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Greece : Fifth Review Under the Extended Arrangement Under the Extended Fund Facility, and Request for Waiver of Nonobservance of Performance Criterion and Rephasing of Access; Staff Report; Press Release; and Statement by the Executive Director for Greece.
Title:
Greece : Fifth Review Under the Extended Arrangement Under the Extended Fund Facility, and Request for Waiver of Nonobservance of Performance Criterion and Rephasing of Access; Staff Report; Press Release; and Statement by the Executive Director for Greece.
Author:
European Dept., International Monetary Fund.
ISBN:
9781498314893
Physical Description:
1 online resource (227 pages)
Series:
IMF Staff Country Reports ; v.Country Report No. 14/151

IMF Staff Country Reports
Contents:
Cover -- CONTENTS -- CONTEXT -- RECENT DEVELOPMENTS -- DISCUSSIONS -- A. Outlook -- B. Economic Policies -- PROGRAM MODALITIES -- STAFF APPRAISAL -- BOXES -- 1. Magnitude and Quality of Greece's Fiscal Adjustment -- 2. Stress Test -- 3. Findings of Privatization Review -- 4. Exceptional Access Criteria -- FIGURES -- 1. Demand Indicators, 2007-14 -- 2. Supply Indicators, 2007-14 -- 3. Labor Market Developments, 2007-13 -- 4. Inflation Developments, 2005-14 -- 5. Major Components of Tradeables and Nontradeables in HICP Inflation, 2007-14 -- 6. Competitiveness Indicators, 2005-14 -- 7. Balance of Payments, 2005-14 -- 8. Revenue and Expenditure Trends, 2000-13 -- 9. Financial Indicators, 2007-14 -- 10. Money and Banking Developments, 2007-14 -- 11. Household Balance Sheet, 2007-14 -- 12. Corporations' Balance Sheet, 2005-14 -- TABLES -- 1. Selected Economic Indicators, 2010-15 -- 2. Summary of Balance of Payments, 2011-19 -- 3. General Government Operations, 2011-17 -- 4. Modified General Government Cash Balance, 2012-17 -- 5. General Government: Statement of Operations (GFSM 2001, flows), 2011-16 -- 6. Monetary Survey, 2011-15 -- 7. Monetary Financial Institutions (excl. BoG)-Uses and Sources of Funds, 2011-16 -- 8. Core Set of Financial Soundness Indicators for Deposit-Taking Institutions, 2009-13 -- 9. Financial Balance Sheet (GFSM 2001, stocks), 2010-13 -- 10. Implementation of Structural Reforms -- 11. Medium-Term Macro Framework, 2012-19 -- 12. Selected Structural Reforms Ahead, 2014 -- 13. Schedule of Proposed Purchases under the Extended Arrangement, 2012-16 -- 14. State Government Financing Requirements and Sources, 2013-16 -- 15. External Financing Requirements and Sources, 2011-19 -- 16. Indicators of Fund Credit, 2012-26 -- ANNEX -- I. Debt Sustainability Analysis -- APPENDIXES -- I. Letter of Intent.

Attachment I. Memorandum of Economic and Financial Policies -- Attachment II. Technical Memorandum of Understanding -- II. Letter of Intent to the European Commission and the European Central Bank -- Attachment I. Memorandum of Understanding on Specific Economic Policy Conditionality -- Contents -- 1. Achieving sound public finances -- 2. Structural reforms with budgetary relevance -- 2.1. Privatising to boost efficiency in the economy and reduce public debt -- 2.1.1. PPC restructuring and privatisation -- 2.1.2. Provisions regarding the privatisation of PPC and DESFA -- 2.1.3. Reforms of the Governance of Privatisation -- 2.1.4. Reforms to speed up privatisation of real estate -- 2.1.5. Securitisation-Monetisation -- 2.1.6. Privatisation Revenues -- 2.2. Tax policy reforms -- 2.2.1. Complete the reform of the Tax Codes and Property Tax -- 2.2.2. Improving the VAT system -- 2.3. Revenue administration reforms -- 2.3.1. Organization -- 2.3.2. Fight against tax evasion, money laundering and corruption -- 2.3.3. Revenue and debt collection -- 2.3.4. Management of the Public Revenue Service -- 2.4. Public Financial Management Reforms -- 2.4.1. Monitoring and reporting -- 2.4.2. Payment flows and clearance of arrears -- 2.5. Safeguards for the delivery of fiscal commitments -- 2.5.1. Enhancing national budgetary rules in line with the EU's Fiscal Compact -- 2.5.2. Budget preparation and implementation -- 2.5.3. Corrective and sanctioning mechanisms -- 2.5.4. Debt servicing account and cash management -- 2.6. Making the public administration more efficient and effective -- 2.6.1. Reforming the public administration -- 2.6.2. Fighting corruption -- 2.6.3. Coordination of Government Policies and E-Government -- 2.6.4. ICT in Public Administration Reform -- 2.7. Avoiding waste and increasing quality through sound public procurement.

