OECD economic surveys : Germany 1999 / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, issuing body.

Series:

OECD Economic Surveys: Germany

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic history.

Germany--Economic conditions.

Germany.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (182 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Paris, France : OECD Publishing, [1999]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Assessment and recommendations I. Slowdown and recovery: trends, prospects and monetary conditions -Overview -Faltering growth with renewed signs of recovery -Employment recovered in 1998 but unemployment remains high -Convergence has stalled, but restructuring is continuing in the new Länder -Monetary conditions, inflation and competitiveness -Short term prospects and risks II. Issues in fiscal policy -Overview of fiscal policy objectives -Progress in fiscal consolidation -Tax reform -Pension reform -Developments in the health sector III. Structural policy: a review -Tackling high structural unemployment: recent developments in labour-market reform -Improving skills, entrepreneurial dynamism and competition -Assessment and scope for further action IV. Making growth more environmentally sustainable -Introduction -Environmental issues: concerns, objectives and performance -The framework of policy formation -Policies in force and directions for change -Selected sectoral issues -Assessment: realising the aim of sustainable growth -Glossary to Chapter IV -Bibliography to Chapter IV Annexes -I. The effectiveness of active labour market measures in eastern Germany -II. Projections of emissions to 2005 -III. Chronology of main economic events.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

92-64-16741-2

OCLC:

1132391784