-sector employment and have helped raise standards of living. However, the growth model has involved costs: the public-sector wage bill … is relatively high, there is limited employment of nationals in the private sector, labor productivity has declined or …

This paper discusses tax and expenditure policy reforms to raise employment. Using data for 58 advanced and emerging …. The focus is on incentives to increase labor demand and supply rather than on the impact of fiscal policy on employment … principles which should guide the design of country-specific fiscal reforms to boost employment. A comprehensive set of tables on …

The Netherlands is an AAA euro area (EA) economy with significant private sector imbalances. The main policy challenge …

This Selected Issues paper for the Netherlands highlights that Dutch cost competitiveness deteriorated significantly in …

The Netherlands has a long-standing legal framework concerning Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of …

Netherlands has criminalized money laundering (ML) fully in line with the requirements under the Vienna and Palermo Conventions …. The Netherlands has a long-standing financial intelligence unit (FIU), which is one the founding members of the Egmont …

confidence and growth in the Kingdom of the Netherlands—Netherlands Antilles. Although exports moderated temporarily, tourism was … Netherlands government under the dissolution agreement to set the budget and the economy on a more sustainable footing …

paper examines the structural policies of the Netherlands. Real wages and employment growth are also analyzed …This Selected Issues paper examines the long-term issues with pension expenditures in the Netherlands. The paper …

The two newly autonomous countries within the Kingdom of the Netherlands face substantial challenges. Growth has been …