RETHINKING INDUSTRIAL POLICY bruegel policybrief

LAST EXIT TO LISBON bruegel policybrief

tised and a new system of governance. Of the three key changes advocated in the Kok report, only National Reform Programmes (NRPs) drawn up by the member states made it off the drawing board. The proposals to provide appropriate EU funding to support the Lisbon goals, and “name and shame” poor performing member states were rejected. The driving force of Lisbon 2 is thus national “ownership” of ...

Rethinking mental health policy-making in Iran: a letter to the editor

Global Imbalances: Time for Action

Bruegel, the Korea Institute for International Economic Policy, and the Peterson Institute for International Economics held a joint workshop in Washington on February 8 and 9, 2007, on how to achieve an orderly reduction in global imbalances. Thirty of the world’s leading experts presented analyses and evaluations of the requirements for such an adjustment. The discussions centered on two sets ...

Fei Xu - PolicyBrief

The East Asian Industrial Policy Experience: Implications for the Middle East

Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan are regarded as primary examples of countries that have derived great benefits from increasing integration with the international economy, without surrendering national autonomy in the economic or cultural spheres, by pursuing decidedly nonneutral policies with respect to the promotion of specific sectors and activities. This working paper addresses a series of qu...