By contrast no significant action has been taken to reform stringent labour market regulations, and policy changes in the areas of foreign direct investment (FDI) and international trade as well as minimum wage determination have sometimes gone in the wrong direction. [...] ● In addition to increasing productivity, removing energy subsidies could free resources to finance programmes in key development areas and help to move the economy toward a greener development path. [...] Percentage gap with respect to the simple average of the highest 17 OECD countries in terms of GDP per capita, GDP per employee and GDI per capita (in constant 2005 PPPs). [...] Actions taken: Funds to ease poor students’ access to education are channelled to provinces to improve disbursement. [...] Recommendations: Follow through on the commitment to substantially reducing fossil- fuel subsidies and extend the commitment to electricity subsidies, while offering targeted compensation schemes to the poor.
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