OECD Economic Surveys New Zealand 2024.
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Paris :
Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development
2024.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | OECD Economic Surveys: New Zealand Series
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009823000306719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- FOREWORD
- Glossary of acronyms
- Country acronyms
- Executive summary
- The economy is rebalancing
- Raising competition and productivity
- Towards higher quality and more equality of opportunity in education
- Adapting to climate change while reducing emissions
- Main findings and key recommendations
- 1 Rebalancing towards more inclusive and sustainable growth
- 2 Macroeconomic developments and policy challenges
- 2.1. The economy is rebalancing
- 2.1.1. Labour market shortages are easing
- 2.1.2. Modest economic growth is projected
- 2.1.3. Risks originating offshore cloud the outlook
- 2.2. Financial stability risks appear to be contained but need to be monitored
- 2.3. Monetary policy will remain tight for an extended period
- 2.3.1. Monetary policy faces challenging waters
- 2.3.2. The mandate of the RBNZ has been clarified and narrowed
- 2.4. Fiscal policy should be gradually tightened
- 2.4.1. Spending slippage has played an important role in the deterioration in public finances
- 2.4.2. Ageing-related spending will put pressure on government finances
- 2.4.3. The fiscal framework needs to be strengthened
- 2.5. Investment has fallen behind the needs created by high net inward migration
- 2.6. Lifting productivity growth remains the key to sustainably improving living standards
- References
- 3 Revamping competition
- 3.1. Introduction
- 3.2. Despite great strides, policy settings can be made more pro-competitive
- 3.2.1. Regulatory barriers are uneven in New Zealand
- Business dynamism, the regulatory burden and access to public procurement
- There is potential to increase foreign direct investment
- State ownership remains high in New Zealand and SOE performance is mixed
- 3.2.2. The competition policy framework has become more comprehensive.
- 3.3. Using competition policy to offset the tyranny of size and distance
- 3.3.1. Bringing more competition to the retail, dairy and financial sectors
- Market studies have revealed common factors behind a lack of competition in the retail sector
- Favouring the emergence of new players in the dairy industry
- Bank profitability is high in New Zealand
- 3.3.2. Making competition work in network sectors: transport, utilities and telecoms
- New Zealand is highly reliant on air transport
- Maintaining a level playing field between the different actors in the electricity market
- Mobile telecommunications remain expensive and underutilised
- 3.4. Adapting the regulatory framework to new challenges
- 3.4.1. Giving more power and a stronger mandate to the Commerce Commission
- Revising merger control, the consumer benefit test and 'call-in' powers
- Narrowing exceptions and carveouts to the prerogatives of the Commerce Commission
- Giving more voice to consumer protection in the legal system
- 3.4.2. Fostering growth and competition in digital markets
- Assessing market power and market dominance in digital markets
- Data access and portability
- 3.4.3. Corruption is low in New Zealand but ethics rules could be further strengthened
- Findings and recommendations
- References
- 4 Ensuring the tide lifts all boats: Improving quality and equity in schools across New Zealand
- 4.1. Declining school education performance and ongoing inequity are a serious threat to New Zealand's prosperity
- 4.2. Achievement has fallen and inequality remains high
- 4.2.1. Results have fallen in primary and secondary education
- 4.2.2. Equity in education outcomes is not improving
- 4.2.3. Raising attendance requires action on multiple fronts including reducing bullying.
- 4.3. Greater focus on policy implementation is the key to ensuring better quality and equity
- 4.3.1. There are obstacles to implementation: a high-trust model suffering from doubt
- The Ministry of Education needs to continue developing its more active local support role
- 4.3.2. The education system's significant assets could be leveraged more
- Collaboration between schools should be boosted further
- An excellence fund to help spread best practice
- Spreading best practice from the Kaupapa Māori and Māori medium pathway to the English medium pathway
- The Education Review Office has an important role to play in spreading best practice
- 4.3.3. Improving the curriculum and its implementation are critical to lifting achievement
- Content in the national curriculum should be set out more precisely
- Teachers should be given more support to implement the curriculum
- 4.3.4. Student assessment should focus more on individual progress and encourage deeper and broader learning
- 4.3.5. Teachers need more support from initial teacher education to the end of their careers
- The attractiveness of the teaching profession seems to be eroding
- Raising the quality of teaching is a key lever to improve achievement for all children
- More career paths should be available for teachers
- 4.3.6. There is room to ease the burden on school leadership
- 4.4. Socio-economic status is an important factor driving learning outcomes
- 4.4.1. Targeting public education funding better to improve achievement and equity
- Lifting participation in high quality early childhood education and care would pay large returns
- Continuously improving equity funding formulas
- 4.4.2. New Zealand has increased cultural awareness markedly but there is more to do
- 4.4.3. Addressing the needs of every child.
- Tackling parent attitudes, bullying and discipline is key to increasing attendance rates
- Ability grouping within classes at schools is extensive and may run counter to equity objectives
- Assisting children with disabilities and extra learning needs
- The objectives and regulation of partnership schools need to be carefully designed
- Findings and recommendations
- References
- 5 A fight on two fronts: Adapting to climate change and reducing GHG emissions
- 5.1. Introduction
- 5.2. Adapting to climate change
- 5.2.1. An enhanced policy and implementation framework for adaptation
- 5.2.2. Insurance in a hotter world with more extreme weather
- 5.2.3. Land-use planning and infrastructure
- 5.2.4. Towards a low emission and secure electricity supply
- 5.3. Accelerating efforts to reduce GHG emissions
- 5.3.1. Policy priorities for emissions reduction
- 5.3.2. Improving the emissions reduction plan
- 5.3.3. The role of forest removals in the NZ ETS needs to be revisited
- 5.3.4. Reducing emissions in priority areas
- Reducing emissions from agriculture
- Reducing transport emissions
- Reducing emissions from buildings
- Findings and recommendations
- References.
