Economic Policy Reforms 2011
Going for Growth

The global recovery from the deepest recession since the Great Depression is under way, but it remains overly dependent on macroeconomic policy stimulus and has not yet managed to significantly reduce high and persistent unemployment in many countries. Going for Growth 2011 highlights the structural reforms needed to restore long-term growth in the wake of the crisis. For each OECD country and, for the first time, six key emerging economies (Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Russia and South Africa), five reform priorities are identified that would be most effective in delivering sustained growth over the next decade. The analysis shows that many of these reforms could also assist much-needed fiscal consolidation and contribute to reducing global current account imbalances.
The internationally comparable indicators provided here enable countries to assess their economic performance and structural policies in a wide range of areas.
In addition, this issue contains three analytical chapters covering housing policies, the efficiency of health care systems and the links between structural policies and current account imbalances.
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Germany
The GDP per capita gap relative to the upper half of OECD countries has narrowed somewhat since the mid- 2000s, but a labour utilisation gap remains. Reforms of the short-time work scheme during the crisis have prevented excessive layoffs. Work incentives are also being strengthened in 2011 by phasing out the temporary supplementary benefit paid to certain long-term unemployed. However, further structural reforms are still needed in the following areas.
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