Faculty Working Papers

Doing Growth Diagnostics in Practice: A ‘Mindbook’

Abstract

This paper systematizes the implementation of the Growth Diagnostics framework. It aims to give the meta-steps that a persuasive growth diagnosis should have, and elaborates on the strategies and methods that may be used. Rather than a step-by-step instruction manual or handbook, this paper is meant to be a ‘mindbook’, suggesting how to think about the problem of identifying a country’s constraints to growth.

Growth Lab Working Paper
5
Keywords
growth diagnostics
JEL Classification
A11, B41, O10, O20

Authors

Hausmann, R., Klinger, B. & Wagner, R.

Citation

Hausmann, R., Klinger, B. & Wagner, R., 2008. Doing Growth Diagnostics in Practice: A ‘Mindbook’. Growth Lab Working Paper, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.