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The goal of this project was to diagnose the challenges and obstacles confronting Baja California, Campeche and Tabasco in terms of growth and productivity, and identify the development strategy that would allow for expansion or strengthening of their industries through transitioning to activities with greater complexity or added value.

Collaboration (2014-2015) with the Mexican Ministry of Finance to examine the underlying causes of poverty in Mexico’s poorest state.

Our researchers are identifying barriers to economic growth and pinpointing diversification opportunities across Andalusia, Spain’s southern most region. A key emphasis is placed on green growth and the region’s potential to become a key supplier of specific goods and services needed to help the world decarbonize.

Este proyecto pretende generar un nuevo modelo de prosperidad económica en la Amazonia colombiana que no sacrifique la selva.

In this project, researchers measure countries’ degree of openness towards different groups of migrants, and test the hypothesis that more developed economies are more open to international migrants, and in particular to international talent.

Recognizing the transformative potential that rests with the Albanian diaspora, the project worked hand in hand with the government and diaspora groups in the United States to find ways of engaging Albanians abroad with social and economic development in Albania.

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.

This project deployed research guided by Growth Diagnostic and Economic Complexity methodologies, first to understand constraints to growth and key opportunities and later to guide problem-specific research.

This multi-year project sought to consolidate the gains of post-transition economic stability and accelerate growth in order to create employment and improve the livelihoods of all South Africans.

As part of our research agenda on cities as engines of economic growth, researchers are studying emerging growth opportunities across Sonora with a focus on Hermosillo that stem from a context of relocation of global supply chains, green energy transition, and the rise of knowledge-intensive services.