OECD economic surveys
Subtitle: Slovenia 2015
Series: OECD Economic Surveys; OECD economic surveys
Publisher: OECD
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Paris [France]
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9789264232228; 9789264232235
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Economic conditions; Economic policy; Economic history; Business & Economics; Economic History
Notes: "May 2015"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
Table of contents: title: ""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""; title: ""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""; title: ""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 ""; title: ""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; title: % 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 ""; title: ""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""