OECD Economic Surveys [electronic resource].
Publishing, OECD.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development StaffCorporate Author
Paris : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development,
2002.
This 2001 edition of OECD's periodic survey of the Japanese economy includes a special feature on health care reform as well as an annex on bad loans in the banking sector.
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CONTENTS; ASSESSMENT AND RECOMMENDATIONS; I. RECENT DEVELOPMENT: FROM A MODEST RECOVERY TO CONTRACTION; Recent economic trends and the forces at work; Background of the underlying weakness - a dual economy with flagging productivity growth; Short term outlook; II. TOWARDS A NEW OVERALL POLICY FRAMEWORK; The evolving policy framework; Dealing with non-performing assets and financial sector weakness; The fiscal system: towards consolidation and reform; Monetary policy: dealing with continuing deflation and associated risks; III. STRUCTURAL REFORM TO PROMOTE GROWTH
Improving the framework for private sector activityPromoting competition and opening entry; Assessment of planned and current structural reforms; IV. HEALTHCARE REFORM; Salient features of the system; The evolving system: recent and on-going reforms; Shaping a future reform; Conclusion; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; ANNEX I. ASSESSING THE LEVEL OF NON-PERFORMING AND BAD LOANS IN THE BANKINGSECTOR; The micro approach; The macroeconomic approach of market analysts; NOTES; ANNEX II. BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS AND SOME ALTERNATIVE SCENARIOS; ANNEX III. CHRONOLOGY OF MAIN ECONOMIC EVENTS
This 2001 edition of OECD's periodic survey of the Japanese economy includes a special feature on health care reform as well as an annex on bad loans in the banking sector.
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