OECD Economic Surveys - Iceland [electronic resource] : Volume 2008 Issue 3
Publishing, OECD.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development StaffCorporate Author
Paris : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development,
2008.
OECD's periodic survey of the Icelandic economy.  This edition examines the major economic challenges faced by Iceland in 2008, in particular a more effective monetary policy, strengthening the fiscal framework, and improving cost-effectiveness in the health care sector.
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Table of contents; Executive summary; Assessment and recommendations; Chapter 1. Challenges facing the Icelandic economy; Longer-term economic performance; The economic situation; Near-term prospects and risks; Immediate policy requirements; Longer-term challenges; Annex 1.A1. Progress in structural reform; Chapter 2. Towards a more effective monetary policy; Implementation and communication of monetary policy; Effectiveness: is monetary policy impotent?; Fine-tuning the framework; Concluding remarks; Bibliography; Chapter 3. Strengthening the fiscal framework; A sound fiscal position
What is the role for discretionary fiscal policy?The fiscal framework; Bibliography; Chapter 4. Improving cost-effectiveness in the health-care sector; Overview of the health-care system; Outcomes by international comparison; Costs and financing; Spending efficiency; Government policies; Concluding remarks; Bibliography
OECD's periodic survey of the Icelandic economy.  This edition examines the major economic challenges faced by Iceland in 2008, in particular a more effective monetary policy, strengthening the fiscal framework, and improving cost-effectiveness in the health care sector.
Economic policy -- Iceland.
Economic surveys -- Iceland.
Economics.
OECD economic surveys