2.8. Social Security reforms to secure sustainability -- 2.8.1. Review of current system of social contributions -- 2.8.2. Improving Collection -- 2.8.3. Improving IT systems and reporting in the social security system -- 2.9. Modernising the health care system -- 2.9.1. Controlling pharmaceutical spending -- 2.9.2. Reviewing the provision of medical services contracted by EOPYY -- 2.9.3. National Health System (NHS) service provision -- 2.9.4. Centralised procurement -- 2.10. Upgrading the education system -- 3. Framework for strengthening and restructuring the banking system -- 3.1. Framework for strengthening and restructuring the banking system -- 3.2. Funding -- 3.3. Enhancing supervision and the management of troubled assets -- 3.4. Improving debt resolution processes -- 3.5. Overhaul of governance arrangements -- 3.6. Strategy for the cooperative banking sector -- 3.7. Fiscal policy that potentially undermines the solvency of banks -- 3.8. The loan and consignment fund -- 3.9. Insurance Sector -- 4. Strengthening labour market institutions and promoting employment and social inclusion -- 4.1. The wage-setting system -- 4.2. Fighting undeclared work and informality and lowering compliance costs -- 4.3. Further improving regulatory framework -- 4.4. Expanding and upgrading vocational education and apprenticeships -- 4.5. Support to the unemployed -- 4.6. Developing Social Welfare and promoting Inclusion -- 5. Creating favourable conditions for economic activity -- 5.1. Promoting an efficient and competitive business environment -- 5.1.1. Rationalising / eliminating quasi-fiscal charges -- 5.1.2. Reducing procedural and other administrative burden -- 5.1.3. Improving spatial management and planning -- 5.1.4. Enhancing competition and promoting better regulation -- 5.2. Research and development and innovation.

5.3. Reforming the judicial system to support economic activity -- 5.3.1. Review of the code of civil procedure -- 5.3.2. Judicial statistics -- 5.3.3. Tax case backlog reduction -- 5.3.4. Non-tax case backlog reduction -- 5.3.5. Development of e-justice applications in courts -- 5.3.6. Promotion of pre-trial conciliation and mediation -- 5.3.7. Other measures on judicial reform -- 6. Efficient Network Industries -- 6.1. Energy policy -- 6.1.1. Ensuring that electricity prices reflect costs -- 6.1.2. Public Service Obligation for non-interconnected islands -- 6.1.3. Providing for a financially sustainable development of renewable energy sources -- 6.1.4. Liquidity and arrears in the energy sector -- 6.1.5. Energy Markets -- 6.1.6. Fuel Market -- 6.2. Electronic communications -- 6.3. Transport and logistics -- 6.3.1. Maritime Activities and Ports -- 6.3.2. Aviation -- 6.3.3. Railways -- 6.3.4. Logistics -- 7. Competitive Services -- 7.1. The Retail Sector -- 7.2. Regulated professions, professional qualifications and provision of services -- 7.2.1. Additional measures -- 7.2.2. Easing the recognition of professional qualifications -- 8. Increasing the impact of European funding -- 8.1. European Structural and Investment Funds (ESI) -- 8.2. European Agricultural Fund and Rural Development (EAFRD) -- 9. Institutional compliance -- 9.1. Statistic -- 9.2. Other institutional requirements -- 10. Annexes -- 10.1. Government Pending Actions for privatisation -- 10.2. Regulated professions -- 10.3. Statistics to be published by the Ministry of Justice -- 10.4. Provision of Data.
Abstract:
This paper discusses Greece’s Fifth Review Under the Extended Arrangement Under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF), and Request for Waiver of Nonobservance of Performance Criterion and Rephasing of Access. Greece has gone from having the weakest to the strongest cyclically adjusted fiscal position within the euro area in just four years. But more fiscal adjustment is needed to restore debt sustainability. Structural reforms are progressing, although unevenly. The redoubling of efforts to liberalize products and service markets are much welcomed. On the basis of reforms undertaken in the context of this review, and the government’s policy commitments going forward, the IMF staff supports the completion of the fifth review.
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