OECD economic surveys, 2000-2001 : Greece.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Greece--Economic conditions.

Greece.

Greece--Economic policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (167 p.)

Place of Publication:

Paris, France : OECD Publications Services, [2001]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This 2001 edition of OECD's periodic review of Greece's economy includes special features on the tax system and structural reform.

Contents:

""Table of contents""; ""Assessment and recommendations""; ""I. Recent trends and short-term prospects""; ""Strong overall performance, but the labour market situation remains unsatisfactory""; ""Figure 1. Key indicators in long-term and international perspective""; ""Economic developments in 1999 and 2000""; ""Domestic demand has remained strong""; ""Table 1. Demand and output""; ""Both exports and imports have picked up since mid-1999""; ""Figure 2. Competitiveness""; ""Table 2. The balance of payments""; ""Despite stronger growth of potential, the output gap is shrinking rapidly""

""Unemployment has continued to rise until recently""""Wage settlements have remained moderate, but inflation has veered up""; ""Table 3. Wages and prices""; ""Figure 3. Price developments""; ""Prospects for 2001 and 2002""; ""Table 4. Short-term projections""; ""II. Macroeconomic policy""; ""Monetary policy""; ""The monetary policy framework""; ""Monetary policy in the run-up to joining EMU""; ""Figure 4. Exchange rate and interest rate developments""; ""Fiscal policy""; ""Policy developments in 1999 and 2000""; ""Box 1. The implementation of the 1999 Budget""

""Table 5. Budget and outcomes""""Box 2. The 2000 Budget""; ""Table 6. The fiscal stance and public debt developments""; ""Are the fiscal objectives ambitious enough?""; ""Box 3. The 2001 Budget""; ""Medium-term public sector issues""; ""Pension reform needs to proceed""; ""The viability of the pension system will come under increasing pressure in the medium term�""; ""Figure 5. Elderly dependency ratios""; ""� highlighting the need for decisive reforms""; ""Health care reform has progressed little""; ""Table 7. Health expenditure""; ""Table 8. Spending on pharmaceuticals""

""Public sector management needs improving""""Figure 6. Public employment""; ""III. Progress in structural reform""; ""Figure 7. Growth performance""; ""Figure 8. Product market regulation""; ""Table 9. Recommendations for further structural reform""; ""Labour market reform""; ""The flexibility of the labour market has improved somewhat""; ""The wage formation system and minimum wages""; ""Figure 9. Minimum wage and average earnings""; ""Non-wage costs""; ""Employment protection legislation""; ""Table 10. Strictness of EPL by international comparisons: qualitative indices""

""Increase working time flexibility""""Active labour market policies and improvement of skill and competencies""; ""Product markets""; ""Subsidies to industry should be reined in""; ""Figure 10. Subsidies to industry""; ""Table 11. R&D expenditure and sources of funding""; ""Restructuring of the agricultural sector should be stepped up""; ""Figure 11. Support to agriculture""; ""The privatisation process has progressed, but the pace has slowed""; ""Table 12. Privatisation programme for public enterprises""; ""The effectiveness of competition policy needs to be strengthened""

""Sectoral reforms""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

92-64-18879-7

OCLC:

642661502