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14-Jul-2009
Brazil has not been left unscathed by the unfolding global crisis. But economic fundamentals are strong, and the macroeconomic policy responses have been appropriate. Longer-term challenges remain, including the need for tax reform and to make government operations more cost-effective.
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08-Jul-2009
The Belgian economy is in a deep recession. Nevertheless, the government should not forego structural reforms in areas such as labour policy, fiscal policy, fiscal federalism, taxation and competition. Such reforms are particularly important to meet the challenge of securing fiscal sustainability.
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02-Jul-2009
How has the crisis affected Austria’s economy and banks? What short and longer term fiscal policies are advised? How strong is productivity and labour market performance? How can employment rates be improved? Does the education system equip students to meet today’s challenges?
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01-Jul-2009
Slovenia’s rapid convergence to the OECD average has been interrupted by the global crisis that made discretionary fiscal expansion necessary. Beyond the crisis, ensuring fiscal sustainability, especially through pension reform, increasing labour participation, especially among the old and the young and improving the governance of financial institutions and state-owned enterprises remain key challenges.
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24-Jun-2009
The slowdown in OECD economies is reaching bottom following the deepest decline for more than 60 years, says the OECD’s latest Economic Outlook. But recovery is likely to be weak and fragile, and the economic and social damage caused by the crisis will be long-lasting.
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17-Jun-2009
Italy is in a deep recession. The banking system resisted the first wave of the financial crisis, but credit conditions have tightened and households have suffered large financial losses. What is the outlook and what does Italy need to do to support long term growth? How can the education system be improved?
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28-Apr-2009
How is France affected by the global economic crisis and how can it eliminate the budget deficit? Can it raise employment rates for youth and older workers and should private research and development be supported by public funding? The Economic Survey looks at the policies needed to help pull the country out of the recession and restore sustained growth.
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28-Apr-2009
How is France affected by the global economic crisis and how can it eliminate the budget deficit? Can it raise employment rates for youth and older workers? The Economic Survey also looks at whether private reasearch and development should be supported by public funding and what measures can foster competition in the services sector.
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20-Apr-2009
Estonia grew faster than most emerging market economies during 2000-07, but it is now in a severe recession due to a collapse of domestic demand in the wake of the international financial crisis. The main challenge facing the policymakers is therefore to bring the economy quickly back to trend growth by re-orienting activity from serving domestic demand towards building up capacity to export.
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