A Scandinavian level of taxes would be bearable if public services did not remain inferior to those offered in Scandinavia.

Not even pacific Scandinavia is exempt from this.

The Scandinavian countries showed the way two decades ago.

To Clotilde Lothman von Saxe Meningen, second daughter of the King of Scandinavia.

But the Scandinavian countries have shown that there is another way. Of course, government, like the private sector, must strive for efficiency.

This is the genius of social democracy, the philosophy pioneered in Scandinavia, but also deployed in many developing countries, such as Costa Rica.

The three Baltic states will most likely cooperate much more closely with the Scandinavian countries than with the other new members.

As the past decade shows, they have served the Scandinavian countries well during a period of extreme internationalization.

With average yearly GDP growth of 2.2 from 1995 to 2005 it fell short of the non Scandinavian countries of the EU 15, which grew by 2.8 on average.

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In the 1980 s, Scandinavian countries stood for chronic budget deficits, high inflation, and repeated devaluations.

When Chinese seek a benchmark model for social protection, they go on study trips to Scandinavia.

While we have some successful precedents, such as the Nordic model, it is difficult for nations to achieve this balance.

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Equality seems to have eluded central banks even in gender conscious Scandinavia.

It is no accident that religious reform in Scandinavia, Germany, England, the Netherlands, and the United States gave rise to today s global capitalism.

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The Inter American Convention against Corruption (OAS Convention) came into force in March 1997.

The first European version was launched in Scandinavia in 1997 by Viasat which now operates their own channel, Viasat History.

By the nineteenth century, the development of steam and other transport meant that one third of the population of Scandinavia, Ireland, and parts of Italy emigrated.

But the example set by Scandinavian countries, which combine a generous welfare state with pro business policies and traditions, repudiates such claims.

In the 2005 rankings, Iceland scored as the least corrupt country, with the Scandinavian countries, New Zealand, and Singapore close behind.

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Moreover, Italy spends around 4.5 of GDP on education, while the Scandinavian countries spend more than 6 of GDP.

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The project, now named Polar View, benefits from the participation of a number of Scandinavian countries as well.

Certain Scandinavian countries, Chinese provinces, and the city state of Singapore, for example, are ideally positioned to try this approach.

The Scandinavian social compact rests on the understanding that citizens must pay high taxes in exchange for public services.

France, it seems, does not yet share the real democratic culture of, say, Scandinavia.

But the commitments by the G8 and other key partners such as the Nordic states and the Netherlands also have played a critical role.