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in Bulgaria. Compared to the EU27 averages, activity and employment rates have remained low, and Bulgaria has significant … employment even during the crisis and measures to retrain and up-skill the unemployed and those at risk of lay-off is an …-term measures during the economic crisis ideally combine efforts to keep workers in employment through temporary publicly subsidized …
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for low income workers. Expanding employment opportunities and addressing the deficits in skills of large segments of the … inform the discussions of the future of social and employment policy among policy makers and the Peruvian society at large. …
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Lithuania's long-term economic strategy aims at building the foundations for achieving rapid convergence with Western European countries. The medium-term objective of the economic policy is to meet the economic criteria for accession and to get ready for membership in the European and Monetary...
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Employment and skills are at the core of Europe 2020, the European Union's (EU) competitiveness strategy, and are … economic crisis and because important reforms in employment and education have not yet been completed. The Europe 2020 Romania … report discusses the key challenges currently faced by Romania in the area of productive employment, and proposes a set of …
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"The authors describe the main trends of Brazil's fiscal policy during the past decade and analyze (1) the ability to raise the primary surplus in response to external shocks, (2) the pro-cyclical nature of fiscal policy, and (3) the long-run impact of government expenditure composition and...
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"The authors explore the relationship between fiscal rules and capital budgeting. The current budgetary approach to limit deficits to a fixed portion of GDP or to balance budgets could undermine incentives to invest in public capital with long-run returns since politicians concerned about...
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"This paper discusses trends in fiscal adjustment in Brazil since the 1990s, with particular emphasis on the strengthening of institutions for fiscal policymaking, and its effect on local government finances and their ability to invest in infrastructure building and upgrading. Although fiscal...
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