29 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +7 sectoral
Explanation:
The EU uses Sectoral Policies, to mean of a sector of the economy, macro-economically speaking. The US Census list the areas below as the Sectors of the US Economy:
Economic data
by sector
Construction
Governments
Manufacturing
Mining
Retail trade
Services
Transportation
Wholesale trade International trade
The French may have a slightly different take on that but the idea is the same. They are Sectors of the economy or government and they have sectoral policies. It may be limited to the Ministries only..it depends..in that case, for example, education would be a sector.
cheers
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Note added at 31 mins (2005-10-29 14:50:54 GMT)
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As the US is not as top-down oriented as the French, we would not say, have a sectoral policy for mining but might very well have one, for say, transportation.
| Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
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| | Grading comment | Thanks Jane - this was my first reflex and then I thought, hmmm, maybe I should ask? Very helpful :-) |
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