Table of contents; Assessment and recommendations; I. Macroeconomic performance; Tables; Boxes; Figures; II. Implementing structural reform: a review of progress; III. The tax system: past reforms and future challenges; Notes; Glossary of acronyms; Bibliography; Annex I - Main features of the tax system updated to 1 January 2000; Annex II - Calendar of main economic events; BASIC STATISTICS: INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS