-Oct-2005

Energy infrastructure, notably electricity transmission, needs to be strengthened and energy polic

Economic Survey of the United States 2005: Coping with the inevitable adjustment in the current account

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27-Oct-2005

Even though the economy’s adjustment capacity is already impressive, policies that increase national savings and ease inter-sectoral resource transfers would also be helpful in their own right.

Economic Survey of Korea 2005: Key challenges facing Korea

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05-Oct-2005

This chapter discusses the challenges to sustaining rapid economic growth in Korea, including upgrading innovation, improving the fiscal federalism framework, reforming the labour market and addressing problems in the corporate and financial sectors.

Economic Survey of Hungary 2005: Challenges in maintaining a fast pace of growth

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19-Jul-2005

This first chapter of the OECD’s Economic Survey for Hungary looks at the main policy challenges in maintaining a fast pace of growth and introduces the issues tackled in the chapters that follow.

Economic Survey of Iceland 2005: The role of structural policies

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15-Feb-2005

This chapter deals with the role structural policies will have to play if the benefits of the expansion of power intensive industries are to be reaped. Immigration policy has been quite flexible in allowing ...