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Fifteen Years of Economic Reform in Russia : What has been Achieved? What Remains to be Done?

Ahrend, Rudiger - 2005

The paper provides an overview of the course of economic reform and the performance of the Russian economy since the early 1990s and an analysis of the structural reform challenges ahead. It assesses the contribution of institutional and structural reforms to economic performance over the...

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Reaping efficiency gains through product market reforms in China

Molnar, Margit - 2022

The impressive emergence of China’s economy is set to lose some momentum as the country catches up with more advanced … economies and its rapid ageing also weighs on it. However, China can still reap the “reform dividend”, especially with measures … can potentially bring about significant productivity gains. China has been lowering the burden on start-ups and …

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Raising productivity through structural reform in Brazil

Arnold, Jens Matthias - 2021

The recovery from the current deep recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic will require raising productivity through structural reforms. This implies a number of challenges for economic policies. With large parts of the economy shielded from competition, firms face weak incentives to become...

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Structural Policy Reforms and External Imbalances

Kennedy, Mike - 2005

It has been argued that one solution to global current account imbalances is for countries with current account surpluses to undertake structural reforms. This would raise their potential growth, which is assumed to put downward pressure on the current account position. This paper takes a closer...

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Globalisation and Linkages : Macro-Structural Challenges and Opportunities

Richardson, Pete - 1997

This paper was prepared in the OECD Economics Department as a contribution to the Organisation-wide study entitled, “Towards a New Global Age”. It examines macro-structural economic developments in and between OECD and non-OECD economies, the economic linkages and a number of structural...

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Slovakia's Introduction of a Flat Tax as Part of Wider Economic Reforms

Brook, Anne-Marie - 2005

Slovakia’s fundamental tax reform of 2004 considerably improved the simplicity and efficiency of the tax system by eliminating exemptions and special regimes and setting the rates for the personal income tax (PIT), the corporate income tax (CIT) and the value added tax (VAT) all equal to 19%....

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The Effects of EMU on Structural Reforms in Labour and Product Markets

Duval, Romain - 2005

Structural reforms in labour and product markets are required in a number of euro-area countries. A question in this regard, which is the topic of this paper, is whether belonging to the euro area tends to help or hinder structural reform. The paper first reviews the theoretical arguments and...

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The GDP Impact of Reform : A Simple Simulation Framework

Barnes, Sebastian; Bouis, Romain; Briard, Philippe; … - 2011

This paper presents a framework to assess the impact of a wide range of structural policy reforms on GDP per capita at various horizons by linking together previous empirical studies mostly carried out by the OECD. The simple accounting framework consists of reduced-form equations and offers a...

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Germany's Growth Potential, Structural Reforms and Global Imbalances

Koske, Isabell - 2010

The potential growth rate of the economy has been low for a long time and the crisis has had a further adverse impact. The meagre growth performance mainly reflects low growth in a number of services sectors; most manufacturing sectors, by contrast, expanded at a rapid pace in the years...

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Russia's Gas Sector : The Endless Wait for Reform?

Ahrend, Rudiger - 2004

The gas industry is perhaps Russia’s least reformed major sector. Prices are regulated, exports are monopolised and the domestic market is dominated by a state-controlled, vertically integrated monopolist, OAO Gazprom. Gazprom combines commercial and regulatory functions, and maintains tight...

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