Belgium: Selected Background Issues

February 2, 1995

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Belgium: Selected Background Issues, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1995) accessed December 26, 2024

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.

Subject: Economic sectors, Employment, Labor, Public employment, Public sector, Wages

Keywords: Belgium, Belgium employment trend, Belgium general government deficit reduction, CR, Debt ratio, Employment, Global, Government, Import penetration, ISCR, Labor intensity, Market share, Public employment, Public sector, Public sector employment, Wages

Publication Details

Pages:

83
Volume:

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Issue:

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Series:

Country Report No. 1995/008
Stock No:

1BELEA0011995
ISBN:

9781451803044
ISSN:

1934-7685

Notes

This report on selected background issues in Belgium was prepared by a staff team of the International Monetary Fund as background documentation for the periodic consultation with this member country. In releasing this document for public use, confidential material may have been removed at the request of the member.

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