Economic Policy Reforms 2011
Going for Growth
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The global recovery from the deepest recession since the Great Depression is under way, but it remains overly dependent on macroeconomic policy stimulus and has not yet managed to significantly reduce high and persistent unemployment in many countries. Going for Growth 2011 highlights the structural reforms needed to restore long-term growth in the wake of the crisis. For each OECD country and, for the first time, six key emerging economies (Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Russia and South Africa), five reform priorities are identified that would be most effective in delivering sustained growth over the next decade. The analysis shows that many of these reforms could also assist much-needed fiscal consolidation and contribute to reducing global current account imbalances.
The internationally comparable indicators provided here enable countries to assess their economic performance and structural policies in a wide range of areas.
In addition, this issue contains three analytical chapters covering housing policies, the efficiency of health care systems and the links between structural policies and current account imbalances.
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Executive Summary
The global recovery from the deepest recession since the Great Depression has been underway for some time now, but it remains overly dependent on macroeconomic policy stimulus and has so far been insufficient to address high and persistent unemployment in many countries. With fiscal stimulus bound to be gradually withdrawn to address unsustainable public debt dynamics and little if any further support to be expected from monetary policy, the main challenge facing OECD governments today is turning a policydriven recovery into self-sustained growth. Speeding up the structural reform process, which outside the financial regulation area has slowed during the global recession, could make a decisive contribution in this regard. In a context of crisis recovery, priority may be given to reforms that are most conducive to short-term growth and help the unemployed and those outside the labour force to remain in contact with the labour market.
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