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The Growth Lab’s Research Seminar series is a weekly seminar that brings together researchers from across the academic spectrum who share an interest in growth and development. In this seminar, […]

Ricardo Hausmann on Business Day TV Ricardo Hausmann discusses South Africa’s economic progress since 2004 and how it can achieve faster growth.

Speaker: Martin Kahanec, Professor and Head of the Department of Public Policy at the Central European University (CEU) in Vienna. Abstract: (Paper)Theoretical arguments and previous country-level evidence indicate that immigrants are […]

In this video series, Growth Lab director Ricardo Hausmann discusses some of the challenges facing South Africa; delving into collapsing state capacity, the electricity crisis, spatial exclusion, and how it […]

The Growth Lab Research Seminar series is a weekly seminar that brings together researchers from across the academic spectrum who share an interest in growth and development. Please register in […]

Growth Lab data analysis in The New York Times As South Africans celebrate 30 years of freedom and prepare to vote in a pivotal national election, we looked at how […]

Growth Lab research in the Financial Mail  

Speaker: Ernest Liu, Assistant Professor of Economics at the Bendheim Center for Finance in Princeton’s Department of Economics Paper: Innovation Networks and Innovation Policy Abstract: We study the optimal allocation of R&D resources […]

Ricardo Hausmann on SAfm radio’s Beyond the Headline