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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 […]
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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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The Rape of Venezuela
June 2, 2026
In this op-ed for Project Syndicate, Ricardo Hausmann writes that Venezuela’s oil production is rising, yet its currency is depreciating, inflation is accelerating, and foreign exchange remains scarce. The disconnect reflects a political economy built on private dealmaking and a mutually beneficial alliance between ruling elites and US President Donald Trump’s acolytes.
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Macroeconomics of tariffs with global production and finance networks
May 18, 2026
In this column for VoxEU, Muhammed Yildirim and others introduce a new framework that integrates global production networks into a standard open-economy model.
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Bolivia Seeks a $3 Billion Tourism Boost to Revive Its Crumbling Economy
May 5, 2026
Growth Lab research is cited in this Bloomberg News article about how Bolivia is now eyeing its natural resources as a way to attract foreign visitors — and hard currency.
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Azerbaijan reviews growth strategy cooperation with Harvard Growth Lab
May 5, 2026
Azerbaijani Economy Minister Mikayil Jabbarov held discussions with Professor Ricardo Hausmann, reviewing ongoing cooperation on Azerbaijan’s economic development strategy.
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Harvard’s Growth Lab Releases Comprehensive Economic Reform Roadmap for Bolivia
April 23, 2026
New research identifies structural drivers of Bolivia’s economic crisis and outlines a five-pillar plan to stabilize the economy and unlock long-term potential.
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China shock 2.0: the flood of high-tech goods that will change the world
April 14, 2026
Using trade data from the Growth Lab’s Atlas of Economic Complexity, the Financial Times explores the shifting of China’s export basket from low‑complexity consumer goods to a dense cluster of high‑complexity, capital‑ and knowledge‑intensive products, and how that shift impacts global trade.
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How Iran, Suffering Under Sanctions, Diversified Its Economy
April 13, 2026
Analyzing trade data from the Growth Lab’s Atlas of Economic Complexity, the New York Times shows how Iran, despite broad sanctions, has managed to keep doing business with much of the world.