Economic Survey of South Africa 2010

The South African economy is recovering from the crisis. Nevertheless deep structural reforms are necessary. The already strong macroeconomic policy framework should be further strengthened to resist excessive real appreciation.

Prospects for growth and imbalances beyond the short term

The global crisis has left the OECD area with lower potential output and a high government debt burden. Moreover, global imbalances are beginning to widen again.

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• EO87 Chapter 4: Prospects for growth and imbalances beyond the short term (“framework”)
• OECD Economic Outlook No. 87, May 2010

Prospects for growth and imbalances beyond the short term

The global crisis has left the OECD area with lower potential output and a high government debt burden. Moreover, global imbalances are beginning to widen again.

Related Documents

• OECD Economic Outlook No. 86, November 2009
• EO87 Chapter 4: Prospects for growth and imbalances beyond the short term (“framework”)

Good Governance for Digital Policies: How to Get the Most Out of ICT – the Case of Spain’s Plan Avanza

Plan Avanza has created a large-scale information society agenda addressing the need for international and inter-regional convergence in ICT access and use, and greater integration of citizens, businesses and the public administration into the information society.

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• Plan Avanza: Information Society Strategy for Spain
• Good Governance in Information Society Strategies

Israeli Education Policy: How to Move Ahead in Reform

Israel’s education system produces many tertiary graduates but there are wide gaps across society and core skills at secondary school are weak, as discussed in this working paper.

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• Economic Survey of Israel 2009

Policy Options for Reducing Poverty and Raising Employment Rates in Israel

Despite some best-practice policies, challenges remain in raising employment and lowering poverty, particularly among Arab-Israeli and Ultra-orthodox households, as discussed in this working paper.

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• Economic Survey of Israel 2009

Israel: Monetary and Fiscal Policy

Monetary policy and inflation prospects are broadly sound in Israel, but significant challenges remain for fiscal policy in reducing public debt, as discussed in this working paper.

OECD Workshop: Regional Mobility and Regional Innovation Networks

The OECD Workshop: Regional Mobility and Regional Innovation, overviewed main trends in labor mobility across OECD regions, including rural-urban dynamics and out-flows of young adults.

Fiscal consolidation

Governments and central banks have implemented wide-ranging support packages in response to the global crisis. Discretionary fiscal measures, coupled with cyclical revenue losses and expenditure hikes, have resulted in a sharp increase in budget deficits, which are projected to peak at 8¼ per cent of GDP in the OECD area as a whole in 2010. How to get out of this dangerous spiral? How can we address this challenge while at the same

OECD Rural Policy Reviews: Québec, Canada

This review examines Québec's rural policy approach, which aims at community empowerment and land occupancy, and presents recommendations for integrating social, economic and entrepreneurial development and implementing stabilisation measures in lagging areas.