Investment in network infrastructure can boost long-term economic growth in OECD countries. Moreover, infrastructure … investment can have a positive effect on growth that goes beyond the effect of the capital stock because of economies of scale … the links between infrastructure and growth and the role of public policies, reports the results on the links with growth …

China’s exceptional economic expansion has led to rising energy demand and pollution as well as other environmental … pressures. Strong efforts by the government have moderated emissions of some types of air and water pollution from high levels … other costs and reduce well-being. The 12th Five Year Plan aims at further reducing pollution and at other environmental …

The degradation of the environment due to climate change and pollution can harm living standards and damage growth … is reinforced by the high energy intensity of the economy and concentrated agriculture. Environmental policy backlogs … accumulated over the years highlight the challenges of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and water pollution in a cost …

Low growth and huge current account deficits have characterised the Portuguese economy over the past decade. Easy … alternative financing strategies for firms, such as greater reliance on equity. To restore growth, Portugal needs to foster the … job creation, thus enhancing output growth while avoiding high unemployment becoming entrenched and threatening social …

Since around 2007, the country has been enjoying an “energy renaissance” thanks to its abundant stocks of shale oil and …

Australia’s productivity growth has decelerated markedly around the turn of the century. Part of the decline is … responsive, high quality, vocational and higher education systems is indispensable to long-term growth. Raising the completion …

As Mexico seeks to boost economic growth, pressures on its natural resources and environmental outcomes may intensify …, jeopardizing the sustainability of that growth and the well-being of the population. Costs of environmental degradation were … estimated at approximately 5% of GDP in 2011, primarily from the health impact of air pollution, while overexploitation of …

for a cleaner energy mix. Furthermore, additional production will soon come on stream, and there is a reasonable chance of … longstanding due to sluggish reform away from monopoly provision by the state-owned incumbent. As elsewhere, energy use has …, which relies primarily on energy-efficiency measures and an increase in the share of renewable-electricity product. This …

Outlook to explain recent developments in core inflation, excluding food and energy, based on developments in measures of … economic slack (the output gap), spill-over effects from energy prices onto core inflation and lagged responses to past … inflation via expectations formation. The fact that the knock-on effects from energy shocks onto core inflation appear small in …