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Stability And Growth: What Role For EU Cohesion Policy?01-Feb-2011 Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General The European Union faces serious challenges today, with public finances in poor shape, weak long-term growth prospects and an unemployment level close to 10%. In this context, the regional policy can play ... |
International financial integration and the external positions of euro area countries15-Dec-2010 Philip R. Lane This paper describes the dynamics of the external positions of euro area countries since the formation of EMU. Also available:Related documents: |
Improving fiscal performance through fiscal councils15-Dec-2010 Robert Hagemann There is growing interest in the role of independent fiscal institutions, or fiscal councils, in helping to improve fiscal performance. Also available:Related documents: |
Minimising risks from imbalances in European banking15-Dec-2010 Sebastian Barnes, Philip R. Lane and Artur Radziwill The euro area financial system took excessive risks during the global credit boom, which in some countries led to an unsustainable increase in credit, higher asset prices and housing booms. Also available:Related documents: |
Resolving and avoiding unsustainable imbalances in the euro area15-Dec-2010 Sebastian Barnes Some euro area countries accumulated large and persistent external imbalances during the upswing, revealing important weaknesses in the macroeconomic management of the monetary union. Also available:Related documents: |
Current account imbalances in the euro area: a comparative perspective15-Dec-2010 Sebastian Barnes, Jeremy Lawson and Artur Radziwill This paper considers the increase in current account imbalances in euro area countries since the early 1990s. Also available:Related documents: |
Economic Survey of Euro Area 201013-Dec-2010 The euro area is recovering from a severe recession. The build-up of large economic, fiscal and financial imbalances poses a major challenge. A new cross-cutting approach to these policy areas, together with structural reforms, is now required to make national economies more stable. Also available: |
Statistical Profile of the European Union13-Dec-2010 More than 100 indicators covering a wide range of areas. Click on the red i beside each indicator to obtain the unit of measure, a definition of the indicator and a list of references. To compare with other OECD countries, tables and charts are provided at the end of each row. Also available: |
Health at a Glance: Europe 201001-Dec-2010 This special edition of Health at a Glance focuses on health issues across the 27 European Union member states, three European Free Trade Association countries (Iceland, Norway and Switzerland) and Turkey. Related documents: |
The Use of International Standards in Technical Regulation06-Aug-2010 Barbara Fliess, Frédéric Gonzales, Jeonghoi Kim and Raymond Schonfeld To what extent do governments use international standards in their technical regulations? This paper looks at the electrical household appliance, natural gas equipment and telephony sectors in Canada, Japan, Korea, Mexico, United States and the European Union. |