OECD economic surveys Czech Republic

SPECIAL FEATURES.:.:.; Pension reform.; Local spending reform.; Education and growth.; Innovation policies

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (corporate author, -)
Autor Corporativo: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Corporate Author (corporate author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Paris : OECD 2006.
Colección:OECD economic surveys, v. 2006/6 (June 2006)
Materias:
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • OECD Economic Surveys; CONTENTS; Executive summary; Assessment and recommendations; Chapter 1 Policy challenges in sustaining catch-up; Economic growth: prospects have improved; Monetary conditions: inflation and interest rates remain low; Ensuring fiscal sustainability: much work is needed in public-spending reform; Improving the labour market: room for greater efficiency and a deeper skills base; Enhancing the business environment: further progress needed in several areas; Update on environmental policy; Bibliography; Annex 1.A1 Progress in structural reform; Annex 1.A2 Past fiscal outcomes
  • Annex 1.A3 The 2006 State BudgetTax measures affecting revenues in 2006; Measures affecting spending in 2006; Annex 1.A4 Topics covered in previous Surveys; Chapter 2 Ensuring fiscal sustainability: assessing recent proposals for pension reform; Key features of the current pension system; The current system in international comparison; Key features of the five reform proposals; Simulation results for the five proposals; Assessment; Conclusion; Bibliography; Annex 2.A1 The current pension system; Note: all values in this annex, unless otherwise indicated, refer to 2005; Qualifying conditions
  • Benefit calculationEarnings-related; Non-standard careers; Tax support for third-pillar pensions; Chapter 3 Ensuring fiscal sustainability: motivating regional and municipal governments; Key features of Czech sub-national government; Economies of scale; Regional and municipal financing; Accountability; Bibliography; Annex 3.A1 Incentives for municipalities to merge in the tax-allocation system; Annex 3.A2 The structure of municipalities' delegated powers; Chapter 4 Improving the labour market: getting education right for long-term growth; The difficult task of modernising the education system
  • Key features of the centrally-steered systemPolicies to increase the efficiency of the education system; Bibliography; Annex 4.A1 Roadmap from basic to tertiary education; Basic education; Upper-secondary Education; Tertiary education; Chapter 5 Enhancing the business environment: policies to promote innovation; The need to expand research that has a potential for commercial application; Healthy general business conditions help boost innovation; Broad features of current policy on innovation; Policy options to improve the research and innovation environment; Bibliography; Glossary