NDLI: Promoting competition to strengthen economic growth

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OECD Economic Surveys: Belgium 2009

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Assessment and recommendations

Coping with the crisis while pursuing structural reforms

Securing fiscal sustainability during the economic downturn and beyond

Improving fiscal federalism

How to reform the tax system to enhance economic growth

Promoting competition to strengthen economic growth

Promoting competition to strengthen economic growth

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Organization	OECD
Abstract	Prices for many goods and services are higher than in other countries, reflecting generally weak competitive pressures. The government has recently introduced several reforms to strengthen the competition policy framework. Nevertheless, to reap the full benefits of competitive markets, past reforms should be complemented with a number of further measures. The powers of the Competition Authority can still be enhanced. Its effective degree of independence, substantially improved in the recent reform, and its accountability should be monitored in order to assess whether further measures in this direction are needed. In the retail sector competition-restricting regulations still protect existing companies against new entry and inhibit the diffusion of new business models and technologies. The reform efforts in the network sectors remain patchy. In the energy and telecommunication sectors the main issues are the dominant positions of the incumbents and the failure of network sector regulators to introduce a level playing field in order to allow new entry and expansion of competitors. In other sectors, such as postal services and rail transport, major steps towards liberalisation are still to come. Overall, sectoral regulators will need more independence and powers in order to tackle uncompetitive behaviour of the incumbents, while better communication between the regulatory authorities is necessary. These steps should help to secure the necessary basis for bringing productivity growth in line with best performance.
Page Count	34
Starting Page	113
Ending Page	142
Language	English
Publisher	OECD Publishing
Publisher Date	2009-07-08
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Economics
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Chapter

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