01645cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF000431 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451829310 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Netherlands : Selected Issues. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1997. 1 online resource (117 pages) IMF Staff Country Reports <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This Selected Issues paper examines Netherlands' experience with macroeconomic and structural reforms. The reforms, which were introduced gradually and in a consultative manner, were comprehensive in their coverage. They included a credible monetary policy, based on a tight link to the deutsche mark; expenditure-based fiscal consolidation, which allowed reduction of the tax burden as well as the fiscal deficit; and measures to stimulate both the supply and the demand side of the labor market. The labor market and associated social security reforms focused on measures to strengthen labor supply as well as labor demand. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 1997/069 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/1997/069/002.1997.issue-069-en.xml IMF e-Library