Economic Survey of the Slovak Republic 2005: Improving conditions for innovation and growth

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26-Sep-2005

This chapter discusses policy reforms in a wide range of structural policy areas that may help to raise productivity and the level of human capital in the economy and prompt additional job creation.

Economic Survey of China 2005: Improving the productivity of the business sector

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16-Sep-2005

This chapter appraises the performance of China’s businesses, relying on new empirical analysis of an up-to-date panel dataset of almost a million observations of firms.

Economic Survey of the Euro Area 2005: Going for growth and resilience

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12-Jul-2005

Making the euro area more resilient against adverse shocks and boosting its potential growth requires structural reforms in labour markets, services markets and better framework conditions for innovation.

Outreach Programme

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23-Jun-2005

This page presents the outreach work of the Regulatory Policy Division with China, Russia, the Middle East and North Africa, and South East Europe.

Regulatory Reform of Railways in Russia

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20-Jun-2005

The Russian Railway system is in the process of rapid legal, organisational and regulatory reform. This paper is based on a series of discussions with the Government on the reform plans and the progress ...

The Role of Competition Policy in Regulatory Reform in Russia

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20-Jun-2005

Competition policy is central to regulatory reform, because its principles and analysis provide a benchmark for assessing the quality of economic and social regulations, as well as motivate the application ...

Electricity Reform in Russia

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20-Jun-2005

The Russian government has embarked on a highly ambitious program of electricity reform. Russian policymakers have recognised that attracting timely and appropriate investment will remain a substantial ...

Government Capacity to Produce High Quality Regulation in Russia

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20-Jun-2005

Russia stands at a crossroads on its path to economic change. If it implements reform vigorously, the country can increase its growth rates, improve its social welfare and take a leading role in the global economy.

Enhancing Market Openness in Regulatory Reform in Russia

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20-Jun-2005

The main objectives of the OECD regulatory reform programme are to assess the regulatory framework of countries examined and suggest its possible improvements to enhance economic growth, competition, innovation ...

Economic Survey of Italy 2005: Corporate governance and market liberalisation: the scope for improvement

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18-May-2005

Households have been hurt by a series of bond defaults that have highlighted the urgency of improving bankruptcy procedures, corporate governance and financial market supervision. Network industries, professional ...