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Fiscal Discipline between Levels of Government in Germany

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11-Aug-2009

The essential actors in co-ordinating fiscal discipline in Germany are the Federation and the 16 Länder. This article presents an overview of the legal basis of the budgetary process and how it is designed ...

Pensions at a Glance 2009: Highlights for Germany

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23-Jun-2009

The German pension system has so far been less affected by the crisis than many other OECD countries... Replacement rates for low-earners are the lowest within the OECD at 43.0%. But coverage of private pensions is high, especially for lower earners, compared with other OECD countries.
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Economic survey of Germany 2008: Preserving past achievements in fiscal policy and making the tax system more efficient

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09-Apr-2008

Government finances have improved significantly over the past years on account of both cyclically higher revenues and structural expenditure restraint. In order to preserve these achievements for the longer ...

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.

Pensions at a Glance 2007: Highlights - Germany

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07-Jun-2007

This document presents the main highlights for Germany from Pensions at a Glance 2007: Germany currently has one of the highest levels of public spending on pensions in the 30 OECD countries... Pensions ...

OECD ermutigt Deutschland zu einer Neuausrichtung der Förderpolitik für die ländlichen Räume

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15-Mar-2007

In Deutschland ist die Politik zur Entwicklung der ländlichen Räume noch immer stark auf den Agrarsektor konzentriert. In anderen Bereichen, die einen bedeutenden Beitrag zu Wachstum und Beschäftigung ...

Economic Survey of Germany 2006: Regaining fiscal credibility and improving public sector efficiency

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30-May-2006

Despite substantial structural reductions in government spending relative to GDP in recent years, the government debt ratio has reached high levels.  Further consolidation on the spending side should be linked to public sector reform and tax bases need to be broadened.

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, ...

Meeting of the OECD Council at Ministerial Level, 2005: Enabling Globalisation

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02-May-2005

This year’s OECD Ministerial Council Meeting will be held at OECD Headquarters on 3-4 May 2005 under the chairmanship of Göran Persson, Prime Minister of Sweden, with the overarching theme of “Enabling ...

Improving the capacity to innovate in Germany

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22-Oct-2004

Andrés Fuentes, Eckhard Wurzel and Margaret Morgan

Economics Department Working Paper 407. Key indicators show Germany belonging to the countries in the OECD with strong innovation activity even though some weakening in Germany’s position relative to other ...