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Latvia's National Productivity Board – The University of Latvia think tank LV PEAK

The Productivity Research Institute "University of Latvia think tank LV PEAK" (UL think tank LV PEAK) was established on 25 November 2019.

The basis of the UL think tank LV PEAK is a recommendation issued by the Council of the European Union on 20 September 2016 and the 29 October 2019 decision of the Cabinet of the Ministers of the Republic of Latvia to nominate The University of Latvia think tank LV PEAK as a National Productivity Board of Latvia.

LV PEAK is an advisory body of the Ministry of Economics and consists of highly competent members, including academics and distinguished experts.

LV PEAK has a cooperation agreement with the Latvian Academy of Sciences, Latvian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Employers' Confederation of Latvia.

The core mission of the UL think tank LV PEAK is to carry out an independent and scientifically justified analysis of productivity and competitiveness and to develop policy recommendations for the Latvian government.

Annual productivity reports

  • 22 FEBRUARY 2023
Latvia’s 2022 productivity report (executive summary in English)
  • 31 JANUARY 2022
Executive summary of the 2021 productivity report of Latvia’s NPB
  • 30 DECEMBER 2020
Latvia - Productivity Report 2020
  • 19 APRIL 2021
Executive summary of the 2020 productivity report of Latvia’s NPB

Other publications

  • 3 JUNE 2023
ECONOMIC BAROMETER No.1 (3) June 2023
  • 2 DECEMBER 2022
ECONOMIC BAROMETER No.2 (2) December 2022
  • 1 JUNE 2022
ECONOMIC BAROMETER No.1 (1) June 2022