Friday, April 22, 2005
OECD Issues Working Paper on Service Economy Issues
ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT WORKING PAPERS No. 427THE IMPACT OF STRUCTURAL POLICIES ON TRADE-RELATED ADJUSTMENT AND THE SHIFT TO SERVICES
By Per Mathis Kongsrud and Isabelle Wanner
http://www.olis.oecd.org/olis/
full-text, 86 pages]
Abstract:What policy reforms are most urgently needed to remove obstacles to outputand employment growth in service sectors and to enhance economies’ abilityto adjust to structural change as a result of changing trade patterns?This paper reviews the impact of the structural policy frameworkconditions on the development of the service sector and economies'adjustment capacities. The paper builds on and summarises a vast body ofprevious work and briefly reviews policy recommendations given tocountries in various surveillance processes in the OECD.
--Notice courtesy of the Institute for Workplace Studies, Cornell University
By Per Mathis Kongsrud and Isabelle Wanner
http://www.olis.oecd.org/olis/
full-text, 86 pages]
Abstract:What policy reforms are most urgently needed to remove obstacles to outputand employment growth in service sectors and to enhance economies’ abilityto adjust to structural change as a result of changing trade patterns?This paper reviews the impact of the structural policy frameworkconditions on the development of the service sector and economies'adjustment capacities. The paper builds on and summarises a vast body ofprevious work and briefly reviews policy recommendations given tocountries in various surveillance processes in the OECD.
--Notice courtesy of the Institute for Workplace Studies, Cornell University
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