OECD economic surveys, 2000-2001 : Poland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poland--Economic conditions--Periodicals.

Poland.

Poland--Economic policy--Periodicals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (202 p.)

Place of Publication:

Paris, France : OECD Publications Services, [2001]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This 2001 edition of OECD's periodic reviews of Poland's economy includes special features on structural policies for employment-friendly growth and encouraging environmentally sustainable growth.

Contents:

""Table of contents""; ""Basic Statistics of the Republic of Poland""; ""Assessment and recommendations""; ""I. The changing macroeconomic landscape""; ""Inflation is slowing down, but production growth also, and unemployment is a growing concern""; ""Figure 1. Average growth of real GDP in OECD countries""; ""Figure 2. Medium-term output performance""; ""Figure 3. Key indicators""; ""Output growth is falling below trend�""; ""Table 1. Summary economic indicators""; ""Figure 4. Real GDP deviation from trend""; ""Box 1. Two supply-side factors of medium-term growth""

""Figure 5. Labour productivity trends in selected sectors""""Figure 6. Real GDP and domestic demand""; ""Figure 7. Real wages and labour productivity in industry""; ""Figure 8. External trade indicators""; ""� and labour market conditions are deteriorating rapidly�""; ""Figure 9. Employment indicators""; ""... helping to reduce core inflation�""; ""Figure 10. Inflation in Central Europe""; ""Figure 11. Core inflation""; ""... and to stabilise the current account deficit""; ""Output growth is projected in 2001-02, but with risks of continued weakness""

""Table 2. Summary of outcomes and projections""""... and with unchanged policies, unemployment will rise further in the medium term""; ""II. Macroeconomic management""; ""Monetary management""; ""The operational framework""; ""Box 2. Inflation targeting""; ""Table 3. Inflation targeting""; ""Figure 12. Inflation targets and outcomes""; ""Figure 13. Inflation, expectations and interest rate policy""; ""Figure 14. Taylor rule""; ""The conduct of monetary policy""; ""Figure 15. Interest rates""; ""Figure 16. Yield curves""; ""Figure 17. Exchange rates""

""Figure 18. High-frequency exchange rate volatility""""Figure 19. Monetary conditions""; ""Money and credit aggregates""; ""Figure 20. Monetary aggregates and credit to the economy""; ""The fiscal stance""; ""The budgetary framework""; ""Box 3. What is the “economic deficit�?""; ""Fiscal policy in 2000 and 2001""; ""Table 4. Government revenue, expenditure and balance""; ""Figure 21. Fiscal policy indicators""; ""Box 4. Main amendments to the tax system in 2000-2001""; ""Debt and debt service""; ""Figure 22. Outstanding State debt""; ""Figure 23. Bond spread versus Euroland""

""Pension reform after three years""""Problems with the new health care system""; ""III. Structural policies for employment-friendly and robust growth""; ""Poland�s growth success story owes a lot to its structural policies�""; ""� but a more employment-friendly environment is needed to preserve social cohesion""; ""Box 5. Implementing the OECD selected recommendations on structural reforms: an overview...""; ""Open unemployment is a source of vulnerability""; ""Figure 24. Who are the poor?""; ""The generous income redistribution policies need to be reformed""

""Figure 25. Income distribution before and after transition""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

92-64-19298-0

OCLC:

642661517