The slow observed rate of productivity growth in recent years has been a source of disappointment, concern, and—to some extent—surprise in both the academic and policymaking communities.
The past thirty years have seen a dramatic decline in the rate of income convergence across states and in population flows to high-income places.
Can small search costs that constrain information acquisition and monitoring across the administrative hierarchy provide a substantive explanation for poor bureaucratic performance in the developing w
Popular commentary often points to the lower lifetime earnings and longer expected life spans of women relative to men as a reason to be especially concerned about the economic risks women face as the
In 2014 the African Union adopted a 10-year Science, Technology and Innovation Strategy for Africa (STISA-2024).
The revival of interest in nominal GDP (NGDP) targeting has come in the context of large advanced economies.
Despite rapid economic growth, developing Asia has large unmet infrastructure needs that leave many Asians without adequate basic services.
The unprecedented population growth in Africa and its projections followed by a high rate of urbanization are resulting in a growing number of huge urban agglomerations – cities and megacities.
The costs of air and water pollution in India are extraordinarily high. Consequently, the deterioration of environmental quality is likely to significantly hinder economic growth.
In this paper we consider the outlook for economic growth of the advanced economies, focusing on the G7: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the U.K., and the U.S.
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