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Investment gaps and competitiveness - Thomas Barrett, European Investment Bank
The document discusses investment gaps and competitiveness in the EU, emphasizing the challenges of allocating resources efficiently to high productivity firms. It compares current EU investment levels with necessary targets and highlights the depressed potential growth rate of the EU's GDP. The report contains data from various sources, including Eurostat and OECD, and provides contact details for European Investment Bank representatives.
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- 2. Investment Gaps and Competitiveness ThomasC. Barrett European Investment Bank 23/03/2015 European Investment Bank Group 2 OECD, Paris 23rd March 2015
- 3. 23/03/2015 European InvestmentBank Group 3 Evolution of GFCF in the EU, US and Japan Note: Gross Fixed Capital Formation. Index average 2008 = 100. Source: Eurostat, OECD.
- 4. 23/03/2015 European InvestmentBank Group 4 Real infrastructure investment
- 5. 23/03/2015 European InvestmentBank Group 5 GDP per capita, market capitalisation and investment in intangible assets (2006-2010) Source: INTAN-Invest, AMECO and Eurostat.
- 6. 23/03/2015 European InvestmentBank Group 6 Evolution of business and higher education R&D intensities in selected countries
- 7. 23/03/2015 European InvestmentBank Group 7 Gross EU savings and net foreign funding (EUR bn) Source: AMECO.
- 8. 23/03/2015 European InvestmentBank Group 8 Many EU economies lag in efficiency at allocating resources to high productivity firms Note: Allocative efficiency 2005-2011, selected EU countries. Allocative efficiency estimates how much activity is concentrated in high productivity firms. Estimate for the US is 0.6. EIB calculations based on Bureau van Dijk: Orbis.
- 9. 23/03/2015 European InvestmentBank Group 9 EU’s potential growth rate remains depressed Note: growth rate (%) of potential GDP (estimate of GDP with labour and capital stock fully utilised, reflecting underlying productivity). Source: European Commission.
- 10. 23/03/2015 European InvestmentBank Group 10 How big are Europe’s investment gaps? Comparing annual EU investment levels with what would be necessary to reach EU targets and the pace-setting standards set by key trade partners gives an indication of the scale of the challenge:
- 11. 23/03/2015 European InvestmentBank Group 11 Many EU economies lag in efficiency at allocating resources to high productivity firms Note: Allocative efficiency 2005-2011, selected EU countries. Allocative efficiency estimates how much activity is concentrated in high productivity firms. Estimate for the US is 0.6. EIB calculations based on Bureau van Dijk: Orbis.
- 12. Contact Details 23/03/2015 EuropeanInvestment Bank Group 12 Chris Blades Head of Division EPEC European PPP Expertise Centre Phone: (+352) 4379 88538 Fax: (+352) 4379 58538 email: c.blades@eib.org European Investment Bank 100, boulevard Konrad Adenauer L-2950 Luxembourg Guy Chetrit Principal Advisor EPEC European PPP Expertise Centre Phone: (+352) 4379 84047 Fax: (+352) 4379 54047 email: g.chetrit@eib.org European Investment Bank 100, boulevard Konrad Adenauer L-2950 Luxembourg Thomas C. Barrett Director and Chief Representative European Investment Bank Minister of the European Union Delegation to the United States Washington, D.C. t.barrett@eib.org