OECD Economic Surveys [electronic resource] : Greece 2001
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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development StaffCorporate Author
 : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development,
2001.
This 2001 edition of OECD's periodic review of Greece's economy includes special features on the tax system and structural reform.
Description based upon print version of record.
""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 termâ€?""; ""Figure 5.  Elderly dependency ratios""; ""â€? 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""
This 2001 edition of OECD's periodic review of Greece's economy includes special features on the tax system and structural reform.
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