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In addition to academic research and policy papers, the Growth Lab shares research insights and the impact of our work through visual stories, blogs, newsletters, podcasts, videos, and press releases.

Our work has been featured in various media outlets including the BBC, Bloomberg, CNN, The Economist, The Financial Times, New York Times, Wall St. Journal, and Washington Post.

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Azerbaijan, Harvard launch upgraded Green Growth Portal to drive global energy transition

November 12, 2025

Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Economy, in collaboration with Harvard University’s Growth Lab, has launched an enhanced version of the Green Growth Portal, initially introduced last year during COP29 in Baku.

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Tunisia most competitive African country in green value chains

November 11, 2025

African Manager: Tunisia stands out as the most competitive country in Africa in green value chains, according to the Greenplexity Index.

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Morocco climbs 13 spots in Harvard’s Global Green Industry Index

November 8, 2025

HESPRESS: Morocco has climbed 13 places in a new global ranking measuring countries’ progress in developing green industries, according to the Greenplexity Index.

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Top African Green Economies Ranked by New Global Greenplexity Index

November 7, 2025

The ranking assesses 145 countries based on the diversity and sophistication of their inputs and technologies essential to the global energy transition.

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Odd Lots: What It Takes to Win a Trade War

Bloomberg Odd Lots

The focus of President Trump’s trade policies is clearly China. There are tariffs on everyone, of course, but it’s the growing Chinese manufacturing might, and the various perceived risks associated […]

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Growth Through Inclusion in South Africa with Ricardo Hausmann

Growth Lab Podcast Series

Episode Summary In this introductory episode, Ricardo Hausmann, the founder and Director of Harvard’s Growth Lab and the Rafik Hariri Professor of the Practice of International Political Economy at Harvard […]

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Odd Lots: How Economic Complexity Explains Which Countries Become Rich

Bloomberg Odd Lots

Why do some countries become rich while others stagnate? And can you predict which countries become wealthy in advance of them actually increasing their collective GDP? The answer may lie […]

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Economic Policymaking in a World of Deep Disorder

Harvard Growth Lab Series

Mamo Mihretu is Governor of the National Bank of Ethiopia and HKS MPA 2009. The Growth Lab worked closely with Mr. Mihretu during our three-year policy engagement in Ethiopia, a […]

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#DevTalks: A Computational View of Life and Intelligence

“Life” and “intelligence” are terms with heavily contested meanings. In this Development Talk, Blaise Agüera y Arcas, Vice President and Fellow, and CTO of Technology & Society at Google, offered a novel, unified perspective on both, as described in his new book, “What Is Intelligence?: Lessons from AI About Evolution, Computing, and Minds.”

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How to Boost Economic Growth and Innovation

In this episode of WIPO’s Mission Imagination series, Ricardo Hausmann explains the crucial role that knowhow plays in promoting economic growth and development, shares what governments and the private sector […]

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#DevTalks: Diversifying from Oil: Aspirations and Results of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030

One of the goals of the Saudi Vision 2030 is to diversify the Saudi economy away from oil. In this event, Ziad Daoud, Chief Emerging Markets Economist at Bloomberg LP, […]

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#DevTalks: Can South Africa’s Government of National Unity Deliver?

For the past year, the Centre for Development and Enterprise (CDE) has been working on a major initiative, AGENDA 2024: Priorities for South Africa’s new government. It sets out to […]

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Student Stories: How Pioneering Farmers are Overcoming Barriers in Azerbaijan

September 30, 2025

Palakshi Nerkar is a second-year MPP student at the Harvard Kennedy School. She was accepted into the Growth Lab’s 2025 Summer Internship Program and contributed to ongoing research in Azerbaijan. Why did […]

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Student Stories: Supporting Morocco’s Industrial Sector from the Inside

September 23, 2025

Adin Becker is a third-year Master in Public Administration and Master in Urban Planning dual-degree student at the Harvard Kennedy School and the Harvard Graduate School of Design. He was […]

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Student Stories: A Policy Lens on Electricity Affordability and Life in Nigeria

September 18, 2025

Chu Fang is a second-year MPA/ID student at the Harvard Kennedy School. He was accepted into the Growth Lab’s 2025 Summer Internship Program and contributed to ongoing research in Nigeria. […]