Enhancing Judicial System Efficiency in Greece: Drivers and Economic Impact
Selected Issues Papers, May 9, 2025
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- Authors: Katherine Dai, Mariusz Jarmuzek, Ritong Qu, Amira Rasekh
- Published: May 9, 2025
- Series: Selected Issues Papers
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798229011976.018
Executive summary
- Greece’s judicial system efficiency has been one of the lowest in the EU; affecting adversely the country’s economic performance.
- The massive increase in demand for judiciary services during the crisis period resulted from significant business and personal insolvencies; along with limited availability of alternative dispute resolutions and relatively low court fees.
- The response of judiciary services supply did not match the demand owing to inadequate deployment of human and financial resources and a low level of digitalization.
- Policy simulations suggest sizeable gains from judicial reforms for investment and productivity.
- Reducing the imbalances in the judicial system is important not only to address the legacy issues; but also to create conditions for higher growth going forward.
Key findings
- Judicial efficiency in Greece ranks among the lowest in the EU.
- Demand drivers:
- Significant business insolvencies.
- Significant personal insolvencies.
- Limited availability of alternative dispute resolutions.
- Relatively low court fees.
- Supply-side constraints:
- Inadequate deployment of human resources.
- Inadequate deployment of financial resources.
- Low level of digitalization of judiciary services.
- Policy simulations indicate:
- Sizeable gains for investment.
- Sizeable gains for productivity.
Policy implications and recommendations
- Address legacy caseload imbalances to improve current judicial performance.
- Reallocate and increase human and financial resources to better match demand for judiciary services.
- Scale up digitalization across court processes to raise efficiency.
- Expand availability of alternative dispute resolution mechanisms.
- Reassess court fee structures to better reflect service demand and discourage unnecessary litigation.
- Implement judicial reforms to unlock higher investment and productivity over time.
Publication metadata and identifiers
- Authors: Katherine Dai, Mariusz Jarmuzek, Ritong Qu, Amira Rasekh
- Date: May 9, 2025
- Pages: 15
- Volume: 2025
- Issue: 057
- Series: Selected Issues Paper No. 2025/057
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798229011976.018
- Stock No: SIPEA2025057
- ISBN: 9798229011976
- ISSN: 2958-7875
Source: "Enhancing Judicial System Efficiency in Greece: Drivers and Economic Impact", IMF web landing page, https://www.imf.org/en/publications/selected-issues-papers/issues/2025/05/09/enhancing-judicial-system-efficiency-in-greece-drivers-and-economic-impact-566900
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