JAMES E. VESTAL
- Published in print:
- 1995
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198290278
- eISBN:
- 9780191684814
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198290278.003.0007
- Subject:
- Business and Management, International Business, Political Economy
This chapter summarizes Japan's more recent experience with industrial policy, of interest because Japan's economic performance continues to surpass that of other major OECD nations. Although ...
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This chapter summarizes Japan's more recent experience with industrial policy, of interest because Japan's economic performance continues to surpass that of other major OECD nations. Although recovery from the first oil crisis was both difficult and protracted, the economy had largely adjusted to higher energy costs by 1978, and the second oil crisis presented few serious difficulties. Between 1973 and 1990, real GNP rose at an average annual rate slightly in excess of 4%, less than half the rate of the previous two decades but quite favourable for any developed nation. Finally, more efforts were devoted to helping industries adjust to a changed environment; measures to that end came to combine elements of anti-growth policy with those of pro-growth policy. Finally, the scope of pro-growth policy was limited almost solely to the promotion of new technologies.Less
This chapter summarizes Japan's more recent experience with industrial policy, of interest because Japan's economic performance continues to surpass that of other major OECD nations. Although recovery from the first oil crisis was both difficult and protracted, the economy had largely adjusted to higher energy costs by 1978, and the second oil crisis presented few serious difficulties. Between 1973 and 1990, real GNP rose at an average annual rate slightly in excess of 4%, less than half the rate of the previous two decades but quite favourable for any developed nation. Finally, more efforts were devoted to helping industries adjust to a changed environment; measures to that end came to combine elements of anti-growth policy with those of pro-growth policy. Finally, the scope of pro-growth policy was limited almost solely to the promotion of new technologies.
José-Luis Fernández and Cristiano Gori
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- January 2017
- ISBN:
- 9781447305057
- eISBN:
- 9781447311539
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447305057.003.0001
- Subject:
- Earth Sciences and Geography, Urban Geography
Since the 90s, long-term care policies have undergone significant transformations across many countries. In some instances, these changes have been the outcome of major explicit policy goals. In ...
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Since the 90s, long-term care policies have undergone significant transformations across many countries. In some instances, these changes have been the outcome of major explicit policy goals. In others, new systems have come about through the accumulation of incremental changes. As a result, LTC policy reforms in the last decades across OECD countries offer a rich body of experience that should inform the design of strategies for improving equity and efficiency in the LTC systems of the future. Therefore, the main purpose of this book is to analyse the range of solutions adopted internationally about how to organise, regulate and fund LTC services in the face of the growing needs of ageing societies. By adopting a public policy approach, this book examines the impact that the measures taken by the different public actors involved in the funding, regulation and commissioning of LTC have on dependent older people with different needs and their carers.Less
Since the 90s, long-term care policies have undergone significant transformations across many countries. In some instances, these changes have been the outcome of major explicit policy goals. In others, new systems have come about through the accumulation of incremental changes. As a result, LTC policy reforms in the last decades across OECD countries offer a rich body of experience that should inform the design of strategies for improving equity and efficiency in the LTC systems of the future. Therefore, the main purpose of this book is to analyse the range of solutions adopted internationally about how to organise, regulate and fund LTC services in the face of the growing needs of ageing societies. By adopting a public policy approach, this book examines the impact that the measures taken by the different public actors involved in the funding, regulation and commissioning of LTC have on dependent older people with different needs and their carers.
