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Crystal furnace in Baccarat, France: measures to ease workweek limits only indirectly address original distortion, IMF says (photo: Newscom)
France and Structural Reforms: Time for a True Rupture
May 15, 2008
The French government has pushed through several reform initiatives, including measures to boost work, investment, and purchasing power, but the needed critical mass to boost lagging growth and tackle persistently high unemployment is still to come, the IMF says in its annual assessment of France's economy. 
