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Tabla de Contenidos: “…. -- Assessing North Macedonia's development performance -- People towards better lives for all -- Prosperity boosting productivity -- Partnerships and financing financing sustainable development -- Peace and institutions strengthening governance -- Planet conserving nature -- Suggestions for strategic priorities for North Macedonia -- References -- Notes -- 13 Impact of COVID-19 in North Macedonia -- Evolution of the pandemic -- Policy responses and economic impact -- Dimensions of vulnerability to further socio-economic impact from COVID-19 -- Material well-being and social protection -- Health and non-material well-being -- References -- 14 Multi-dimensional analysis of development in North Macedonia -- People towards better lives for all -- Improving well-being for all -- LGBTI communities face continued discrimination and little acceptance in a rather conservative society -- Prioritising quality jobs and equal participation for all -- Young people and women are excluded from the labour market and society as a whole -- Labour market institutions need to be strengthened -- Boosting education quality at all levels -- Improving health and social protection coverage for all -- The rising burden of lifestyle diseases and adverse child health outcomes need to be addressed by increased healthcare funding and more efficient organisation, especially in public PHC -- Despite recent reforms, the current social protection system is not fully financially sustainable due to a low formal worker contribution base -- Prosperity boosting productivity -- Weak linkages between the FDI sector and the rest of the economy have mitigated the structural transformation of the economy -- Weak FDI spillovers and productivity growth have negatively affected economic growth and job creation -- Strengthening human capital can help turning FDI into stronger economic growth and quality jobs -- Firms face significant skills gaps and weak capacities for innovation and technology adoption -- North Macedonian firms do not invest sufficiently in innovation or meet quality standards necessary for GVC integration -- Boosting skills is essential for productivity growth and GVC integration -- Political and regulatory uncertainty and corruption discourage investment and enterprise growth -- Partnerships and financing financing sustainable development -- The fiscal space has narrowed, limiting the scope for further provision of economic stimulus -- Revenue performance is constrained by high informality, low tax rates and high exemptions -- Current expenditures are high and crowd out capital spending -- Financing is constrained, particularly for SMEs -- Peace and institutions strengthening governance -- Lagging fiscal capacity, a complex system of transfers and inefficient territorial organisation may hamper decentralisation reforms -- The approach to regional development is confusing and creates inefficiencies -- The judicial system suffers from undue external interference -- Agricultural land is still very fragmented, undermining productivity and sustainability -- North Macedonia has made significant progress in strengthening statistical capacity, but the lack of a census and prevailing gaps in social statistics prevent accurate policy design -- Planet conserving nature -- North Macedonia is highly exposed and vulnerable to multiple hazards -- North Macedonia is vulnerable to earthquakes, floods and extreme temperatures -- Complex institutional organisation for disaster management and lack of disaster risk reduction (DRR) integration into sectoral planning produce inefficiencies in practice -- The environmental quality of life of all Macedonians is deteriorating -- Air pollution is a serious threat -- Waste management remains a challenge in North Macedonia -- The efficiency of water management needs to be improved -- The enforcement and implementation of environmental legislation remains weak -- North Macedonia is highly dependent on coal, and energy supply is not sufficiently secure and efficient -- North Macedonia highly depends on domestic and heavily polluting coal production, and energy imports -- Energy supply is unreliable in North Macedonia -- Energy production is not efficient and has an environmental impact -- References -- Notes -- Part VI Assessing opportunities and constraints in Serbia -- Assessing opportunities and constraints in Serbia -- 15 Overview: Identifying strategic opportunities for Serbia -- Towards a vision for Serbia in 2030: a healthy, cohesive, more inclusive and equal society and a clean environment built on economic and social development through education, skills and digitalisation in combination with good governance, democracy, d.…”

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