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This Selected Issues paper analyzes Spain''s sustainable growth rate. It sheds some light on Spain''s medium-term growth prospects by looking into the key factors driving potential growth, both in the past and likely in the future, and international experience of countries in the aftermath of financial crisis. The paper suggests Spain is likely to face a long period of moderate growth (about 1½–2 percent) and high unemployment, but policy action—especially that directed toward reducing structural unemployment and raising productivity—could lead to much better outcomes

SPAIN CONDITIONS, ISSUES, AND U.S. RELATIONS -- SPAIN CONDITIONS, ISSUES, AND U.S. RELATIONS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 SPAIN AND ITS RELATIONS WITH THE UNITED STATES: IN BRIEF -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION AND ISSUES FOR CONGRESS -- DOMESTIC OVERVIEW -- Political Dynamics -- ECONOMY -- RESPONSE TO THE MIGRATION CRISIS7 -- REGIONAL ISSUES -- COUNTERTERRORISM9 -- RELATIONS WITH THE UNITED STATES -- Defense Relations -- Economic Ties -- End Notes -- Chapter 2 SPAIN 2014 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Cover -- CONTENTS -- DIFFERENCES IN REGIONAL PRODUCTIVITY: WHAT IS BEHIND IT? -- A. Introduction -- B. Literature Review -- C. Stylized Facts -- D. Methodology and Data -- E. Empirical Analysis -- F. Conclusion and Policy Recommendations -- References -- FIGURES -- 1. Regional Differences in Income and Production Factors -- 2. GDP Structure of Spain Regions -- 3. Structural Differences of Spanish Regions -- 4. Production Frontier and Technical Efficiency -- 5. Evolution of Technical Efficiency -- TABLE -- 1. Stochastic Frontier Analysis -- ANNEX -- I. Skills Mismatch Index.

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