An agenda for a growing Europe : the Sapir report / Andre Sapir ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sapir, André.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

European Union.

European Union--Membership.

Europe--Economic integration.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (235 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Over the past decade European economic integration has seen considerable institutional success, but the economic performance of the EU has been varied. While macroeconomic stability has improved and an emphasis on cohesion preserved, the EU economic system has not delivered satisfactory growth performance.This book is the report of a high-level group commissioned by the President of the European Commission to review the EU economic system and propose a blueprint for an economic system capable of delivering faster growth along with stability and cohesion. It assesses the EU s economic performan

Contents:

Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Boxes; Composition of the Group; 1. Overview; 1.1. Assessment; 1.2. Challenges; 1.3. Recommendations; 2. A conceptual framework; 2.1. On policy coherence; 2.2. A perspective on economic policies in the European Union; Part I. Assessment; 3. Policy implementation; 3.1. Growth; 3.2. Macroeconomic stability; 3.3. Cohesion; 3.4. The budget; 4. Economic performance: Growth, stability, and cohesion; 4.1. Growth; 4.2. Macroeconomic stability; 4.3. Cohesion; 5. Economic trade-offs; 5.1. Trade-offs among objectives; 5.2. Growth and the trade-offs

6. Economic governance in the EU6.1. The issue; 6.2. Current patterns of economic governance within the European Union; 6.3. Economic governance: An evolving agenda; 6.4. Where are the governance fault lines?; 6.5. Conclusions; Part II. Challenges; 7. Is the European model sustainable?; 7.1. A good start; 7.2. New challenges; 7.3. The road ahead; 7.4. Facing the dilemma; 8. Making a bigger Europe work; 8.1. Implications for growth and cohesion; 8.2. Implications for macroeconomic stability; 8.3. Implications for European Union governance; 9. Europe and the world

9.1. Wider Europe-neighbourhood9.2. Wider world; Part III. Recommendations; 10. Principles; 10.1. Assessing past performance; 10.2. The challenges ahead; 10.3. Rethink the European Union economic system; 10.4. Redesign policies; 10.5. Revise modes of delivery: Governance methods and the budget; 10.6. An agenda for a growing Europe; 11. Policies for promoting growth; 11.1. A dynamic Single Market; 11.2. Boosting investment in knowledge; 11.3. Improving Economic and Monetary Union's macroeconomic policy framework; 11.4. Convergence and restructuring in an enlarged European Union

12. Modes of delivery: Governance methods and the budget12.1. Achieving effectiveness in the governance of the European Union; 12.2. Mobilising the European Union budget; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-927149-6

0-19-153391-2

1-282-05286-1

9786612052866

OCLC:

252535439