## Kingdom of the Netherlands—Netherlands Antilles: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix

_IMF Staff Country Reports, July 19, 1999_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: July 19, 1999
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451800982.002

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### 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

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