The Bank also sees itself as having a role to support the adoption of policies domestically that boost long-term sustainable growth, as well as contributing to research within the Eurosystem on this important topic. The first session today will deal with the domestic economy.
It will commence with an overview paper followed by others relating to two specific topics that have been, and remain, key factors in this regard. These are foreign direct investment and the role of education in improving the quality of the labour force.