Category: Ireland

Unblocking the productivity potential of local businesses in Ireland

April 19, 2018

By Yosuke Jin and Ben Westmore, Ireland Desk, OECD Economics Department. Irish GDP growth made headlines recently due to enormous upward revisions (e.g. + 25.6% for the sole year of 2015) related to the activities of a small group of multinationals. This raises the question of how much Irish productivity relies on multinational companies alone. … More Unblocking the productivity potential of local businesses in Ireland

How do you improve the durability of a Celtic Tiger?

March 8, 2018

By Ben Westmore and Yosuke Jin, Ireland Desk, Economics Department The Irish economy is booming and is expected to continue expanding at healthy rates over the next few years. But as the 2018 OECD Economic Survey of Ireland highlights, the outlook is clouded with uncertainty. Brexit could have serious implications for the Irish economy given … More How do you improve the durability of a Celtic Tiger?

Ireland…trading in the global talent pool.

April 5, 2016

  by David Haugh, Head of the Ireland Desk, OECD Economics Department Passing through Dublin airport’s sparkling, spacious Terminal 2, sprinkled with bi-lingual English, Irish signs is a fine experience – it’s a modern, global emporium but with a very Irish flavour as anyone partial to a Guinness in departures can attest to. On arrival before … More Ireland…trading in the global talent pool.