Investment in network infrastructure can boost long-term economic growth in OECD countries. Moreover, infrastructure … investment can have a positive effect on growth that goes beyond the effect of the capital stock because of economies of scale … the links between infrastructure and growth and the role of public policies, reports the results on the links with growth …

China’s exceptional economic expansion has led to rising energy demand and pollution as well as other environmental … pressures. Strong efforts by the government have moderated emissions of some types of air and water pollution from high levels … other costs and reduce well-being. The 12th Five Year Plan aims at further reducing pollution and at other environmental …

The degradation of the environment due to climate change and pollution can harm living standards and damage growth … is reinforced by the high energy intensity of the economy and concentrated agriculture. Environmental policy backlogs … accumulated over the years highlight the challenges of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and water pollution in a cost …

Outlook to explain recent developments in core inflation, excluding food and energy, based on developments in measures of … economic slack (the output gap), spill-over effects from energy prices onto core inflation and lagged responses to past … inflation via expectations formation. The fact that the knock-on effects from energy shocks onto core inflation appear small in …

growth-led demand for oil, particularly that emanating from fast-growing, energy-intensive developing countries, and the … examines the sensitivity of the projections to the assumptions about growth and non-OPEC supply. While certain combinations of …

Empirical work shows that competition is important for promoting economic growth. However, in Japan the promotion of … competition has long been compromised by ministerial guidance and exemptions from the competition law. Thus, the level and growth …

it. The sector as it is currently constituted is highly unlikely to be able to sustain sufficient output growth to … satisfy both rising export commitments and domestic demand. There is significant potential for accelerating the growth of non …

Energy represents a major sustainable-development challenge for Canada. In the short term, labour shortages and … infrastructure bottlenecks are likely to hinder energy developments and need to be addressed. In addition, provincial fiscal … timely realisation of energy supply plans.<P>Maintenir la viabilité du secteur de l'énergie au Canada<BR>L’énergie représente …

for a cleaner energy mix. Furthermore, additional production will soon come on stream, and there is a reasonable chance of … longstanding due to sluggish reform away from monopoly provision by the state-owned incumbent. As elsewhere, energy use has …, which relies primarily on energy-efficiency measures and an increase in the share of renewable-electricity product. This …