Tax and fiscal policy in response to the Coronavirus crisis: Strengthening confidence and resilience

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“…The term 'self-employed workers' describes people who work for themselves and are registered as a business. This diverse group makes up a considerable part of the labour force in OECD countries (16.6% in the OECD countries on average in 2019) (OECD, 2020 [58]). As this group is usually not eligible for unemployment insurance, they are one of the most financially vulnerable groups in times of crisis.…”

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First lessons from government evaluations of COVID-19 responses: A synthesis

2022

OECD Policy Responses to Coronavirus (COVID-19)

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Evaluations provide critical tools to support real-time sharing of lessons on what is working, what is not, what could work and for whom. Despite the significant time and resource constraints that they were facing at the height of the COVID-19 crisis, governments understood this need to draw lessons from their policy responses to the pandemic. By April 2021, most countries in the sample analysed in this paper had already conducted evaluations on each of the key stages of the risk management cycle: preparedness, crisis management, and response and recovery.These first evaluations show that many governments came to similar conclusions, thus allowing us to identify important insights that can both feed into ongoing policy responses to the COVID-19 crisis and iimprove future resilience. In particular, the evaluations analysed in this paper underline that: Pandemic preparedness was generally insufficient, particularly in light of the major human and financial costs associated with global health crises similar to the COVID-19 pandemic. Governments took swift and massive action to mitigate the economic and financial effects of the pandemic, but should carefully monitor the longer-term budgetary costs of these measures. Trust requires transparency, not only through frequent and targeted crisis communication, but, more importantly, by engaging stakeholders and the public in risk-related decision-making.Important gaps remain in the evidence base available to date, however, and would warrant further investigation: There is insufficient evidence on critical sectors' preparedness for pandemics, whereas early evaluations suggest that they were crucial to an effective crisis response. The effectiveness of lockdown and restriction measures should probably be further assessed, given their impacts on individual liberties. It is worth exploring the impact of lockdowns on domestic violence, alcohol consumption, youth, and mental health.Finally, issues relating to policies' proportionality and coherence are still largely under-explored by these first evaluations, despite their usefulness for policy debate, particularly when resources are scarce and cross-government co-ordination is crucial. 12 13Learning from the global financial crisis, countries massively deployed measures aimed at supporting self-employed workers.To minimise the social impacts of the crisis, countries had to implement policies targeted at the most disadvantaged groups in society.Countries encountered important implementation challenges in mitigating the health impacts of the crisis. 14Countries were quick to close their border and implement travel restrictions, but encountered issues with coherence of, and compliance with, lockdown measures.

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confidence: 99%

First lessons from government evaluations of COVID-19 responses: A synthesis

2022

OECD Policy Responses to Coronavirus (COVID-19)

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“…El término "trabajadores autónomos" describe a las personas que trabajan para sí mismas y están registradas como empresa. Este grupo diverso constituye una parte considerable de la población activa en los países de la OCDE (16.6% en los países de la OCDE en promedio en 2019) (OECD, 2020 [58]). Dado que este grupo no suele tener derecho al seguro de desempleo, es uno de los más vulnerables financieramente en tiempos de crisis.…”

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Primeras lecciones de las evaluaciones gubernamentales sobre las repuestas al COVID-19: una síntesis

2022

Medidas Políticas Clave De La OCDE Ante El Coronavirus (COVID-19)

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Si bien la pandemia de COVID-19 ha afectado a los diferentes países en distinta intensidad, responder a la crisis se ha presentado como un desafío sin precedentes para la mayoría de los gobiernos. Bajo este contexto, las evaluaciones proveen de herramientas fundamentales para apoyar el intercambio de lecciones en tiempo real sobre lo que funciona, lo que no, lo que podría funcionar y para quién. El presente trabajo extrae lecciones de las evaluaciones que los gobiernos han llevado a cabo ellos mismos sobre sus respuestas al COVID-19. Proporciona una síntesis de la evidencia de 67 evaluaciones de este tipo producidas en los países de la OCDE durante los primeros 15 meses de la pandemia. Estas primeras evaluaciones muestran que muchos gobiernos llegaron a conclusiones similares, y nos permiten identificar ideas importantes que pueden contribuir a las respuestas de políticas que están en curso ante la crisis -así como aumentar la resiliencia en el futuro-.Primeras lecciones de las evaluaciones gubernamentales sobre las repuestas al COVID-19: una síntesis

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