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An Economic Survey is published every 1½-2 years for each OECD country and the euro area. It identifies the main economic challenges faced by the country and analyses policy options to meet them. You can find all Surveys catalogued by country.
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Economic Policy Reforms takes stock of growth performance for each country and identifies ways to improve productivity and employment on the basis of international benchmarking.
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17-Dec-2008
Korea has been hard-hit by the global financial crisis. In addition, it faces a number of medium-term challenges to sustaining growth, notably tax reform, enhancing service sector productivity and reforming the labour market and education system.
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09-Dec-2008
Tax reform is an urgent priority, as Japan needs as much as 5% to 6% of GDP of additional government revenue just to stabilise public debt, which has risen to 180% of GDP.
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09-Dec-2008
Labour productivity growth in the service sector, which accounts for 70% of Japan’s economic output and employment, has slowed markedly in recent years in contrast to manufacturing.
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09-Dec-2008
The proportion of non-regular workers has risen to one-third of total employment. While non-regular employment provides flexibility and cost reductions for firms, it also creates equity and efficiency concerns.
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09-Dec-2008
The US economy is facing a serious financial crisis and is in recession. Measures are being taken to combat the financial crisis and support the economy. Reforms are needed to strengthen financial market regulation and extend health insurance coverage.
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