Belgium: Selected Issues
Electronic Access:
Free Download. Use the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view this PDF file
Summary:
Belgium has effected a remarkable fiscal adjustment, best illustrated by the decline in its public debt. While benefiting from an appreciable decline in interest rates, most of the underlying consolidation reflected a considerable increase in the tax burden, one of the highest in the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. This paper analyzes the social transfer system in Belgium. Belgium has a very accessible and equitable health care system. The system is characterized by high input levels and service volumes.
Series:
Country Report No. 2004/048
Subject:
Employment Expenditure Health Health care Health care spending Labor Unemployment
English
Publication Date:
February 27, 2004
ISBN/ISSN:
9781451803198/1934-7685
Stock No:
1BELEA0022004
Pages:
58
Please address any questions about this title to publications@imf.org