flemish government outlook 4.0
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Flemish Government’s 2014Outlook: High Productivity and
Aging Poulation
By Max Berre
According to the Flemish !egion’s government annually"u#lished Flanders Outlook
reort $or 2014% Flanders’ Per &aita G'P has already recovered to re"crisis levels(
Pu#lished #y the !esearch &entre o$ the Government o$ Flanders% as art o$ the
region’s 200) *Flanders in Action+ lan% the reort comares economic develomentand social cohesion outcomes in Flanders vis","vis those o$ 1- o$ the ./’s most
develoed regions( he reort relates G'P er caita to three $actors( hese are
la#or roductivity% num#er o$ o#s as a ercentage o$ ork$orce"aged oulation%
and the share o$ ork$orce"aged oulation among the oulation in general(
Overall% Flanders as among only to #enchmark regions that have recovered re"
2003 Per &aita G'P levels% outlines the reort( 'enmark matched this
achievement in 2010( he reort nds Flanders to #e in the to 5uartile $or
economic develoment among the ./’s regions% lacing 26th in the ./ in terms o$G'P Per &aita( According to the reort% Flanders oes its roserity rincially to
its high la#or market roductivity(
Flemish la#or roductivity% to hich the reort credits its recovery G'P Per &aita%
recovered its 2006 level in 2010( Among the #enchmark regions% only 'enmark and
7ain’s 8as5ue !egion have #een a#le to match Flanders’ ost"crisis la#or market
roductivity recovery( Overall% Flanders laced 11th in terms o$ la#or roductivity
among 194 ./ regions(
Among the challenges the reort outlines that num#er o$ o#s as a ercentage o$
ork$orce"aged oulation comes in at 12th lace out o$ 1- $or the th consecutive
year ith )6(1 o#s er 100 ork$orce"aged residents( his score also laced
Flanders at 6th among 194 ./ regions% here it is outer$ormed #y the 8russels
&aital !egion( Another maor trou#le sot is in share o$ ork$orce"aged oulation
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among the general oulation% hich according to the reort stood at )-(6;% and
has #een seeing a gradual decline $or a num#er o$ years( evertheless% there are some idiosyncrasies hich should #e taken into account(
Flanders’ caital% as ell as many o$ its largest comanies is #ased in 8russels%
hich lies outside o$ the Flemish region( 7ince many o$ the region’s u#lic"sector
and cororate emloyees commute #ecause o$ this% and contri#ute to #oth 8russels
and Flanders G'P% accurate measurement is somehat di?cult(
he 1- #enchmarked regions are chosen on the #asis innovation indicators such as
share o$ highly educated orkers% share o$ orkers in knoledge"intensive elds%
and !@' intensity among other $actors( Among the regions are ve / regions% to
German regions% three 'utch regions% three 7candinavian regions% and one region in
#oth France and 7ain(