OECD economic surveys : European Union.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Staff, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Series:

OECD economic surveys, 0376-6438 ; 2007/11 (Sept. 2007)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

European Union countries--Economic conditions.

European Union countries.

European Union countries--Economic policy.

Physical Description:

172 pages

Other Title:

European Union

Place of Publication:

Paris : OECD, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This survey of the European Union economy reviews the EU's economic performance and discusses the main challenges, including pushing ahead with the internal market, opening up network industries to competition, removing barriers to labour mobility, making regional cohesion policy more effective, and enhancing Europe's global role. It focuses on the common and shared policies of the Union. It complements the Euro Area Survey , which deals with monetary and fiscal policy, and the individual country Surveys that assess national policies. While many of the necessary policy changes are firmly under

Contents:

Table of contents; Basic statistics of the European Union (2005); Executive summary; Assessment and recommendations; Chapter 1. Key challenges; Chapter 2. Ever closer union? Moving forward in the single market; Chapter 3. Building competitive financial markets; Chapter 4. The regulatory framework at the community level; Chapter 5. Strengthening competition policy; Chapter 6. Reforming agricultural and trade support; Chapter 7. Making the most of regional cohesion policy; Chapter 8. Removing obstacles to geographic labour mobility; Glossary

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-281-72077-1

9786611720773

92-64-03321-1

OCLC:

437223504