Economic Survey - Portugal 2004: Structural policies to lift Portugal's living standards

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16-Sep-2004

What should be done to raise productivity growth and allow catching up in living standards? Have insufficiencies in the education and training systems been appropriately addressed? How well does the labour ...

Economic Survey - Germany 2004: Improving the capacity to innovate

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05-Aug-2004

How does Germany’s innovation performance compare to other OECD countries? How can additional reforms for higher education, immigration, capital and labour markets improve innovation performance?

Economic Survey: Germany 2004: Fostering product market competition

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05-Aug-2004

How can reform of product market regulation improve the environment for doing business? Which measures can boost firm creation?

Economic Survey - Euro area 2004: Regions at work

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27-Jul-2004

The convergence of living standards across the area has been slow. A single market for services is needed, financial services better integrated. The conditions for innovation and diffusion should be improved ...

OECD Reviews of Regulatory Reform - Japan: Progress in Implementing Regulatory Reform

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19-Jul-2004

Since 1999, the Japanese government has introduced a number of measures to enhance regulatory quality and to promote regulatory reform, competition policy and market openness.

OECD Reviews of Regulatory Reform - Regulatory Reform in Japan (1999)

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12-Jul-2004

Regulatory reform is at the heart of Japan’s strategy for economic recovery and long-term growth.

Government Capacity to Assure High Quality Regulation in France

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12-Jul-2004

Also available:

• La capacité du gouvernement à produire des réglementations de grande qualité en France , pdf,  (French)

Marketisation of Government Services – State-owned Enterprises in Finland

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09-Jul-2004

The provision of public services at national government level have been significantly commercialised in Finland over the past decade through the formation of state enterprises. Most of these entities have ...

The Role of Competition Policy in Regulatory Reform in Norway

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09-Jul-2004

Competition policy in Norway is not yet fully integrated into the general policy framework for regulation. Norway has moved, carefully, from regulation toward competition in many areas. Market-based reforms ...

Marketisation of Government Services - State-owned Enterprises in Norway

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09-Jul-2004

State ownership in commercial entities in Norway is extensive, and has a variety of organizational forms. It has evolved not only as the result of direct involvement in industrial development of the country ...