OECD Economic Surveys
Greece has rebounded well from the COVID-19 crisis, generating strong employment growth. Increasing investment and exports, government support measures, implementation of the Greece 2.0 Recovery and Resilience Package and the reforms of the past decade have been supporting the economy.
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
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Paris :
Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development
2023.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | OECD Economic Surveys: Greece Series
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009720370406719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- Foreword
- Executive summary
- Greece's strong recovery is facing mounting external headwinds
- More effective public spending and revenue policies would foster fiscal sustainability and lasting growth
- A sustained recovery will require tackling long-standing challenges
- Ambitious policies are key to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions and prepare for a warming climate
- 1 Key Policy Insights
- Introduction
- External headwinds are slowing Greece's recovery
- After a strong rebound from the COVID crisis, headwinds are mounting
- Exports are expanding but Greece's current account remains in structural deficit
- Surging global prices are raising inflation
- Fiscal support is being gradually withdrawn while monetary conditions tighten
- Further progress is required to achieve a healthy banking sector
- The recovery is projected to pick up once the external headwinds drop
- Fiscal sustainability through more effective public investment, spending and revenue policy
- Raising the effectiveness of public spending
- Better disbursing public investment
- Strengthening the budget process to support higher-impact spending
- Raising the integrity of public spending and services
- Better staffing the public service
- A broader, more efficient and more equitable tax system
- A better operating labour market to boost employment and incomes
- Boosting the contributions of youth, women and foreign-born workers
- Ensuring wages reward skills and support competitiveness
- Reforming the public employment service to better activate and match jobseekers
- Boosting private investment to seize emerging opportunities
- Reviving the supply of finance for investment
- On-lending NextGenerationEU loans to private investors
- Developing alternative sources of finance
- Bolstering the private sector's willingness to invest.
- Helping the private sector to seize the opportunities of digitalisation
- Spatial planning to unblock investment in land
- Main policy findings and recommendations
- References
- 2 Transitioning to a green economy
- Climate change is making the transition to a green economy imperative
- Towards net-zero via the green energy transition
- Achieving the green energy transition is key for reaching emission targets
- Policies for reducing emissions from energy use across sectors at lowest cost
- Harmonising carbon prices to better encourage low-cost emission cuts across sectors
- Protecting vulnerable households while encouraging energy savings
- Growth, investment and fiscal implications of the green energy transition
- Containing the fiscal impact of the green transition
- Policy mixes to achieve the green energy transition in key sectors
- Shifting electricity production to renewable sources
- Boosting the role of renewable sources in the electricity system
- Assuring reliable energy from renewable sources
- Providing affordable electricity through a more competitive market
- Shifting transport to net zero emission fuels
- Cutting emissions in road transport
- Cutting emissions by moving transport off the road
- Making buildings part of the green energy transition
- Policies to adapt to a changing climate
- The impact of climate change on people and businesses in Greece will mount
- Policies can help people and businesses adapt to mounting climate change risks
- Encouraging businesses and people to adapt
- Investing in protective and resilient infrastructure
- Implementing the policies to transition to a green economy
- Developing, implementing and sustaining well-designed green policies
- Developing broad awareness of the challenges posed by climate change and the green economy transition.
- Achieving stakeholder consensus around green economy policy measures
- Policy certainty and stability support green investments
- Consolidating capacity to implement green transition policies
- Ensuring budget decisions support the green economy transition
- Supporting workers and firms in transitioning to the green economy
- Preparing workers for the green economy
- Helping firms seize the opportunities of the green economy
- Mobilising more private finance for the green economy transition
- Policy recommendations for transitioning to a green economy
- References.
