Achieving France's medium-term fiscal targets will require significant expenditure efforts. This paper identifies areas where there is scope for increasing expenditure efficiency, with a view to achieving higher quality and more sustainable fiscal consolidation. The methodology is based on a...

Achieving France's medium-term fiscal targets will require significant expenditure efforts. This paper identifies areas where there is scope for increasing expenditure efficiency, with a view to achieving higher quality and more sustainable fiscal consolidation. The methodology is based on a...

The increasing fragmentation of production across borders (the “global value chains” — GVCs) has important implications for the analysis of competitiveness. Two new databases allow to refine the assessment of France's competitiveness. In this context it appears that: 1) France export...