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Policy Brief 6 already available: How to mainstream the valorization of the territory? (in Portuguese), by João Seixas. This Policy Brief is the fourth edition of our series of original publications around the European Semester, and more specifically the Stability Program and the National Reform Program. The European Semester is a process of political dialogue between the European Commission and the member states which consists in an exchange of drafts, programmes and recommendations regarding the implementation of public policies and institutional reforms. For this, two particular documents are relevant in this dialogue: the Stability Program and National Reform Program. The Stability Program is the main document on…

The favorable result for Brexit in the referendum held in the United Kingdom on June 23, 2016, surprised Europe and profoundly shaken Europeanism. The public reactions that followed from the various political leaders have shown that the departure of the United Kingdom from the European Union not only significantly wounds the European integration project, but also calls into question the unity of the United Kingdom itself, due to the marked geographical contrasts of voting. The contours of the entire exit process, which may drag on for a few years, are now anything but clear. This is a political issue that…

The story of Portugal’s economy is a sad one, but feeble first quarter data for variables such as unemployment, consumer optimism or investment are of little importance in this plot. Claims of “failure” and “catastrophe”, while understandable, are mere examples of shallow opposition play. Neither these bad news, nor the new government’s rash “reversal” and “giving back” policies, and not even the instability in Brazil and Angola, key trade partners for Portugal, are enough to expect an economic or financial crash in the near term. In practice, this kind of discussion only elevates the already high level of noise in…

Policy Brief 4 already available: Reform and qualification program: a case of priorities exchanged (in Portuguese), by Alexandre Homem Cristo. This Policy Brief is the second edition of our series of original publications around the European Semester, and more specifically the Stability Program and the National Reform Program. The European Semester is a process of political dialogue between the European Commission and the member states which consists in an exchange of drafts, programmes and recommendations regarding the implementation of public policies and institutional reforms. For this, two particular documents are relevant in this dialogue: the Stability Program and National Reform Program. The Stability Program is the…

Policy Brief 3 already available: A reform of the Public Administration focused on management (in Portuguese), by Maria Augusta Fernandes. With this Policy Brief we start our series of original publications around the European Semester, and more specifically the Stability Program and the National Reform Program. The European Semester is a process of political dialogue between the European Commission and the member states which consists in an exchange of drafts, programmes and recommendations regarding the implementation of public policies and institutional reforms. For this, two particular documents are relevant in this dialogue: the Stability Program and National Reform Program. The Stability Program is the main document…

Policy Brief 5 already available: The need for a strategy for social cohesion and equality (in Portuguese), by Daniel Carolo. This Policy Brief is the third edition of our series of original publications around the European Semester, and more specifically the Stability Program and the National Reform Program. The European Semester is a process of political dialogue between the European Commission and the member states which consists in an exchange of drafts, programmes and recommendations regarding the implementation of public policies and institutional reforms. For this, two particular documents are relevant in this dialogue: the Stability Program and National Reform Program. The Stability Program is the main…

In the context of the 2016 edition of the Budget Watch project, we publish our second Report: Budget Watch: SB 2016 – budgetary rigor and transparency (in Portuguese), coordinated by Miguel St. Aubyn and Luís Teles Morais.This analysis to the State Budget proposal for 2016 results from the analysis carried out by an IPP/ISEG team regarding rigor, transparency and budgetary responsibility. In addition to analyzing these dimensions, Budget Watch also encompasses an analysis of SB’s more or less business-friendly growth-promoting characteristics, which results in the Deloitte Pro-Business Index.This analysis first served to support the evaluation of the Budget by the Scientific Advisory…

Policy Brief 2 now available: Budget Watch: what transparency and rigor in the State Budgets? (in Portuguese), by Paulo Trigo Pereira and Luís Teles Morais. With Policy Brief 2, we intend to contribute to the debate on the State Budget for 2016, from the perspective of the transparency and quality of the budget process., a contribution that we will explore in greater detail in another edition of Budget Watch. Facebook Twitter Linkedin

Policy Brief 1 is now available: Structural, extraordinary… strange? (in Portuguese), by Henrique Lopes Valença and Luís Teles Morais. In the debate on the State Budget for 2016, as in others, there are political aspects and technical aspects. The distinction is not always easy, but a more enlightened debate on budgetary policy requires differentiating the field of policy choices (the so-called normative analysis) from technical aspects (positive analysis). In this respect, the political debate has not gone in the right direction. It has been confused what are natural differences between budget policy options with conceptual or even terminology, which may be…

Institute of Public Policy releases here its fifth Policy Paper: Internal devaluation and unemployment: the case of Portugal, by António Bob Santos and Sofia Fernandes. This paper discusses the impacts of the internal devaluation strategy pursued in the context of the adjustment programme and argues that this strategy relied on a misunderstanding of the structural weaknesses of the Portuguese economy. Facebook Twitter Linkedin