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Belgium Selected Background Issues

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 respect. It discusses alternative indicators, including...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: International Monetary Fund
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. International Monetary Fund 1995
Series:IMF Staff Country Reports
Subjects:
Finance, Public
Public-private Enterprises
Labour; Income Economics
Employment; Economic Theory
Public Enterprises
Public Sector
Wages, Compensation, And Labor Costs: General
Aggregate Labor Productivity
Unemployment
Public Employment
Economic Sectors
Aggregate Human Capital
Labor
Labor Economics: General
Civil Service & Public Sector
Macroeconomics
Wages
Intergenerational Income Distribution
Employment
Labor Economics
Belgium
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Collection: International Monetary Fund - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary: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 respect. It discusses alternative indicators, including the current account of the balance of payments, and concludes that competitiveness is not currently a problem in Belgium. The paper also analyzes the rise in the current account surplus, and links it to the saving-investment balance
Physical Description:83 pages
ISBN:9781451803044

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