We discuss the considerable literature that has developed in recent years providing rigorous
evidence on how industrial policies work. This literature is a significant improvement over …

Over 1 billion people currently live in slums, with the number of slum dwellers only expected
to grow in the coming decades. The vast majority of slums are located in and around urban …

This study revisits the economic growth–energy consumption thesis by investigating the
impact of economic, social, and political globalization on the economic growth–energy …

This study investigates the short-term and long-term impacts of economic growth, trade
openness and technological progress on renewable energy use in Organization for …

There are fewer people living in extreme poverty in the world today than 30 years ago. While
that is an achievement, continuing progress for poor people is far from assured. Inequalities …

The concept of the developmental state emerged to explain the rapid growth of a number of
countries in East Asia in the postwar period. Yet the developmental state literature also …

When migrants move from one country to another, they carry a new range of skills and
perspectives, which nurture technological innovation and stimulate economic growth. At the …

In his previous Schumpeter Prize-winning work, Lee analysed the'middle-income trap', in
which a developing country grows strongly only to plateau at a certain point. Yet certain …

Creating a Learning Society: A New Approach to Growth, Development, and Social Progress,
Reader's Edition Page 1 Creating a Learning Society KENNETH J. ARROW LECTURE SERIES …

A systematic investigation of growth in nature and society, from tiny organisms to the
trajectories of empires and civilizations. Growth has been both an unspoken and an explicit …