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Monetary and fiscal policies face huge challenges: the banking sector has collapsed; the economy is in the midst of a deep recession; the exchange rate has plunged; capital flows have been frozen; inflation is elevated; public debt has risen; source of revenues have disappeared; social needs have...
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The global financial and economic crisis has struck Iceland with extreme force. Iceland’s three main banks, accounting … in Iceland than in most other OECD countries owing to the seriousness of the banking crisis and the weakness of private … the 2009 Economic Survey of Iceland.<P>Islande : La crise économique et financière<BR>La crise économique et financière …
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Health outcomes and the quality of health care in Iceland are very good by international comparison, while income …
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This paper discusses recent developments and policy issues relating to financial markets in Iceland. Overall, the …
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This paper analyses the main features of Iceland’s public expenditure and addresses some key policy issues. While … overall public spending is not high compared with Iceland’s Nordic neighbours, other OECD countries have made more progress in …
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This paper analyses the possibilities for reforming the Icelandic tax system. It puts the current tax structure in its historic context, showing that there has been a steady movement towards simplification. The personal income tax has a lower than average number of bands and, taxes capital...
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This paper reviews Iceland’s performance in skills accumulation against the backdrop of a rapidly changing economic … expenditure on education, which is now among the highest in the OECD relative to GDP. Nonetheless, Iceland continues to have one … relates to the 2006 OECD Economic Survey of Iceland (www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/iceland).<P>Adapter le système éducatif …
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be seen to be reflected in Norway’s policy aims on climate change and on fisheries, two otherwise rather different … pioneered the use of such measures, introducing a CO2 tax early on and adopting individual quotas in fisheries. But in other …
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