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The 2013 BBVA Foundation-Ivie Report on Growth and Competitiveness analyzes the most recent changes that have taken place in the global and European economy, and especially the trajectory and prospects for the Spanish economy in the medium term, as well as Spain’s structural problems that are affecting the intensity and extent of the recovery.

This year’s edition also focuses on four important areas of the Spanish economy for answering to the recovery challenges and attaining a new growth model: the changes in the capitalization pattern, the adaptation of the Spanish productive fabric to a competitive environment characterized by the fragmentation of the production chains, the adjustment between education and employment, and the correction of the inequalities which have put disadvantaged citizen groups at risk of social exclusion. The report ends with a summary of the challenges that Spain faces and proposes fifteen specific actions to respond to long-term problems.