We examine the contribution of incremental and radical innovations to total factor productivity (TFP) growth at the … accompanied by informal research. We find that radical innovations are the only significant contributors to TFP growth so that … innovation height matters. We also find evidence that TFP growth is better represented by an upward shift of the production …

disease, on human capital investment decisions and income growth. This research is particularly relevant to Sub-Saharan Africa … given the dramatic reduction in life expectancy due to HIV/AIDS and the potential lasting effects on growth. Our results … indicate that as life expectancy shortens so does schooling inducing a lower growth rate of income. These relationships are …

capacities to formulate and implement national ICT policies that promote equitable access to ICT and information for socio …

growth, resource abundance might have a negative effect on genuine saving. In fact, the two are closely related, as future … consumption growth is limited by insufficient genuine saving now. In this paper, we apply the most convincing conclusion from the … literature on economic growth – that it is institutional failure that depresses growth – to data on genuine saving. We regress …