Portugal: Reforming the State to promote growth [electronic resource] /
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and DevelopmentContent Provider
Paris : OECD Publishing,
2013.
Drawing on the OECD’s expertise in comparing country experiences and identifying best practices, the Better Policies series tailors the OECD’s policy advice to the specific and timely priorities of member and partner countries, focusing on how governments can make reform happen.
Foreword 3 Introduction 4 Main Findings and Recommendations 6 PART I. BOOSTING PRODUCTIVITY AND RESTORING COMPETITIVENESS WITH STRUCTURAL REFORMS 7 Chapter I.1. Further improving product market regulation and the business environment 10 -Potential gains from product market reforms 10 -Strengthening the institutional framework 12 -Making the regulation of network industries more competition-friendly 13 -Electricity sector 14 -Gas 15 -Telecommunications 16 -Retail trade and professional services&nbsp;16 Chapter I.2. Enhancing transport infrastructure 18 -Financing issues 18 -Road&nbsp;19 -Railways 20 -Ports&nbsp;21 Chapter I.3. Boosting innovation 23 -Strengthening the commercial impact of public research 23 -Strengthening industrial innovation and entrepreneurship 24 -Strengthening the skills composition of the labour force 25 -Promoting eco-innovation 25 Chapter I.4. Promoting skills development 26 -Improving skills through better initial education 27 -Ensuring a better match between education and the needs of the economy 30 -Supporting adult training 31 -Avoiding the human capital scars of the crisis 31 Chapter I.5. Improving labour market performance 34 -Addressing labour market segmentation 34 -Reforming wage-setting mechanisms 36 -Reducing non-wage labour costs&nbsp;36 -Reviewing the unemployment benefit system and strengthening active labour market policies 36 PART II. SUPPORTING EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL COHESION WITH TAXATION AND SOCIAL POLICY REFORMS 39 Chapter II.1. Improving the structure of the tax system 40 -Shifting the tax burden away from labour 40 -Getting more from property taxes&nbsp;41 -Rationalising VAT by further reducing the scope of exemptions and reduced rates 41 -Raising revenue from environmental taxes 41 -Enhancing tax efficiency by reducing complexity and tax expenditures&nbsp;43 -Further improving tax administration 43 Chapter II.2. Promoting social cohesion 45 -Further targeting family support policies&nbsp; 48 -Addressing the impact of ageing on social expenditure 49 PART III. EQUIPPING THE STATE TO SUPPORT ROBUST AND INCLUSIVE GROWTH 53 Chapter III.1. Improving the Government’s capacity to steer and lead policy 54 -Strengthening the Centre of Government for greater effectiveness&nbsp;54 -Strengthening the capacities of the senior civil service 55 -Ensuring effective partnership and communication between the senior civil service and ministers 56 Chapter III.2. Strengthening the reform process from design to implementation and monitoring&nbsp;58 -Enhancing the long-term vision of reform design 58 -Strengthening evidence-based design and policy-making 59 -Tracking performance and reform progress 60 Chapter III.3. Improving human resource management&nbsp; 62 -A strategic framework for HRM 62 -Strategic workforce planning 63 Chapter III.4. Strengthening fiscal management 66 -Strengthening the budget framework 66 -Improving the governance of SOEs and PPPs 67 -Strengthening procurement systems 69 -Managing EU funds effectively 70 -Strengthening sub-national public financial management 71 -Reducing the cyclicality of sub-national government revenue 72 -Enhancing the efficiency of local expenditure 73 -Better governance for better investment outcomes 73
Drawing on the OECD’s expertise in comparing country experiences and identifying best practices, the Better Policies series tailors the OECD’s policy advice to the specific and timely priorities of member and partner countries, focusing on how governments can make reform happen.
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