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  "title": "Enhancing Judicial System Efficiency in Greece: Drivers and Economic Impact",
  "publication": "Selected Issues Papers, May 9, 2025",
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  "summary": "Greece’s judicial system efficiency has been one of the lowest in the EU; affecting adversely the country’s economic performance.",
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      "heading": "Executive summary",
      "content": "- Greece’s judicial system efficiency has been one of the lowest in the EU; affecting adversely the country’s economic performance.\n- 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.\n- 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.\n- Policy simulations suggest sizeable gains from judicial reforms for investment and productivity.\n- 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."
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      "heading": "Key findings",
      "content": "- Judicial efficiency in Greece ranks among the lowest in the EU.\n- Demand drivers:\n  - Significant business insolvencies.\n  - Significant personal insolvencies.\n  - Limited availability of alternative dispute resolutions.\n  - Relatively low court fees.\n- Supply-side constraints:\n  - Inadequate deployment of human resources.\n  - Inadequate deployment of financial resources.\n  - Low level of digitalization of judiciary services.\n- Policy simulations indicate:\n  - Sizeable gains for investment.\n  - Sizeable gains for productivity."
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      "heading": "Policy implications and recommendations",
      "content": "- Address legacy caseload imbalances to improve current judicial performance.\n- Reallocate and increase human and financial resources to better match demand for judiciary services.\n- Scale up digitalization across court processes to raise efficiency.\n- Expand availability of alternative dispute resolution mechanisms.\n- Reassess court fee structures to better reflect service demand and discourage unnecessary litigation.\n- Implement judicial reforms to unlock higher investment and productivity over time."
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      "content": "- Authors: Katherine Dai, Mariusz Jarmuzek, Ritong Qu, Amira Rasekh\n- Date: May 9, 2025\n- Pages: 15\n- Volume: 2025\n- Issue: 057\n- Series: Selected Issues Paper No. 2025/057\n- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798229011976.018\n- Stock No: SIPEA2025057\n- ISBN: 9798229011976\n- ISSN: 2958-7875\n\nSource: \"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\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- Sipea2025057\n  - Sipea2025057 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - Sipea2025057 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: 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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    "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",
    "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.",
    "Judicial efficiency in Greece ranks among the lowest in the EU.",
    "Demand drivers:",
    "Supply-side constraints:",
    "Policy simulations indicate:",
    "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.",
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