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Slovak Republic
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Economic Survey of the Slovak Republic 2009: Achieving fiscal flexibility and safeguarding sustainability09-Feb-2009 Euro area entry calls for more fiscal flexibility to absorb cyclical shocks that cannot be dealt with by the common monetary policy. At the same time fiscal consolidation must not be put at risk, especially given rising ageing related costs. |
Economic Survey of the Slovak Republic 2009: Raising flexibility during the catch-up phase09-Feb-2009 As in other catch-up countries inflation is likely to stay high going forward due to nominal convergence. To better cope with the risk of a too rapid pick up of wages, three main areas for improvement are discussed in this chapter. |
Economic Survey of the Slovak Republic 2009: Key Challenges09-Feb-2009 The Slovak economy has enjoyed a stellar performance in recent years, growing significantly faster than other OECD economies. However, the economy is now facing a major slowdown reflecting the headwinds from the global economy. |
Economic Survey of the Slovak Republic 200909-Feb-2009 The adoption of the euro at the start of 2009 marks a major achievement for the Slovak Republic. The main policy challenge is to sustain high trend growth while adjusting to life in the euro area. This requires structural reforms. Also available: |
The financial and economic crisis and the OECD strategic response09-Feb-2009 Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General At a meeting with Slovak Economists, Mr. Gurría underlined that the OECD has developed a strategic response to deal with the current situation, while at the same time addressing the interaction between different policy actions in our economies. |
Launch of the OECD Economic Survey of the Slovak Republic09-Feb-2009 Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General M. Gurría stated that the main policy challenge for the Slovak Republic is to sustain high trend growth while adjusting to life in the euro area. This requires structural reforms in the areas of labour and product markets, fiscal policy and in the housing sector. Related documents: |
Official visit of the Secretary-General to the Slovak Republic (Bratislava, 9-10 February 2009)06-Feb-2009 On the occasion of his official visit, Angel Gurría launched the Economic survey of Slovakia and met the President of the Slovak Republic, Mr. Ivan Gašparovič, and several government officials. Also available: |
Impact of Culture on Tourism - case study - Slovak Republic23-Jan-2009 Downloadable case study by Slovak Republic for the OECD publication "The Impact of Culture on Tourism". |
Main Features of the Public Employment Service in the Slovak Republic (Social, Employment and Migration Working Paper No. 72, 2008)20-Nov-2008 Daniela Kalužná This report documents the main features of the Public Employment Service (PES) in Slovak Republic, with attention to unemployment benefit administration as well as employment services. |
OECD-Eurostat entrepreneurship indicators aim to support new business creation18-Nov-2008 Strong growth and economic restructuring has provided fertile ground for dynamic entrepreneurial activity in countries such as Romania, Hungary and the Slovak Republic over recent years. Also available: |