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The challenge of restoring French competitiveness

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31-Aug-2009

Rafal Kierzenkowski

Since the beginning of the decade, France has seen a marked decline in its export performance, leading to growing concerns on the part of the authorities and of civil society about the economy’s capacity to adapt to the intensified globalisation of trade and investment in goods and services.

Pensions at a Glance 2009: Highlights for France

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23-Jun-2009

The over-65s rely more on public transfers for their income than almost anywhere else... Reforms of the French pension system have substantially cut future pension benefits for today’s workers: by around 20% for average earners...

Ageing and the Public Service: Human Resource Challenges

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13-Aug-2007

An ageing population creates immediate pressures for changes in both service delivery and in human resources management in government. This report reviews strategies to address these pressing issues and  provides a snapshot of ageing policies and actions in nine OECD countries.

Meeting the challenges of decentralisation in France

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10-Aug-2007

Stéphanie Jamet

Despite France’s previously well deserved reputation as a highly centralised state, a significant number of responsibilities have been devolved to regional and local government over the past two decades. The process has not been easy.

Combating poverty and social exclusion in France

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09-Aug-2007

Stéphanie Jamet.

Reducing poverty and social exclusion is an important objective for all French governments. Even though conventionally measured poverty is in fact lower than in most other countries, it is still higher than can be easily accepted. Economics Department Working Paper No. 569 by Stéphanie Jamet.

Trends in Severe Disability Among Elderly People (Health Working Paper No. 26)

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30-Mar-2007

Gaétan Lafortune, Gaëlle Balestat

As the number and share of the population aged 65 and over will continue to grow steadily in OECD countries over the next decades, improvements in the functional status of elderly people could help mitigate the rise in the demand for, and hence expenditure on, long-term care.

Linking Performance at Organisational and Individual Levels in France

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09-Nov-2005

Michel Pinauldt

Case study of reforms through 2006 in France aiming to link the performance appraisal of an individual to that of the organisation.

The French tax system: Main characteristics, recent developments and some considerations for reform

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29-Jul-2005

Willi Leibfritz and Paul O'Brien

This paper describes the main characteristics and the developments of the French tax system and examines some of its economic distortions and complexities. Economics Department Working Paper 439. 

The Legal Framework for Budget Systems: An International Comparison (OECD Journal on Budgeting, Volume 4, Number 3)

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01-Jul-2005

Ian Lienert and Moo-Kyung Jung

The legal basis for budget processes and budget actors varies enormously across OECD countries. For example, the United States has a dozen major laws to support federal government budget processes, ...

Economic Survey of France 2005: Making the fiscal system sustainable and more efficient

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16-Jun-2005

Rising public debt threatens fiscal sustainability. Public expenditure - social and those of local governments- need to be better controlled. The efficiency of the fiscal system should be raised.