7-December-2011
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After a recession of historic proportions, an export-led recovery is gaining traction in Ireland. The pace of recovery, however, varies sharply across sectors.
27-October-2011
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Mismatches between the supply and the demand of safe financial assets in fast-growing emerging countries have been singled out by economic theory as drivers of international capital flows and, ultimately, global current account imbalances.
27-October-2011
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This paper examines whether the composition of a country’s external liabilities and assets has an incidence on its risk of suffering financial turmoil.
26-October-2011
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Brazil under-invested in infrastructure for over three decades, and infrastructure investment rates have come up only slowly since 2007. Infrastructure needs are sizeable in almost all sectors.
26-October-2011
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Low investment rates are limiting Brazil’s future potential growth rate. This paper analyses a number of potential reasons for these low investment rates and discusses policy options to achieve faster capital accumulation.
19-October-2011
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Mexico has a relatively large informal sector by OECD standards.
29-September-2011
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The highly regarded Austrian health system delivers good quality and easily accessible services, but is costly.
20-September-2011
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This paper investigates the role played by deregulation on firms’ investment decisions in infrastructure sectors.
13-September-2011
English
While Japan has achieved outstanding scores on the PISA exams, further improving educational outcomes is important to sustain growth in the face of rapid population ageing.
13-September-2011
English
Traditional Japanese labour market practices, which benefited both workers and firms during the high-growth era, are no longer appropriate in the context of slow economic growth and rapid population ageing.