This report was prepared by the OECD Economics Department (ECO). It was authored by Fátima Talidi and Jakob Brunnengräber, with substantial contributions from Filippo Cavassini, who also provided overall guidance throughout the project. Luiz de Mello, Director, Country Studies, and Isabell Koske, Deputy Director, Country Studies, provided strategic guidance and comments to the report. The authors are grateful to Antoine Goujard for valuable comments on the report. Mathieu Miranda and Paula Gurruchaga provided organisational support, and François Iglesias prepared the report for publication.
The report benefitted greatly from close collaboration with the Portuguese authorities. The OECD Secretariat is particularly grateful to Pedro Saraiva, Director, and Pedro Mazeida Gil, Senior Advisor, Centre for Planning and the Evaluation of Public Policies in the Ministry of the Presidency, for their support, insights and contributions throughout the project. The authors also thank Professor Bart van Ark for his valuable comments.
The OECD Secretariat would like to thank the officials of the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of the Presidency, the Ministry of Economy and Territorial Cohesion, the Ministry of Labour and Social Solidarity, the Ministry of Education, Science and Innovation, the Agency for Development and Cohesion for valuable information and insights provided through meetings and consultations.
An earlier version of the report was discussed at a seminar organised with the delegates of the OECD Economic and Development Review Committee (EDRC). Thanks are extended to the numerous EDRC participants for a lively discussion and valuable comments and insights. The OECD Secretariat also extends its gratitude to Catherine Fuss, Member of Belgium’s National Productivity Board; Rodrigo Krell, Executive Secretary of Chile’s National Commission for Evaluation and Productivity; and Aymeric Ortmans, Head of the Secretariat of France’s Conseil national de productivité, for their participation in the seminar and for sharing valuable insights on the role and work of pro-productivity institutions.