OECD economic surveys
Subtitle: Greece 2013
Series: OECD Economic Surveys
Publisher: OECD
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Number of pages: 157
ISBN-13: 9789264206403; 9789264206397
Subjects: Economic conditions; Economic policy; Economic history; Business & Economics; Economic History
Other titles: Greece
Description: OECD's 2013 Economic Survey of Greece examines recent economic developments, prospects and policies. Special chapters cover restoring growth and fairly sharing the social impact of the crisis.
Notes: OECD code: 10 2013 19 1 P.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Table of contents; Basic statistics of Greece, 2012; Executive summary; Assessment and recommendations; Fostering an economic recovery; Weak private sector balance sheets and exports dim the outlook; Figure 1. Key indicators; Table 1. Macroeconomic indicators and projections; Figure 2. Price competitiveness and exports; Fiscal policy will remain tight with limited room for manoeuvre; Table 2. Official GDP projections and outcomes for Greece; Figure 3. Fiscal and debt developments; Table 3. Planned fiscal adjustment for 2013-14; Public debt sustainability.; title: Figure 4. Official projections of Maastricht debt and nominal GDPFigure 5. Alternative long-term debt sustainability scenarios; Table 4. Debt sustainability analysis: scenario assumptions and outcomes; Table 5. Greek government debt decomposition; Fiscal reforms to strengthen medium-term growth; Improving tax collection and reducing evasion; In-depth reform of the public administration; Figure 6. Government wage expenditure; Figure 7. International perception of corruption; Box 1. Recommendations for fiscal policy and government reform; Easing financial conditions more rapidly.; title: Figure 8. Financial market indicatorsBox 2. Recommendations for financial policy; Market reforms to foster growth; Figure 9. Responsiveness to OECD structural reforms recommended in Going for Growth; Product markets must work better to boost competitiveness and growth; Figure 10. Labour market; Figure 11. Overall product market regulation; Figure 12. Profit margins in selected sectors; Figure 13. Barriers to starting a business and to trade; Figure 14. Quality of transport infrastructure; Box 3. Recommendations to improve the functioning of markets.; title: Fairly sharing the costs and benefits of adjustmentFigure 15. GDP per capita; Figure 16. Income inequality and relative poverty; Table 6. Estimated inequality and poverty indices over the period 2009-12; Table 7. Disaggregating the redistributive effects of austerity and the wider recession; Figure 17. The impact of consolidation on household income; Better targeting of the welfare system resources can cushion the recession; Figure 18. Social welfare benefits (excluding pensions and health) are low; Figure 19. Jobless households increased.; title: Box 4. Recommendations for a more effective welfare systemEnsuring access to healthcare services, while containing costs; Box 5. Recommendations for health care services; Enhancing activation policies; Figure 20. Job-search monitoring; Strengthening the role of labour inspection to safeguard social outcomes; Box 6. Recommendations for labour market policy; Bibliography; Annex A.1. Progress in structural reform; Chapter 1. How to get growth going; Box 1.1. The Greek adjustment programme in perspective.