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Bulgaria - Accelerating Bulgaria's Convergence : The Challenge of Rasing Productivity, Volume 1. OverviewThe report aims to assist the Bulgarian
 authorities in identifying options for policies and reforms
 that would help to boost productivity and employment and
 thereby economic growth and income convergence. To achieve
 this, the report looks at Bulgaria's product and labor
 markets, human resource development, and R&D and
 innovation system. The reform options are arranged along a
 time dimension, ranging from short to medium term. The
 implications of the proposed policy options for the
 government's budget are also briefly explored,
 including the utilization of EU grant funds. The report
 concentrates mostly on the supply-side aspects of
 Bulgaria's product and labor markets, its education
 (primary and general secondary, VET, tertiary) delivery, and
 its R&D and innovation system.
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Jordan - Policies for High and Sustained Growth for Job Creation : Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan 2012 Development Policy Review (Vol. 1 of 2) : SynthesisJordan's quest for long-term,
 inclusive and sustainable growth has remained largely
 elusive. By the Growth and Development Commission's
 measure of success, namely, an average growth rate of 7
 percent over 30 years, Jordan's growth record cannot be
 dubbed 'successful'. This Development Policy
 Review (DPR) shows that sustaining growth and reducing
 unemployment is possible: Jordan has a strong human capital
 base, a large endowment in engineers, doctors, accountants,
 Information Technology (IT) specialists and a substantial
 highly-skilled diaspora (500,000 educated Jordanians abroad,
 8 percent of the population). Furthermore, the
 market-oriented reforms of the early 2000s have made Jordan
 one of the most open economies in the Middle East and North
 Africa Region and have led to the emergence of dynamic
 non-traditional sectors (e.g., information and communication
 technologies, health tourism and business services). What is
 missing are: (i) an adequate and stable institutional
 framework for policymaking and long-term business
 development; (ii) good fiscal policies to manage shocks and
 maintain macroeconomic stability; good institutions and
 macroeconomic stability were identified by the growth
 commission as two of the five common characteristics of
 successful growth experiences; and (iii) further
 growth-enhancing structural reforms.
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Tunisienne - Revue des politiquesde developpement : vers une croissance tireepar l'innovationTunisia must move from a low value-added and low cost economy to a higher value-added, knowledge intensive economy in order to significantly reduce unemployment, its overriding challenge. This Development Policy Review (DPR) provides a discussion of the key issues and challenges that are involved in achieving this goal. Towards this end, it discusses trade integration, innovation policies and enabling environment reforms (macro stability, economic regulation and governance, financial sector and labor market reforms and capital account opening) that could facilitate the structural transformation of the economy. The DPR is organized as follows: chapter one reviews growth and employment outcomes and challenges; chapter two discusses the rationale for increasing the pace of structural transformation of the economy in order to boost growth and reduce unemployment; chapter three examines the strengths and weaknesses of Tunisia's innovation system and strategies and proposes reform options in light of the international experience; chapter four discusses key aspects of Tunisia's global integration that could further contribute to innovation and productivity growth; chapters five discusses the key improvement in the enabling environment needed to support innovation and productivity growth (economic regulation, education sector reforms, financial sector reforms and labor market); finally, chapter six discusses structural transformation issues in natural resource-intensive sectors and examine the specific sectoral reforms needed to address the trade-offs between several objectives, including growth and natural resources preservation.