maandag 28 september 2009
Euro Health Consumer Index 2009
La Belgique se classe 11e - sur 33 pays européens - en matière de soins de santé, selon l'Euro Health Consumer Index (EHCI), une enquête sur les soins de santé en Europe dont les résultats ont été publiés lundi. Avec ce résultat, le Royaume gagne une place par rapport à l'année passée.
Il ressort notamment de l'enquête, menée par le groupe de réflexion Health Consumer Powerhouse, soutenu par l'Union européenne, que la Belgique gagne des points grâce aux délais limités nécessaires pour accéder aux différents services proposés. Par contre, elle figure parmi les mauvais élèves en matière d'e-santé.
"Les Belges ont un accès aisé aux soins de santé", a expliqué Arne Björnberg, le responsable d'EHCI. "La Belgique est également un des seuls pays européens où les patients ont véritablement le choix de l'endroit où ils vont se faire soigner. Néanmoins, les résultats médicaux ne sont pas suffisamment bons pour que le pays entre dans le Top 10", a-t-il ajouté.
Le classement est dominé par les Pays-Bas, devant le Danemark, l'Islande et l'Autriche alors que la Roumanie et la Bulgarie ferment la marche.(7sur7, 28/09/09)
Consultez le rapport ici.
Conseil supérieur des finances: la politique fiscale et l'environnement
Lisez ce rapport du CSF ici.
Global capital markets: entering a new era
The current financial crisis and worldwide recession have abruptly halted a nearly three-decade-long expansion of global capital markets. After nearly quadrupling in size since 1980, world financial assets—including equities, private and public debt, and bank deposits—fell by $16 trillion last year to $178 trillion in 2008, the largest setback on record.
Read the full article and find the report from McKinsey & Company here.
Economic Crisis in Europe: Causes, Consequences and Responses
Read the complete report from the European Commission here.
Alternative assessment of Belgian competitiveness
This paper investigates graphically and econometrically the relationship between the relative positions, in terms of value added and relative prices, of Belgian manufacturing and market services in the European Union over 1970-2005. Relative prices are then decomposed into relative unit costs of factors of production. The analysis goes further by replacing relative unit labour cost with relative hourly wages and relative productivity. Finally, relative produc-tivity is replaced with relative capital deepening, relative labour composition effect and relative total factor productivity. All data are coming from the EUKLEMS database, March 2008 release.
Read the complete report here.
The long-lasting effects of the economic crisis
Economic events can have long-lasting non-economic effects. This column shows how economic circumstances affect individuals’ life-long beliefs. Individuals growing up during recessions tend to believe that success in life depends more on luck than on effort and support more government redistribution, but they are less confident in public institutions. The current severe recession may be forming a generation that is more risk-averse and believes more in redistribution.
Read the full article here.
Will the BRICs (read: China) really become the new global growth engine?
Can the BRICs replace the much-touted US consumer as the world’s main growth engine? This column says the Chinese economy will continue to increase relative to all others, while the US share of global output will stagnate. But while China’s relative contribution to global growth will increase, it won’t be “driving” growth in the developed economies.
Read the full article here.
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