annual report - Ivie

Ángel Soler (Ivie, Universitat de València)
Irene Zaera (Ivie)
GROWTH AND COMPETITIVENESS: DRIVERS AND INHIBITORS OF THE SPANISH ECONOMY (2012)
For second year in a row, the Ivie and the BBVA Foundation address this joint project in which an annual report
is drawn up on the prospects for growth and competitiveness of the Spanish economy, taking into account the
international environment and the idiosyncratic features of Spain’s economy. The 2012 BBVA Foundation-Ivie
report analyzes the trajectory of the Spanish economy during the crisis and the changes to be seen beneath the
surface of the macroeconomic and financial turbulences, emphasizing on the factors and inhibitors that hinder
the exit of the crisis, as well as on the drivers of change taking place in the productive fabric. The first part of
the report provides a diagnosis of the situation of the Spanish, European and international economy. In the
second part, it examines the five relevant aspects that can bring Spain’s economy closer to other developed
countries, i.e., business profitability, regional and sectoral productivity, the sources of employment, the increase
of knowledge economy, and the diversification and sophistication of exports. The report ends with a chapter of
conclusions and a summary of the policies underway, offering also proposals for action and initiatives in various
fields.
Research team:
Francisco Pérez (dir.) (Ivie, Universitat de València)
Francisco Alcalá (Ivie, Universidad de Murcia)
Juan Fernández de Guevara (Ivie, Universitat de València)
Matilde Mas (Ivie, Universitat de València)
Joaquín Maudos (Ivie, Universitat de València)
Javier Quesada (Ivie, Universitat de València)
Ernest Reig (Ivie, Universitat de València)
Lorenzo Serrano (Ivie, Universitat de València)
Eva Benages (Ivie)
Pilar Chorén (Ivie, Universitat de València)
Vicent Cucarella (Ivie)
Carlos Albert (Ivie, Universitat de València)
Laura Hernández (Ivie)
Juan Pérez (Ivie)
Juan Carlos Robledo (Ivie)
Jimena Salamanca (Ivie)
Marta Solaz (Universitat de València)
Ángel Soler (Ivie, Universitat de València)
A POPULATION DENSITY GRID FOR SPAIN (2011-2012)
The objective of this report is to distribute Spain’s population among its territory using a unique methodology
that reflects reality in a fairly accurate way. The sources of information have been the population census tracts
level for 2010, as well as data concerning land coverage available in the Spanish Land Cover and Use
Information System (SIOSE). Traditionally, studies on the distribution of the population have been severely
limited by administrative boundaries and do not reflect the real world. The chosen way to represent the
population in this study has been a 1 km 2 grid, in which each cell is assigned the resident population. In order
to do so, the land covers susceptible of holding residential population have been previously selected. After this,
a geometric intersection with census tracts is performed and an iterative process is applied to downscale the
population and redistribute it among the cells. This new methodology offers markedly better results in
comparison with other European similar studies.
Research team:
Francisco J. Goerlich (Ivie, Universitat de València)
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