The Other Hand: High Bandwidth Development Policy
Much of development policy has been based on the search for a short to-do list that would get countries moving. In this paper, I argue that economic activity requires a […]
Search Results
200 Results Found for
A more globally-minded European green industrial policy
Industrial policy has for a long time raised difficult questions for policymakers to unpick. What justifications are there for government intervention in market mechanisms, and how and to what extent […]
Evaluating the Principle of Relatedness: Estimation, Drivers and Implications for Policy
A growing body of research documents that the size and growth of an industry in a place depends on how much related activity is found there. This fact is commonly […]
Exploring the Uncharted Export: An Analysis of Tourism-Related Foreign Expenditure with International Spend Data
Tourism is one of the most important economic activities in the world: for many countries it represents the single largest product in their export basket. However, it is a product […]
Towards a Prosperous and Productive Chiapas: Institutions, Policies, and Public-Private Dialog to Promote Inclusive Growth
Since the Zapatista revolution of January 1994, enormous amount of resources coming from the federal government have poured over Chiapas. The gap in years and quality of education has been […]
Inputs for Policy Design: Tools of Economic Diversification in the UAE
This report examines how the United Arab Emirates can leverage three key policy tools to accelerate economic diversification and transition to a knowledge-based economy: Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Free Zones, […]
Seeing the Forest for More than the Trees: A Policy Strategy to Curb Deforestation and Advance Shared Prosperity in the Colombian Amazon
Does economic prosperity in the Colombian Amazon require sacrificing the forest? This research compendium of a series of studies on the Colombian Amazon finds the answer to this question is […]
Looking for Virtue in Remoteness: Policy Recommendations for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth in the Peruvian Amazonia
Loreto is a place full of contrasts. Although it is the largest department in Peru, it is one of the least populated in the country. Its capital, Iquitos, is closer […]
2024-09-glwp-234-innovation-policies-under-complexity
2024-09-glwp-234-innovation-policies-under-complexity
Horrible trade-offs in a pandemic: Poverty, fiscal space, policy, and welfare
We analyze how poverty and a country’s fiscal space impact policy and welfare in times of a pandemic. We introduce a subsistence level of consumption into a tractable heterogeneous agent […]