OECD Economic Surveys [electronic resource].
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Paris : OECD Publishing,
2013.
OECD's 2013 Economic Survey of Ireland examines recent economic developments, policies and prospects. This issue's special chapters cover youth employment and innovation.
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Table of contents; Basic statistics or Ireland, 2012 ; Executive summary; Assessment and recommendations; Figure 1. Fiscal consolidation and structural reform efforts ; Figure 2. Sovereign risk premia; Growth recovery and economic rebalancing; Table 1. Demand, output and prices; Figure 3. Competitiveness ; Strong adherence to fiscal targets has brought debt closer to a declining path; Figure 4. Household debt as percentage of disposable income ; Figure 5. Non-financial corporations' debt as percentage of GDP ; Figure 6. Investment intensity in Knowledge-Based Capital
Returning the banking sector to healthTable 2. General government finance ; Figure 7. Fiscal efforts to reduce government debt to 60% of GDP by 2030 ; Figure 8. Ratio of non-performing loans to total gross loans ; Risks to the outlook; Figure 9. Financial conditions ; Box 1. Key recommendations on rebalancing the economy ; Building a pathway towards robust, sustainable and inclusive growth; Improving the business environment; Improving the government's expenditure and revenue mix; Make environmental protection and economic development more mutually supportive
Figure 10. CO2 emissions and real GDP changes, 2000-10 Strengthen confidence in government institutions by increasing transparency ; Box 2. Recommendations for reinvigorating growth ; Labour and social policies; Figure 11. Unemployment by duration ; Figure 12. Employment ratio ; Figure 13. Skills gap index ; Figure 14. NEET rates among youth in European countries ; Labour-market policy reforms are underway; Figure 15. Population in jobless households ; Table 3. Spending on active labour market programmes ; Training should be demand-driven to foster labour reallocation
More targeted and comprehensive policies for disadvantagedFigure 16. Minimum wage ; Ireland's strong social support system has cushioned the impact on poverty ; Box 3. Recommendations on labour market activation policies ; Improving the environment for innovation and entrepreneurship; Enhancing the institutional framework for innovation and enterprise supports; Figure 17. The expanding Irish innovation system ; Figure 18. Government support for research ; Figure 19. Expenditure per student by funding source in the tertiary education system in 2010
Improving framework conditions for innovation and entrepreneurs Box 4. Recommendations to foster innovation and entrepreneurship ; Bibliography; Annex A.1. Progress in structural reform; Annex A.2. Structural reforms to lift growth; Table A2.1. Scoresheet: Sustainable inclusive growth; Table A2.2. Structural levers to lift sustainable, inclusive, growth ; Chapter 1. Getting youth on the job track; The situation of youth in Ireland's labour market ; Figure 1.1. Youth labour market indicators ; Figure 1.2. Broader measures of young unemployment
Figure 1.3. Youth employment rates by sex, age and highest level of education attained
OECD's 2013 Economic Survey of Ireland examines recent economic developments, policies and prospects. This issue's special chapters cover youth employment and innovation.
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