OECD Economic Surveys: Portugal
- Frequency :
- Every 18 months
- ISSN :
- 1999-0405 (online)
- ISSN :
- 1995-3348 (print)
- DOI :
- 10.1787/19990405
OECD’s periodic surveys of the Portuguese economy. Each edition surveys the major challenges faced by the country, evaluates the short-term outlook, and makes specific policy recommendations. Special chapters take a more detailed look at specific challenges. Extensive statistical information is included in charts and graphs.
OECD Economic Surveys: Portugal 1993
- Publication Date :
- 01 Jan 1993
- Pages :
- 120
- ISBN :
- 9789264165267 (PDF) ; 9789264139213 (print)
- DOI :
- 10.1787/eco_surveys-prt-1993-en
OECD's annual report on Portugal's economy. Part 1 of the survey reviews macroeconomic policies in the medium-term context, emphasizing the need for a better policy mix in order to achieve nominal convergence with other EC countries. Part II analyzes government expenditure trends, reforms to control them over recent years, and the allocation of public spending across different levels of government. Macroeconomic and structural policies are discussed in Part III, followed by a review of of recent trends and the presentation of OECD projections for 1993 and 1994 in Part IV.
Table of Contents
Introduction
I. The policy implications of the treaty on European Union
-Introduction
-The medium-term economic strategy
-Progress towards convergence
-Implications of the current policy mix
II. Controlling government expenditure
-The size of government: an international comparison
-Reforms to improve the control of government expenditure
III. Recent economic policies
-Fiscal policy
-Monetary and exchange-rate policy
-Structural policies
IV. Recent trends and projections
-Recent trends
-The outlook to end- 1994
V. Conclusions
Notes and references
Annexes
I. Bibliography
II. Supplementary table and diagram
III. Calendar of main economic events
IV. The size of government: some contributory factors
Statistical and structural annex