Réformes économiques: Objectif Croissance

La pandémie de COVID 19 met au jour les faiblesses structurelles dont pâtissent de longue date nos économies et les écarts croissants de niveau de vie entre les pays, les régions et les populations. Au moment où la campagne vaccinale fait naître progressivement des espoirs, la relance de l’après-pandémie crée de nouvelles occasions de poser les fondations d’une reprise vigoureuse.

COVID-19 exposed existing structural weaknesses in our economies such as gaps in coverage of social safety nets and digital divides, reinforcing inequality. It added new challenges such as increased risk of unemployment and bankruptcies, scarring effects on youth, and the aggravation of physical and mental health of the vulnerable. Many economies were struggling with sluggish productivity growth, lack of quality jobs and green transition costs already before COVID-19.

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Domestic policies are the key recovery strategies. But the pandemic highlighted also the need for stronger international co-operation in the areas of health care and the manufacturing and distribution of health care equipment and vaccines, tackling climate change, taxation of multinationals in the digital economy, and reducing trade barriers.

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