Ecuador Macroeconomic Stability and Competitiveness Challenges

Ecuador faces the challenge of consolidating the social gains achieved during the last decade while addressing the excesses committed the commodity boom period, when the state was the main drive of economic growth and the private sector remained su...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Policy Note
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/647631568097378880/Ecuador-Macroeconomic-Stability-and-Competitiveness-Challenges
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spelling okr-10986-324292021-09-16T14:29:24Z Ecuador Macroeconomic Stability and Competitiveness Challenges World Bank FISCAL TRENDS PUBLIC EXPENDITURE TAX ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT PUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT PUBLIC SECTOR WAGES PUBLIC PROCUREMENT COMPETITIVENESS LABOR POLICY AGRICULTURAL SUPPORT SUBSIDIES FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT GLOBAL VALUE CHAIN TRADE TRADE POLICY INVESTMENT POLICY Ecuador faces the challenge of consolidating the social gains achieved during the last decade while addressing the excesses committed the commodity boom period, when the state was the main drive of economic growth and the private sector remained subdue. This policy note diagnoses the nature of the imbalances faced by Ecuador’s economy and identifies key areas for reform that will contribute to reestablishing macroeconomic stability and increase the competitiveness, while safeguarding recent social gains. Increasing competitiveness and productivity will require complementing fiscal efforts with core supply side reforms to create a flexible and conducive regulatory environment for the private sector. Pursuing the integration and internationalization of the Ecuadorian economy is a key to foster a private sector-led and productivity-driven economic model going forward. This note identifies key areas that can be considered as part of a medium-term reform agenda to reestablish macroeconomic stability and increase the competitiveness of the Ecuadorian economy, while safeguarding recent social gains. It systematically presents a brief diagnostic together with policy options to be consider within each policy area. 2019-09-23T14:44:01Z 2019-09-23T14:44:01Z 2019-07 Policy Note http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/647631568097378880/Ecuador-Macroeconomic-Stability-and-Competitiveness-Challenges http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32429 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Note Economic & Sector Work Latin America & Caribbean Ecuador
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topic FISCAL TRENDS
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
TAX ADMINISTRATION
PUBLIC INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
PUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
PUBLIC SECTOR WAGES
PUBLIC PROCUREMENT
COMPETITIVENESS
LABOR POLICY
AGRICULTURAL SUPPORT
SUBSIDIES
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
GLOBAL VALUE CHAIN
TRADE
TRADE POLICY
INVESTMENT POLICY
spellingShingle FISCAL TRENDS
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
TAX ADMINISTRATION
PUBLIC INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
PUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
PUBLIC SECTOR WAGES
PUBLIC PROCUREMENT
COMPETITIVENESS
LABOR POLICY
AGRICULTURAL SUPPORT
SUBSIDIES
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
GLOBAL VALUE CHAIN
TRADE
TRADE POLICY
INVESTMENT POLICY
World Bank
Ecuador Macroeconomic Stability and Competitiveness Challenges
geographic_facet Latin America & Caribbean
Ecuador
description Ecuador faces the challenge of consolidating the social gains achieved during the last decade while addressing the excesses committed the commodity boom period, when the state was the main drive of economic growth and the private sector remained subdue. This policy note diagnoses the nature of the imbalances faced by Ecuador’s economy and identifies key areas for reform that will contribute to reestablishing macroeconomic stability and increase the competitiveness, while safeguarding recent social gains. Increasing competitiveness and productivity will require complementing fiscal efforts with core supply side reforms to create a flexible and conducive regulatory environment for the private sector. Pursuing the integration and internationalization of the Ecuadorian economy is a key to foster a private sector-led and productivity-driven economic model going forward. This note identifies key areas that can be considered as part of a medium-term reform agenda to reestablish macroeconomic stability and increase the competitiveness of the Ecuadorian economy, while safeguarding recent social gains. It systematically presents a brief diagnostic together with policy options to be consider within each policy area.
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title Ecuador Macroeconomic Stability and Competitiveness Challenges
title_short Ecuador Macroeconomic Stability and Competitiveness Challenges
title_full Ecuador Macroeconomic Stability and Competitiveness Challenges
title_fullStr Ecuador Macroeconomic Stability and Competitiveness Challenges
title_full_unstemmed Ecuador Macroeconomic Stability and Competitiveness Challenges
title_sort ecuador macroeconomic stability and competitiveness challenges
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2019
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/647631568097378880/Ecuador-Macroeconomic-Stability-and-Competitiveness-Challenges
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