OECD economic surveys : Slovenia 2015.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, issuing body.

Series:

OECD Economic Surveys, 1609-7513

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slovenia--Economic conditions.

Slovenia.

Slovenia--Economic policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (154 p.)

Place of Publication:

Paris, [France] : OECD, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This OECD Economic Survey of Slovenia examines recent economic developments, policies and prospects. Special chapters cover raising competitiveness and sustainable growth and the economic consequences of ageing.

Contents:

""Table of contents""; ""Basic Statistics of Slovenia, 2013""; ""Acronyms""; ""Executive summary""; ""Main findings""; ""Key recommendations""; ""Assessment and recommendations""; ""Figure 1. Growth was strong after independence ""; ""Figure 2. Rapid catch-up stalled after the crisis ""; ""Figure 3. Income inequality is low ""; ""Figure 4. Well-being outcomes: Better Life Index ""; ""Table 1. Reforms approved and being implemented""; ""Macroeconomic outlook""; ""Economic recovery remains fragile""; ""Table 2. The impact of recent structural reforms on GDP over 5 and 10 years""

""Figure 5. Key macroeconomic developments """"Table 3. Macroeconomic indicators and projections""; ""Restoring the financial sector and corporate deleveraging""; ""Figure 6. The banking sector was hit hard by the boom-bust credit cycle, but restructuring efforts have resulted in improvements ""; ""Figure 7. The banking sector remains weak and credit activity is subdued ""; ""Enhancing the role of BAMC in dealing with bad assets""; ""Improving bank supervision and business practices of banks""; ""An improved insolvency framework will speed up corporate restructuring""

""Figure 8. The debt overhang is concentrated in a few companies """"Figure 9. Deleveraging has been under way, while corporates still face elevated funding costs ""; ""Recommendations on restructuring and deleveraging the banking sector and the corporate sector ""; ""Ensuring sustainable public finances""; ""Figure 10. The government pursues fiscal consolidation but public debt keeps rising ""; ""Figure 11. Structural primary surpluses will be needed to stabilise debt while age-related expenditures will exert additional pressure ""; ""Figure 12. Public expenditure is high and rising ""

""Structural reform of public expenditure is key to reducing public debt""""Table 4. Inactivity traps and unemployment traps are high in international comparison ""; ""Figure 13. Salaries in the public sector are low ""; ""Tax mix to better support growth""; ""Figure 14. Marginal tax wedge is high - % of total earnings, 2013 ""; ""Figure 15. There is room to raise property taxes ""; ""Recommendations on fiscal sustainability ""; ""The economic consequences of population ageing""; ""Figure 16. Old-age dependency ratio and projected public pension expenditure ""

""The pension system is not sustainable despite recent reforms""""Expenditures on health and long-term care will grow strongly""; ""Figure 17. A big rise in health and long term care expenditures is projected in the future ""; ""Increasing the labour market participation of older workers""; ""Figure 18. The labour force participation rate of older workers is low ""; ""Recommendations to deal with the consequences of population ageing""; ""Raising living standards and long-term growth by improving the business environment""; ""Labour market policies for more jobs""

""Figure 19. Employment protection was reduced in 2013 ""

Notes:

"May 2015"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 18, 2015).

ISBN:

9789264232242

9264232249

9789264232235

9264232230