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Availability: Low stock
Publication date: 21 Sep 2006
Language: English
Pages: 197
Tables: 43
Charts: 58
ISBN: 9789264026957
OECD Code: 102006131P1
Frequency: Every 18 months
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This 2006 edition of OECD's periodic survey of Japan's economy opens with an assessment of recent economic performance and the economic outlook. It then moves on to analyse key challenges faced by Japan including ending deflation an sustaining soundness in the banking sector, fiscal consolidation, income inquality and social spending, upgrading the innovation system, and improving the environment for inflow of direct investment and workers.
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Other languages:
French (Available (Print on Demand)) Japanese (Distributed by another publisher)
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Superseded by: OECD Economic Surveys: Japan 2009 - (Available)
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Table of contents:
Executive Summary
Assessment and Recommendations
Chapter 1. Key challenges to sustaining Japan’s improved economic performance
-Japan’s recent economic performance and outlook
-Ensuring a definitive end to deflation under a new monetary policy framework
-Achieving progress in fiscal consolidation over the medium term
-Addressing rising income inequality and poverty
-Boosting productivity growth by upgrading the innovation system
-Strengthening the integration of Japan in the world economy to benefit more fully from globalisation
-Conclusions
-Annex 1.A1. Taking stock of structural reforms
Chapter 2. Ensuring a definitive end to deflation and sustaining the soundness of the banking sector
-The exit from quantitative easing
-The new monetary policy framework
-Sustaining the financial soundness of the banking sector
-Conclusion
Chapter 3. A strategy for fiscal consolidation
-How much progress has Japan made in addressing its fiscal problem?
-Looking ahead: the government’s medium-term fiscal plan
-Policies to contain spending
-Policies to increase revenues
-Policy options
-Conclusion
-Annex 3.A1. The integrated expenditure and revenue reform
Chapter 4. Income inequality, poverty and social spending
-Factors responsible for the rising level of inequality in market income in Japan
-The impact of tax and social spending policies on income inequality
Relative poverty
-Conclusion
-Annex 4.A1. The measurement of inequality and poverty
-Annex 4.A2. The development of social spending in Japan
Chapter 5. Upgrading Japan’s innovation system to sustain economic growth
-Major challenges facing the innovation system in Japan
-Recent government initiatives to strengthen the national innovation system
-Policies to upgrade the national innovation system
-Conclusion
-Annex 5.A1. International comparison of innovation performance
Chapter 6. Strengthening the integration of Japan in the world economy to benefit more fully from globalisation
-Improving the climate for FDI inflows in Japan
-Accelerating international integration through trade
-Liberalising the inflow of workers to Japan
-Conclusion
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