[quote][b][url=/v3/forum/%C3%A9tats-unis-31/topic/croyez-vous-au-programme-jsf-144/?post=43205#post-43205]ex-texou[/url] a dit le 25/02/2009 à 19:01 :[/b]

[quote][b]CPB Says No New Dutch Jobs from JSF Project [/b]


(Source: Radio Netherlands; issued Feb. 25, 2009) 



The Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis (CPB) says taking part in the Joint Strike Fighter aircraft project will not create extra jobs in the Netherlands. The CPB says forecasts that thousands of new Dutch jobs would result from a government decision to work on the development of the new fighter jet are far too optimistic. 

MPs instigated the CPB inquiry which took a critical look at an earlier report produced by the professional services giant, PricewaterhouseCoopers. That report concluded 50,000 Dutch jobs would be created by the project, but the CPB says PricewaterhouseCoopers made major errors. 

In turn, Dutch companies due to take part in the production of the Joint Strike Fighter have rubbished the CPB report. (ends) 


[b]New Fighter Jet Won't Create Jobs, Says CPB [/b]


(Source: Dutch News; issued Feb. 25, 2009) 



The Netherlands participation in the US project to create a new jet fighter known as the JSF will not create many more jobs, according to the government's macro-economic advisory body CPB. 

MPs had asked the CPB to look into the effect of the jet on the the economy after PricewaterhouseCoopers claimed it would bring in EUR 16bn and produce 50,000 man years of employment. 

The CPB said PWC's forecasts were 'perhaps considerably overstated'. The advisory firm based its calculations on there being no increase in productivity between now and 2052 and included work done by Dutch multinational companies in foreign countries, the CPB said. 

But the organisation representing Dutch firms involved in developing the JSF told news agency ANP that the project had already led to Dutch firms winning orders worth up to EUR 800m. 

Meanwhile, the US government's audit office says it is too risky for the Netherlands to decide next year whether or not to order the JSF to replace the air force's aging F16s, ANP reports. 

Instead, the decision should be postponed to 2011 or 2012, the audit office told Dutch MPs in Washington on a fact-finding mission. (ends) 

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