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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.

Media members seeking expert commentary and interviews with Growth Lab researchers should email Chuck McKenney.

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AI giants revive the golden era of invention

July 13, 2026

Growth Lab research on innovation and U.S patents anchors this Reuters’ article which contends the rising costs of frontier AI are pulling basic research back into large corporate labs—Google, OpenAI, Microsoft, Meta—much like Bell Labs and GE in the mid‑20th century.

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WIPO, Growth Lab launch Innovation Capabilities Navigator

July 10, 2026

The Innovation Capabilities Navigator is an interactive dashboard launched by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and Harvard’s Growth Lab. It maps over 2,500 capabilities across 193 economies to help […]

Fishing boats in the harbor in Puerto Ayora, the largest town in the Galápagos Islands, located on Santa Cruz Island, Ecuador.

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Ecuador Launches Tuna Executive Table With Harvard Growth Lab Support

July 9, 2026

As part of a new applied research project with the Growth Lab, Ecuador is bringing together the government, private sector, and international organizations to identify and execute solutions for the tuna value chain.

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“Killing the goose that laid the golden egg”: Ricardo Hausmann explains Bolivia’s economic crisis

June 26, 2026

In this interview with HKS News, Ricardo Hausmann describes the roots of Bolivia’s economic crisis and how the country can change course.

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Los desafíos de la estabilización en Bolivia

Poder & Mercado

En esta oportunidad hemos conversado con dos extraordinarios economistas, Guillermo Arcay y Fernando García, del equipo del Harvard Growth Lab liderado por Ricardo Hausmann, en un programa patrocinado por Marcelo […]

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Ricardo Hausmann Explains How the Venezuelan Economy Collapsed

Bloomberg’s Odd Lots

In this conversation with Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway, Ricardo Hausmann explains how Venezuela went from being the largest oil exporter in the world to becoming the ultimate economic basket case.

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What Next for Venezuela?

Economics, Applied

Venezuela descended into an economic, political, and human rights disaster in the 21st century. How can Venezuela find its way back to the rule of law, human rights, democracy, and prosperity? […]

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Interview with Ricardo Hausmann

Society of Professional Economists – Econ Thoughts

Filippo Gaddo, Managing Director at Alvarez and Marsal, SPE Councillor, and host of the Econ Thoughts SPE Podcast, spoke with Ricardo Hausmann, founder and director of Harvard’s Growth Lab and […]

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Growth Versus Development: The Peruvian Example

In this Development Talk, Roberto Chang, Professor in the Department of Economics at Rutgers University and Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, discusses his recently published books […]

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The Startup State: What Drives Economies That Innovate

This conversation with Howard Wolk dives into his book, “Launchpad Republic: America’s Entrepreneurial Edge and Why It Matters”, the “secret sauce” of entrepreneurship, and examines the past, present, and future of American innovation.

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Ecuador: Economic Reactivation at the Global Crossroads and the New Commercial Era

After a decade of stagnation, Ecuador finds itself at a critical yet promising moment to revitalize its economy. With its recent return to international markets and progress in strategic trade […]

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Productivity, Prosperity, and Canada’s Economic Future

Ricardo Hausmann examines how emerging forces, including new technologies, alongside enduring factors such as natural resources, are reshaping productivity, prosperity and Canada’s economic future.

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How do you finance the world’s newest nation? A dispatch from Bougainville

March 4, 2026

How the Panguna copper and gold mine, shuttered since 1989, and the source of the conflict that defined a generation, can energize the economy of Bougainville, soon to be the world’s newest independent nation.

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Student Stories: Climate, Conservation, and Women’s Financial Empowerment in India

January 16, 2026

Dana Yoo is a second-year MPP student at Harvard Kennedy School. She was accepted into the Growth Lab’s 2025 Summer Internship Program and contributed to an ongoing project in Meghalaya, […]

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How Cheyenne’s Housing Reforms are Easing Wyoming’s Housing Crisis

December 19, 2025

By Eric Protzer Cheyenne is the capital of Wyoming, with a population of approximately 65,000. The state of Wyoming as a whole has faced a durable shortage of housing, and […]