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Policy Implementation in Italy: Legislation, Public Administration and the Rule of Law

O'Brien, Paul - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013

opportunities for corruption and organised crime to flourish. Clear operational independence with accountability is essential for … bodies monitoring and assessing the extent of corruption. This Working Paper relates to the 2013 OECD Economic Survey of … réduire les incitations et les possibilités qui permettent à la corruption et à la criminalité organisée de prospérer. Couplée …

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Product Market Regulation in Russia

Conway, Paul; Lysenko, Tatiana; Barnard, Geoff - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2009

This paper uses the OECD’s indicators of product market regulation (PMR) to assess the extent to which the regulatory environment in Russia supports competition and to draw attention to the areas where further reform efforts would pay dividends. The indicators show that, despite improvements...

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Fiscal Federalism and its Impact on Economic Activity, Public Investment and the Performance of Educational Systems

Blöchliger, Hansjörg; Égert, Balázs; Fredriksen, … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013

Intergovernmental fiscal frameworks usually reflect fundamental societal choices and history and are not foremost geared towards achieving economic policy objectives. Yet, like most institutional arrangements, fiscal relations affect the behaviour of firms, households and governments and thereby...

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Pedal to the Metal: Structural Reforms to Boost Long-Term Growth in Mexico and Spur Recovery from the Crisis

Haugh, David; Redonda, Agustin - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2009

While Mexico’s growth performance has gradually improved over the past decades, its convergence toward OECD countries has been less rapid than in several other emerging markets. The recent significant reductions in import tariffs should help the economy take fuller advantage of trade and...

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Taxation and Economic Growth

Johansson, Åsa; Heady, Chistopher; Arnold, Jens; Brys, Bert - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2008

This paper investigates the design of tax structures to promote economic growth. It suggests a “tax and growth” ranking of taxes, confirming results from earlier literature but providing a more detailed disaggregation of taxes. Corporate taxes are found to be most harmful for growth,...

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Assessing the Efficiency of Welfare Spending in Slovenia with Data Envelopment Analysis

Hribernik, Matevz; Kierzenkowski, Rafal - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013

This paper derives estimates of the efficiency of welfare spending in Slovenia and the other OECD countries from data envelopment analysis based on model specifications used in earlier OECD studies. Results suggest that Slovenia ranks about 25th among OECD countries for output efficiency: for a...

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Improving the Fiscal Framework to Enhance Growth in an Era of Fiscal Consolidation in Slovakia

Klein, Caroline; Price, Robert W.R.; Wörgötter, Andreas - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013

The challenge for fiscal policy in Slovakia is to achieve fiscal consolidation in a way which supports the fragile recovery and protects spending on areas which are important for re-embarking on a trajectory of high trend growth and underpinning a catch-up in living standards. While the recently...

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Russia: Progress in Structural Reform and Framework Conditions

Vaziakova, Yana; Barnard, Geoff; Lysenko, Tatiana - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2011

In the 16 years since the OECD began conducting Economic Surveys of the Russian Federation, a great many policy recommendations relating to structural reform and framework conditions have been made. This paper, expanding on Annex 1.A1 in the 2011 OECD Economic Survey of the Russian Federation,...

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Fiscal Prospects and Reforms in India

Herd, Richard; Hill, Sam; Koen, Vincent - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2011

Substantial fiscal consolidation was achieved under the aegis of the 2003 Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act. While deficits widened anew in 2008 and 2009, against the backdrop of the global financial and economic crisis, efforts to reduce them have resumed since. To ensure...

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Public Spending Efficiency: Institutional Indicators in Primary and Secondary Education

Gonand, Frédéric; Joumard, Isabelle; Price, Robert W.R. - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2007

This paper presents composite indicators of the institutional and policy characteristics of educational systems, collated from the questionnaire responses of 26 Member countries. These indicators provide an overview of the institutional framework in the primary and secondary education sector and...

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