The report notes, however, that no institutional decree to such an effect was issued.

An even bigger failure may have been Western support for a major privatization scheme in the mid-1990's, the report notes.

And four of the commission's seven members later expressed some skepticism about their own conclusions, the report notes.

But there could also be hazards, the report notes.

The official Swiss policy, the report notes, did not change until 1972.

New mothers with husbands in the top 20 percent of earnings work least, the report notes.

The report notes, however, that the region's assessment has improved slowly since 1980.

The report notes, however, that 50 percent of the companies it surveyed posted a surplus.

But, as the report notes, lots of people still don't know about it.

As the report notes, work on several of the initiatives described in the Commission communication has already started.