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  • 19-December-2017

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    Making the business environment more supportive of productivity in Belgium

    A favourable business environment is crucial to boosting Belgium’s productivity and inclusiveness and to sustain improvements in long-term economic prosperity.

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  • 19-December-2017

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    Deepening regional integration within the Southern African Development Community (SADC)

    Deepening regional integration within the Southern African Development Community (SADC) will raise potential growth for all member countries.

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  • 19-December-2017

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    Lowering barriers to entrepreneurship and promoting small business growth in South Africa

    Lowering high levels of unemployment and inequality are amongst the largest challenges facing South Africa.

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  • 19-December-2017

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    Export and productivity in global value chains – comparative evidence from Latvia and Estonia

    This paper investigates the effect of export entry on productivity, employment and wages of Latvian and Estonian firms in the context of global value chain (GVC).

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  • 12-December-2017

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    The distribution of taxable income and fiscal benefits in Spain: new evidence from personal income tax returns (2002-2011)

    The personal tax system has a large influence on incentives to work, save and invest and hence growth. At the same time it is a key policy lever for income redistribution.

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  • 12-December-2017

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    Boosting productivity in Switzerland

    Swiss GDP per capita stands amongst the top OECD performers. However, to face medium-term challenges productivity developments will be key to allow the country to maintain its enviable position.

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  • 12-December-2017

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    Ensuring a dynamic skills-training and life-long learning system in Switzerland

    Switzerland makes more use of its human resources than most other OECD countries. Labour force participation is high and the unemployment rate low for most segments of society.

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  • 12-December-2017

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    The middle income plateau: trap or springboard?

    The mixed growth performance of emerging market economies has revived angst about a "middle-income trap".

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  • 11-December-2017

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    Capital-embodied technological progress and obsolescence: how do they affect investment behaviour?

    This paper analyses how technological progress embodied in capital goods raises productivity and income, while at the same time it can modify the allocation of consumption, investment and the capital stock.

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