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Growth Slowdowns Redux: New Evidence on the Middle-Income Trap
Also of interest to EC307 students – a new NBER paper looking at growth slowdowns in middle income countries. Highlight: But in contrast to our earlier analysis which pointed to the existence of a single mode at which slowdowns occur … Continue reading
Growth Forecasts by Credit Suisse
Of interest to students in my economic growth class – the predictions of Credit Suisse for 2013 growth. Unless you live in Europe,the forecasts look fairly posititve. The key question for students in EC307 – what reflects long term growth … Continue reading
Does it matter if we know how rich we are?
Lies, Damn Lies and GDP – link from Chris Blattman How important is the measurement of GDP? It matters for research, but does it really matter for governance?
African poverty: Falling faster than you think
A summary of recent work on African poverty rates by Maxim Pinkovskiy and Xavier Sala-i-Martin. African poverty: Falling faster than you think. The critical result to this research is the decline in inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa since the mid-late 1980’s, … Continue reading