Economic Surveys and Country Surveillance

An Economic Survey is published every 1½-2 years for each OECD country. Economic Assessments are also published for accession and enhanced engagement countries. Each survey or assessment identifies the main economic challenges faced by the country and analyses policy options to meet them. You can find all Surveys catalogued by country. Bookmark this page: www.oecd.org/eco/surveys.

The publication Going for Growth   takes stock of growth performance for each country and identifies ways to improve productivity and employment on the basis of international benchmarking.

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Improving the health care system in Poland

03-May-2012

Since the transformation following the Communist era, Poland has matched improvements in health outcomes of the most developed OECD countries, although without catching up the ground lost during the 1970s and 1980s.

Greenhouse gas emissions and price elasticities of transport fuel demand in Belgium

03-May-2012

Since 1990, Belgium has managed to bring down greenhouse gas emissions in most domains of economic activity. Road transport, as in many other countries, is a notable exception to this pattern: emissions have steadily increased, driven by an ever higher consumption of petrol and diesel.

Bringing Belgian public finances to a sustainable path

03-May-2012

Economic growth is projected to be strengthening from mid-2011 onwards, but will be insufficient to restore the sustainability of public finances. The Belgian strategy to prefund ageing costs by generating fiscal surpluses to bring down public debt was derailed by the global crisis.

Climate change policies in Poland – minimising abatement costs

03-May-2012

Poland is on track to meet its international greenhouse gas emissions commitments. However, it will need to cut emissions significantly in the future, if the European Commission’s proposal on the Low Carbon Roadmap is adopted.

Economy: OECD Economic Survey of Korea 2012

26-Apr-2012

Korea is one of the fastest-growing OECD economies, but it faces the most rapid population ageing in the OECD area as well as rising inequality. Korea needs reforms, particularly in the labour market and the education system, to sustain growth and promote social cohesion.

Income inequality in the European Union

19-Apr-2012

Poor growth performance over the past decades in Europe has increased concerns for rising income dispersion and social exclusion. European authorities have recently launched the Europe 2020 strategy which aims to improve social inclusion in Europe on top of already existing European regional policies aiming to reduce regional disparities through stimulating growth in areas where incomes are relatively low.

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