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Product market competition and economic performance in the Netherlands

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31-Mar-2005

Maria Maher and Michael Wise

This paper assesses what role product market competition and reforms may have played in the performance of the Dutch economy over the past decade, and discusses what further product market reforms might contribute to enhancing growth. Economics Department Working Paper 422. 

Welfare to Strengthen the Economy - OECD Observer article by Aart de Geus, Minister for Social Affairs and Employment of the Netherlands and Chair of the 2005 OECD Social Affairs Ministerial Meeting

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29-Mar-2005

Like many OECD countries, the Netherlands is in the middle of a debate on how to amend the welfare state. A recent policy initiative by the Dutch government merits attention. We call it the individual life-cycle savings scheme (levensloopregeling).

Economic Policy Reforms 2005: the Netherlands Country Note

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01-Mar-2005

This note, taken from Chapter 3 of Economic Policy Reforms, focuses on key structural policy priorities for the Netherlands, supported by a comparative analysis of the indicators in Chapter 2. The note ...

Key OECD publications on the Netherlands

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25-Feb-2005

A regularly updated list of key publications on the Netherlands. You can purchase the E-books (PDF format) or printed editions directly from our Online Bookshop. These books are also available from a network of distributors and librairies in your country.

Fisheries Management Systems in OECD countries

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11-Feb-2005

Information on OECD country and some observer country mangement systems sent to the Secretariat.

Supporting the contribution of higher education institutions to regional development - reports on the Netherlands

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09-Feb-2005

View reports relating to a review of higher education institution support of regional development.  These reports focus on the region of Twente, Netherlands.

Manure Policy and MINAS: Regulating Nitrogen and Phosphorus Surpluses in Agriculture of The Netherlands

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24-Jan-2005

This document, prepared by Prof. Oene Oenema and Paul B.M. Berentsen, assesses the political economy of the implementation of the ‘minerals accounting system’ MINAS in the Netherlands. While the system contributed to some environmental improvements, the costs of its implementation were rather high.

Netherlands: Report on Competition Law and Institutions (2004)

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20-Jan-2005

 This report examines the current state of competition policy in Netherlands.

STI Outlook 2004: National Science, Technology and Innovation Policies

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06-Jan-2005

This page contains links to responses prepared by 24 member countries and 3 observers (China, Russia and South Africa) to the OECD Committee for Scientific and Technological Policy to a questionnaire inquiring about recent policy changes in seven areas of growing importance.

ICT Diffusion to Business: National Peer Reviews

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05-Jan-2005

These reports review the status of ICT diffusion to business in individual countries and describe current and earlier policies aimed at ICT uptake in firms in Austria, the Netherlands, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Korea, Norway and Switzerland.