OECD economic surveys. Spain 2018.

OECD economic surveys Spain 2018. Spain 2018.

The Spanish economy continues its strong growth, thanks to past structural reforms, robust employment growth and accommodative macroeconomic policies. However, the legacy of the crisis has not yet been fully overcome and imbalances remain.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (author)
Corporate Author: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, author, issuing body (author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Paris : OECD Publishing [2018]
Series:OECD Economic surveys (Series)
Subjects:
Economic development > Spain.
Spain > Economic policy.
Spain > Economic conditions.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009704567106719
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Basic Statistics of Spain, 2017
  • Executive Summary
  • Key Policy Insights
  • Recent macroeconomic developments and short-term prospects
  • The recovery has been robust and balanced
  • Growth is set to continue, but at a slower pace
  • Strengthening the financial system's resilience to new challenges
  • Fiscal policy to manage medium-term sustainability risks
  • Fiscal vulnerabilities need to be addressed
  • Addressing spending pressures from demographic challenges is crucial
  • Addressing medium-term challenges to well-being
  • Income and wealth inequality should be further reduced Using the tax and transfer system more efficiently and progressively
  • Addressing remaining challenges in labour markets
  • Improving education and skills
  • Reducing child poverty
  • There is room to make growth greener
  • Boosting productivity and trade
  • There is room to increase internationalisation further
  • Removing barriers to firm growth will help increase internationalisation
  • Boosting competition and reducing regulatory barriers
  • Improving public procurement
  • Fostering innovation
  • Migration can facilitate trade
  • Annex. Progress in main structural reforms
  • Thematic Chapter Chapter 1. Reducing regional disparities for inclusive growth
  • Challenges for lagging regions
  • Regional disparities in well-being are more pronounced than disparities in income
  • Regional dispersion in labour market outcomes is high
  • Low skills can be a barrier to growth in lagging regions
  • Low productivity growth also contributes to regional disparities
  • Barriers to economies of scale can hold back productivity growth of regions and firms
  • Lack of an environment conducive to productivity growth in lagging regions
  • Addressing regional disparities in labour market outcomes Improving the employability of low-skilled unemployed
  • Boosting labour mobility
  • Better integrating labour market and social policies
  • Making housing more flexible and affordable
  • Lowering regional disparities in education outcomes
  • Improving the adaptability of workers through lifelong learning
  • Ensuring a better matching of skills with labour market needs
  • Training vouchers
  • Vocational education and training
  • Boosting digital skills
  • Raising the overall level of basic skills and increasing equality of opportunity
  • Boosting productivity and firm dynamism across regions Reducing regulatory differences
  • Raising the ability of regions to benefit from spillovers
  • Improving allocation of resources
  • Enhancing innovation performance
  • Boosting international spillovers
  • Getting the most out of decentralisation
  • Improving evaluation, coordination and sharing of best practices
  • Strengthening the fiscal framework and rules
  • High degree of fiscal decentralisation
  • Reforming the regional financing system
  • Improving fiscal rules
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