years in the pages of F&D looks at the important links between health and economic progress. Articles range over a variety … of topics, from the Millennium Development Goals and their health-related targets for 2015 to the economics of tobacco … property aspects of health care …

The issue of productivity growth in Canada has received considerable attention reflecting its marked slowdown since the … in Canada, it is useful to decompose total factor productivity (TFP) into investment-specific productivity change (ISP …) and technologically neutral productivity change (TNP). The gap in manufacturing productivity growth between Canada and the …

The paper presents Canada’s report on the Observance of Standards and Codes on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF …) recommendations for Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (CFT). Canada has strengthened its overall …

The spillovers from the U.S. economy to Canada have been assessed. It uses structural vector autoregressions to analyze … the role of financial linkages in real and financial spillovers from the United States to Canada. The implications of … Canada’s predictable price level have been analyzed. Innovative small and medium-size enterprises have significantly greater …

slowdown in large part has reflected the slowing in the United States economy, which has reduced growth in Canada’s exports and …

This paper documents two aspects of Canada’s regional diversity and compares the results with those across U.S. regions … the reduction in macroeconomic volatility in Canada after the introduction of inflation targeting is largely attributable …

This Selected Issues paper assesses the long-term fiscal position of Canada. Simulations based on current tax and … emerge in coming years are not resisted, and if measures are not put in place to contain the cost of health care …

put in place during the decade. The Bank of Canada raised interest rates markedly in 2000 as estimates of slack in the … reflect economic conditions in Canada and should aim to allow the economy to seek its productive potential without …

Between 1980 and 1995, labor productivity in the business sector grew at an average annual rate in Canada, which was … to labor productivity growth has been more modest in Canada than in the United States …

This report evaluates the Observance of Standards and Codes on the Fiscal Transparency Module for Canada. Fiscal … management in Canada meets the requirements of the fiscal transparency code and in a number of instances represents best practice … forecasts. Canada also deserves high marks for statistical integrity, impartial tax administration, open procurement, and a …