This Selected Issues paper reviews Belgium’s experience with fiscal adjustment and the long-term outlook for the public …

This paper describes economic developments in Belgium during the 1990s. The moderate recovery experienced by Belgium in …

This Selected Background Issues paper analyzes the competitiveness issues for Belgium and analyzes in what sense … competitiveness is important for the country. The paper summarizes the approach followed in Belgium to measure developments in this … competitiveness is not currently a problem in Belgium. The paper also analyzes the rise in the current account surplus, and links it …

This Selected Background Issues paper analyzes sectoral wage differentiation and labor cost issues in Belgium. The … paper discusses wage dispersion across sectors in Belgium and compares it with the pattern in other European countries. It … Belgium …

Belgium can cause a downward rigidity in real wages, given the multi-tier real wage bargaining process. Recent initiatives …

Belgium’s impressive past fiscal consolidation is an example for other countries that need to bring down their public … debt and also provides insights on how best to address its own current fiscal challenges. Belgium has a unique history of a … long and successful large fiscal consolidation. Belgium lived through various episodes of fiscal adjustment and each one of …

This 2005 Article IV Consultation highlights that Belgium’s growth has picked up following weakness in early 2005 …