Portugal: Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund

No 1999/135, IMF Staff Country Reports from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: This Selected Issues paper examines the education system and public investment in Portugal. Both areas are generally considered as critical for Portugal’s prospects for sustaining or accelerating the drive toward real income convergence. Moreover, both areas absorb a substantial share of public resources and thus have important implications for fiscal balances, which are, under European Monetary Union, constrained by the Stability and Growth Pact. The paper assesses the performance of the Portuguese education system and delineates a possible agenda for reform. It also attempts to shed light on the role of public investment in Portugal.

Keywords: ISCR; CR; macroeconomic data; href; statistics office; Lisbon stock exchange; forecasting department; budget Department; Public investment and public-private partnerships (PPP); Education spending; Stocks; Europe; Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 101
Date: 1999-12-10
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