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It assesses how resilient growth still needs structural reforms to complete full income convergence, while advancing inclusion through labor market integration, fiscal progression, and reduced spatial disparities. The update highlights innovation and private investment, human capital readiness, housing mobility barriers, social protection, and priorities for achieving a competitive, sustainable, and inclusive growth model amid the green transition.","Pub lic Disclosure Authorized Pub lic Disclosure Authorized Pub lic Disclosure Authorized Pub lic Disclosure Authorized  \nEUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA  \nPOLAND  \nWORLD BANK GROUP  \nSYSTEMATIC COUNTRY DIAGNOSTIC UPDATE  \nREACHING THE LAST MILE OF CONVERGENCE  \nJune 2024  \nContents  \n2  \n5 | Overview  \n13 | Acknowledgements Acronyms and Abbreviations  \n1. Progress since 2017 and emerging trends  \n1.1. Economic growth has been resilient, but full income convergence requires overcoming structural challenges in the context of weaker fundamentals  \n1.2. Advancing inclusion requires greater emphasis on labor market integration, a dynamically progressive fiscal system and containing spatial disparities  \n1.3. Emerging trends expected to shape Poland’s development trajectory  \n2. Innovation and private sector investment for sustained economic competitiveness and income growth  \n2.1. Boosting productivity requires innovation and faster technology adoption  \n2.2. The low-carbon transition will further shape and incentivize technological change and productivity  \n2.3. Innovation calls for a competitive ecosystem  \n2.4. Ensuring human capital can keep up with technology adoption is key  \n2.5. Sound macroeconomic policies and institutions are critical for fostering innovation and private investments  \n3. Advancing inclusive growth through reducing spatial and social disparities  \n3.1. Strengthening human capital can advance equity and build population resilience in a rapidly changing world  \n3.2. Labor force participation and resilience can be improved  \n3.3. Addressing gaps in housing can remove barriers to mobility  \n3.4. Household resilience can be further strengthened through social protection  \n4. Achieving the green transition  \n4.1. A low-carbon economy is needed to preserve economic competitiveness  \n4.2. Adaptation investments should be amplified to protect vulnerable sectors  \n5. Priorities for a competitive, sustainable, and inclusive growth model  \n5.1. HLO 1: Create high productivity jobs through a dynamic and innovative private sector  \n5.2. HLO II: Strengthen human capital to benefit from the technological and green transitions  \n5.3. HLO III. Provide high-quality public services to reduce disparities and strengthen the social contract  \n5.4. HLO IV. Achieve the green transition to ensure economic competitiveness  \nReferences  \nAnnex 1. Poland’s macroeconomic context  \nAnnex 2. Selected figures  \nAnnex 3. Progress made on priority areas in the first SCD  \nEndnotes  \n3  \n4  \nTable of Figures  \nFigure 1-1: Poland has seen healthy growth over 2016-2022  \nFigure 1-2: Growth exceeded peers’ over 2010-2021  \nFigure 1-3: Poland still has a way to go to reach the EU-15 average income  \nFigure 1-4: Long-term progress in reducing poverty slowed between 2017 and 2022  \nFigure 1-5: Transfers played a stronger role in reducing poverty post-2015 than in the earlier period  \nFigure 1-6: People receiving social benefits have a far higher risk of poverty  \nFigure 1-7: Poland lags compared to aspirational countries with regards to institutional quality Figure 1-8: Trust in EU institutions, local and national government in Poland is lower than other EU27 countries (2012-2023)  \nFigure 2-1: Manufacturing productivity growth has largely been driven by within-firm improvements…  \nFigure 2-2:…the same is true for the services sector  \nFigure 2-3: Polish business use of ICT is below the OECD average  \nFigure 2-4: Poland is one of the lowest users of digital technology  \nFigure 2-5: Digital adoption in Poland could boost productivity  \nFigure 2-6: The EGD could boost Poland’s capital-labor ratio  \nFigure 2-7: The EGD should drive productivity gains in Poland  \nFigure 2-8: Poland’s BoS revenues represent 20% of GDP  \nFigure 2-9: The largest share of Poland’s BoS are in competitive sectors  \nFigure 2-10: Polish SMEs have among the lowest share of bank loans regionally  \nFigure 2-11: Small businesses in Poland have the least access to credit in the region  \n","cbCaijH7PtNYLULV","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaijH7PtNYLULV","pdf",5301547,1,124,"English","en",105,"# Overview\n## Progress since 2017 and emerging trends\n## Innovation and private sector investment\n## Advancing inclusive growth through reducing disparities\n## Achieving the green transition\n## Priorities for a competitive, sustainable, and inclusive growth model\n# Annexes","[{\"question\":\"What does the 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