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Reigniting labour productivity growth in developing countries: Do structural reforms matter?While the negative effects of the 2008 global financial crisis on labour productivity are still fresh in people’s minds, the COVID-19 pandemic raises concerns that productivity will continue to decline...
Labour productivity Business cycles Economic growthWorking Paper
Inequality and growth: a review on a great open debate in economicsWhat is the relationship between inequality and growth? This question has occupied and fascinated social scientists for more than a century...
Economic growth Inequality RedistributionWorking Paper
Macroeconomic risks after a decade of microeconomic turbulence: South Africa (2007–2020)This study analyses the performance of macroeconomic policy in South Africa in 2007–2020 and outlines challenges for policy in the coming decade...
Macroeconomic policy Economic growth Emerging marketsSeminar
Luis Felipe López Calva on inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean
Blog
Unlocking the mystery of domestic savings: What difference do they make?The socioeconomic fallout from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has brought to the fore discussions on domestic resource mobilization (hereafter DRM)...
Domestic revenue mobilization Domestic savings InvestmentsPolicy seminar
Linkages between Special Economic Zone investments and the local economy
Panel discussion
How to get inclusive growth started in fragile contexts
Policy Brief
The economic gains of reducing the employment gender gap in MoroccoMiddle East and North Africa (MENA) countries, including Morocco, currently record the lowest rates of female labour force participation (FLFP) in the world...
Female labour force participation Gender gap EmploymentJournal Article
The corruption–growth relationship: Does the political regime matter?Corruption is widely believed to have an adverse effect on the economic performance of a country...
Corruption Democracy Economic growthBlog
Why do we see boom-and-bust growth in fragile and conflict-affected states?
One of the most pressing challenges in development policy is to bring about rapid, sustained, and inclusive growth in developing countries...
Fragile states Conflict Economic growthBook Chapter
Setting the sceneFrom the book: Inequality in the Developing World
Inequality Developing countries Middle-income countriesBook
Inequality in the Developing WorldInequality has emerged as a key development challenge...
Inequality Developing countries Middle-income countriesBlog
The Nordic Model — lessons for Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, like the Nordic countries, is a social democratic nation with a strong welfare state...
Social protection Economic growth Labour marketProject
The domestic savings shortfall in developing countries – what can be done about it?
Theme: Transforming states
Domestic savings Domestic revenue mobilization Economic growthResearch Brief
Strengthening SADC trade in alternative fuels: Reducing the impact of global oil pricesAnalysis of World Bank data ranging from 1990–2017 indicates that increases in global oil prices would have negative effects on the economic growth of SADC, especially Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, and Mauritius...
Economic growth Oil prices Panel data analysis