Oecd Development Pathways: Multi-dimensional Review of Panama; from Analysis to Action

Foreword
Acknowledgements
Acronyms and abbreviations
Executive summary
	Building better skills and creating formal jobs for all Panamanians
	Strengthening regional development policy to boost inclusive growth
	Improving financing for development in Panama
Chapter 1.  From a dual economy towards an inclusive and sustainable high-income country
	Improving well-being conditions as income is increasing
	Enhancing productivity is key to making growth sustainable
		Labour productivity improvements are key to remain a sustainable high-income country
		Labour productivity and other dimensions vary across sectors and regions
		The most productive sectors create little employment
	High labour market duality, informality and inequality
	The dual economy is cause and consequence of poor regional development
		Institutional responsibility for regional development is fragmented
		Generating regional level growth depends on greater subnational capacity
	The role of public finances in a context of development in transition
		Measuring tax expenditures is critical to fine-tuning the tax system’s efficiency
		Panama’s tax system is progressive but not redistributive enough
	Conclusions
	Notes
	References
Chapter 2.  Policy recommendations: Action plan and implementation strategies
	Building better skills and creating formal jobs for all Panamanians
		An action plan for building better skills and creating formal jobs presents options for implementation
	Strengthening regional development policy to boost inclusive growth
		An action plan for strengthening regional development policy presents options for implementation
	Improving the taxation system and promoting private-sector involvement to finance development
		An action plan for financing for development presents options for implementation
	References
Chapter 3.  The dashboard of monitoring indicators for proposed reforms
	The scorecard proposes indicators for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030
	Notes
	References
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