Kingdom of the Netherlands—Netherlands Antilles: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix
IMF Staff Country Reports, July 19, 1999
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- Kingdom of the Netherlands—Netherlands Antilles: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix
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Bibliographic details
- Published: July 19, 1999
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451800982.002
Summary / Purpose
- Explores four policy issues that are crucial for understanding recent performance of the economy of the Netherlands Antilles and for restoring the prospect of durable economic growth:
- fiscal policy
- public sector pension reforms
- monetary management
- labor market performance
- Reviews experience with fiscal adjustment in the Netherlands Antilles, focusing in particular on the 1996–97 adjustment program.
- Analyzes the sustainability of the public pension system of the country.
Major findings and analytical focus
- Fiscal policy
- Review of fiscal adjustment experience, with emphasis on the 1996–97 adjustment program.
- Public sector pension reforms
- Analysis of the sustainability of the public pension system.
- Monetary management
- Included as a central policy area examined for its role in recent economic performance.
- Labor market performance
- Examined as a key determinant of the economy’s prospects for durable growth.
Subject classifications and keywords
- Subject: Expenditure, Labor, Labor markets, Pension spending, Pensions, Revenue administration
- Keywords: Antillean economy well, Antillean labor market, Caribbean, CR, credit growth, economy, economy of the Netherlands Antilles, economy's flexibility, government, ISCR, labor market performance, Labor markets, Pension spending, Pensions, premium
Content in this bundle
- Netherlands Antilles: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix - ISCR/99/65