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To promote transparency and provide information, the Federal Planning Bureau regularly publishes the methods and results of its works. The publications are organised in different series, such as Outlooks, Working Papers and Planning Papers. Some reports can be consulted here, along with the Short Term Update newsletters that were published until 2015. You can search our publications by theme, publication type, author and year.
Other publications - FORVERG201501 (fr), (nl),
Other publications - OPHermes201501 (fr), (fr), (nl),
Other publications - REP_ENERG_1301 (fr), (nl),
European Regulation 691/2011 obliges the member states of the European Union to deliver three environmental economic accounts as of 2013. The accounts concerned are the Environmental Taxes by Economic Activity (ETEA), the Air Emissions Accounts (AEA) and the Economy-Wide Material Flow Accounts (EW-MFA).
In this publication the National Accounts Institute presents the EW-MFA for the years 2008-2012.
Other publications - EWMFA 2014 (fr), (nl),
In this publication the National Accounts Institute presents the ETEA for the years 2008-2012.
Other publications - ETEA 2014 (fr), (nl),
In this publication the National Accounts Institute presents the AEA for the years 2008-2012.
Other publications - AEA 2014 (fr), (nl),
Other publications - FORVERG201401 (fr), (nl),
Other publications - Input-Output Table 2010 (fr), (nl),
In this publication the National Accounts Institute presents the EW-MFA for the years 2008-2011.
Other publications - EWMFA 2013 (fr), (nl),
Other publications - GECE_EGCW_1302 (mix),
In this publication the National Accounts Institute presents the ETEA for the years 2008-2011.
Other publications - ETEA 2013 (fr), (nl),
In this publication the National Accounts Institute presents the AEA for the years 2008-2011.
Other publications - AEA 2013 (fr), (nl),
Within the context of the economic stimulus plan adopted at the end of 2012, the government set up a group of experts from the National Bank of Belgium (NBB), the Federal Planning Bureau (FPB), the High Council for Employment (HCE), the Directorate General Statistics and Economic Information (DGSEI), the Central Economic Council (CEC) and Eurostat. The group was charged with the following missions:
To complete these missions, the group of experts has drawn up this two-part report. The first part (A) deals with productivity and labour costs and the second part (B) discusses training efforts by enterprises.
Other publications - GECE_EGCW_1301 (mix),
The present document is the second biannual progress report in which the Federal Planning Bureau (FPB) gives an account of the monitoring of the economic stimulus strategy announced by the Federal government in the summer of 2012.
It offers an overview of the measures to follow up and reviews the progress of their implementation (situation on 30 June 2013). In addition, the report attempts to provide a first analysis of those measures. Through a number of selected indicators, it presents a numerical benchmark before implementation or, when possible, a first ex ante impact assessment.
Other publications - OPREP201302 (fr), (nl),
Other publications - FORVERG201301 (fr), (nl),
In 2011, the four Belgian ministers (1 federal, 3 regional) in charge of energy commissioned a consortium consisting of three scientific partners, being the Federal Planning Bureau (FPB), the Institut de Conseil et d'Etudes en Développement Durable (ICEDD) and the Vlaams Instituut voor Technologisch Onderzoek (VITO) to analyse the feasibility as well as the impact of a Belgian energy system transformation towards 100% renewable energy by 2050. This target is not focalized on the sole power sector, it applies to all primary energy consumed on the Belgian territory.
The main question that is raised in this publication is whether Belgium is able to fully function on renewable energy sources by 2050. Although the objective is highly ambitious, this study shows that it is (technically) possible. The switch to an all renewable system would require a total investment of 300 to 400 billion euro during the period up to 2050. At the same time, however, the transition offers an answer to many challenges.
Other publications - ENERG_1201 (en),
Other publications - FORVERG201201 (fr), (nl),
Other publications - OPREP201201 (fr), (mix), (nl),
Other publications - OPVERG201201 (fr), (fr), (nl), (nl),
Projections of use and supply of formal and informal carried out in Work Package 6 of the ANCIEN project show that if current patterns of care use and supply prevail, supply of care is likely to fall behind demand. This paper discusses the key policy implications of these findings. Meeting the required care capacity poses multifarious challenges for European welfare states, namely: how to limit the growing burden of LTC expenditure on social security or government budgets, especially in countries that rely heavily on formal care, and how to avoid an increased informal caregiver burden, while at the same time ensuring adequate care for disabled older persons. Technological advances could help close the care gap, by reducing the need for care and boosting the productivity of formal and informal care workers, or by lessening the need for care. As it is impossible to assess whether these efficiency gains will suffice to bridge the care gap, policies should anticipate an increasing care burden and plan accordingly for how to deal with its consequences.
Other publications - ANCIEN_201202 (en),
This report presents results of projections of use and supply of long-term care for older persons in four countries representative of different long-term care systems: Germany, the Netherlands, Spain and Poland. Using a standardised methodology, the projections show that between 2010 and 2060, the numbers of users of residential care, formal home care and informal care are projected to increase in all countries, but at different rates. The results also indicate that if current patterns of care use and supply prevail, supply of informal and formal care is likely to fall behind demand. Measures to increase LTC capacity will be needed in all countries; the key policy implications of these findings are discussed in Policy Brief No. 12 in this series.
Other publications - ANCIEN_201201 (en),
Other publications - EPG 2008-2020 – Final report (fr), (nl),
Other publications - OPCOMP2011_1 (fr), (nl),
Other publications - OPVERG201101 (fr), (nl),
Other publications - OPBFPBNB_11_01 (fr), (nl),