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The Atlas of Economic Complexity of Colombia (Datlas) is a diagnostic tool for the productivity of departments, cities, and municipalities.

The Growth Lab has been working with the Government of Namibia since 2020 on a project to disentangle the factors that inform Namibia’s economic prospects. The research outputs of this initiative may in turn contribute to the policymaking process in the country and inform policymakers abroad facing similar issues.

Collaborative research project to examine the factors that influence the development of a robust and sustainable sports sector.

The Colombian diaspora has a wealth of human and social capital that can be mobilized in the process of internationalization of the Colombian economy.

Large income gaps prevail across regions in Mexico. Nuevo Leon exhibits levels of productivity similar to those of South Korea, while Guerrero and Chiapas experience productivity levels below Honduras. These large disparities reproduce even as we break into smaller geographical units: Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas’ capital, has eight times the income of Aldama and Mitontic, its poorest municipalities.

From 2010-2011, a team from the Growth Lab collaborated with the Dominican government to develop a strategy to create a highly-productive, internationally competitive economy.

The Migration Project at CID (2009-2011) focused on understanding and strengthening the links between migration, remittances and prosperity.

The Africa Growth Lab worked to identify the most important constraints on African growth and to recommend interventions that can relax these constraints.

This report is a collection of policy memos that deal with the choices the government faces going forward in the broad area of macroeconomic policies, including fiscal policy and institutions, monetary and exchange rate arrangements and policies, financial policies, industrial policy, trade policy and broad issues in institutional development.