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In 2009, at the height of the economic crisis, and after implementing in 2008 a large €35 billion stimulus plan to rescue the banking and corporate sectors, the French government decided to launch a vast structural support program, the “Investment Programme for the Future” (PIA, programme d’investissement d’avenir), to accelerate the country’s adaptation to a rapidly changing international context, and prepare the French economy to rebound quickly when the crisis ends.
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Filliatreau, G. (2014). Context and First Observations on the “Investment Programme for the Future” in France. In: Cheng, Y., Wang, Q., Liu, N.C. (eds) How World-Class Universities Affect Global Higher Education. Global Perspectives on Higher Education, vol 26. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-821-3_3
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