OECD economic surveys : Norway 1997-1998 / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

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

Series:

OECD Economic Surveys: Norway

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic history.

Norway--Economic conditions--1945-.

Norway.

Norway--Economic policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (145 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Paris, France : OECD Publishing, [1998]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Assessment and recommendations I. Recent developments and short-term prospects -A booming economy -Still moderate wages and low inflation -High current account surplus -Short-term outlook II. Macroeconomic policies -The general policy framework -Monetary management -The fiscal stance -A longer-term perspective III. Implementing structural reform: a review of progress -The labour market -Product markets -Financial services IV. The health care system -Main features of the system -Problems with the system -Reforming the system Glossary of acronyms Bibliography Annex -Calendar of main economic events Statistical annex and structural indicators.

Contents:

Intro

Table of contents

Assessment and recommendations

I. Recent developments and short-term prospects

A booming economy

Table 1. Demand and output

Figure 1. GROWTH PERFORMANCE

Strong oil activity

Robust non-oil exports

Figure 2. EXPORT PERFORMANCE AND COST COMPETITIVENESS

Buoyant household demand

Table 2. Household appropriation account

Figure 3. HOUSEHOLD SPENDING

Soaring asset prices

Sustained business investment

Figure 4. MAINLAND BUSINESS INVESTMENT

Surging employment

Table 3. Labour market developments

Figure 5. THE LABOUR MARKET

Figure 6. INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON OF EMPLOYMENT STRUCTURE AND GROWTH

Table 4. Net inflow into the labour force

Still moderate wages and low inflation

Figure 7. WAGE AND PRICE DEVELOPMENTS

Table 5. Prices, wages and costs

Figure 8. COMPARISON OF REAL COMPENSATION PER EMPLOYEE DURING TWO RECOVERIES

High current account surplus

Figure 9. EXTERNAL POSITION

Short-term outlook

Table 6. Short-term projections

Box 1. Estimated effects of an acceleration in wages and consumption

Table 7. Effects of a wage and consumption impulse

II. Macroeconomic policies

The general policy framework

Monetary management

The policy formulation

Exchange and interest rate developments

Figure 10. EXCHANGE RATE BEHAVIOUR AND OFFICIAL RESERVES

Figure 11. INTEREST RATE DEVELOPMENTS

Figure 12. INDEX OF MONETARY CONDITIONS

Money and credit growth

Figure 13. MONEY AND CREDIT

Table 8. Money and credit

The fiscal stance

Budget developments to date

Table 9. Fiscal balance: projections and outcomes

Figure 14. CENTRAL GOVERNMENT BUDGET BALANCE

Table 10. Public finances by government level

The 1998 Budget

Box 2. The 1997 Budget reform

Table 11. Budget procedures: sequencing of events.

A longer-term perspective

Table 12. Baseline scenario in the Long-Term Programme

Figure 15. LONG-RUN SCENARIOS

III. Implementing structural reform: a review of progress

The labour market

Figure 16. WORKING AGE POPULATION BY LABOUR MARKET STATUS

Table 13. Implementing the OECD Jobs Strategy - an overview

Table 13. Implementing the OECD Jobs Strategy - an overview (cont.)

Table 14. Number of persons in active labour market programmes

Product markets

Financial services

Table 15. Banks' operating results

Table 16. Features of Norwegian banks

IV. The health care system

Figure 17. HEALTH EXPENDITURE IN OECD COUNTRIES

Main features of the system

Service provision

Table 17. Health care expenditure by government level

Table 18. Health care provision by government level

Figure 18. HOSPITALS AND HEALTH REGIONS

Table 19. Structure of hospital services

Funding

Hospital financing

Table 20. Financing of hospital services

Financing of primary care

The role of the National Insurance Scheme

Performance and cost

Figure 19. INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON OF HEALTH OUTCOMES

Figure 20. GROWTH IN HEALTH SPENDING BY CATEGORY

Figure 21. HEALTH EXPENDITURE AND GDP PER CAPITA

Figure 22. POPULATION AGED 75 AND OVER

Figure 23. LABOUR RESOURCES IN HEALTH CARE

Problems with the system

Bottlenecks in the hospital sector

Figure 24. PATIENTS' EVALUATION OF HOSPITAL TREATMENT

Scope for better allocation of health care resources

Somatic hospital care

Figure 25. SHARE OF HOSPITALS AT DIFFERENT COST-EFFICIENCY LEVELS

Figure 26. EMPLOYMENT AND VACANCIES OF PHYSICIANS IN GENERAL HOSPITALS

Figure 27. PUBLIC REVENUES 1 AND SOMATIC HEALTH CARE EXPENDITURE BY COUNTY

Psychiatric inpatient care

Primary care.

Pharmaceuticals

Risks to cost control

Reforming the system

Recent initiatives

Activity-based funding

Hospital management and co-operation

Principles for setting priority

Legislation of patients' rights

Liberalisation of the drugs market

Further challenges

Notes

Glossary of acronyms

Bibliography

Annex - Calendar of main economic events

STATISTICAL ANNEX AND STRUCTURAL INDICATORS

Table A. Selected background statistics

Table B. Supply and use of resources

Table C. Gross domestic product by origin, current prices

Table D. Gross domestic product by origin, constant prices

Table E. General government income and expenditure

Table F. Labour market

Table G. Balance of payments

Table H. Foreign trade by area

Table I. Prices and wages

Table J. Money and credit

Table K. Production and employment structures

Table L. Productivity and investment structure

Table M. Labour market indicators

Table N. Public sector General government income and expenditure structures

BASIC STATISTICS: INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS

BASIC STATISTICS: INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS (cont'd)

MAIN SALES OUTLETS OF OECD PUBLICATIONS / PRINCIPAUX POINTS DE VENTE DES PUBLICATIONS DE L'OCDE

Boxes

Tables

Table 9. Fiscal balance: projections and outcomes.

Table 10. Public finances by government level

Table 11. Budget procedures: sequencing of events

Figures

Figure 24. PATIENTS' EVALUATION OF HOSPITAL TREATMENT.

Figure 25. SHARE OF HOSPITALS AT DIFFERENT COST-EFFICIENCY LEVELS

Figure 27. PUBLIC REVENUES 1 AND SOMATIC HEALTH CARE EXPENDITURE BY COUNTY.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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ISBN:

92-64-15138-9

OCLC:

1225550392