identifies the policy framework that promotes investment that is conducive to growth and ensures the appropriate use of …Investment in network infrastructure – the energy, water, transport and telecommunication networks – which performs a … vital role for the functioning of the economy, can contribute to raising growth and social welfare. But more is not always …

financial development and growth — over and above the links via investment — indicating impacts via overall economic efficiency …The recent period of sustained high growth in the United States has drawn attention to its financial system and the … efficiency with which it seems to be able to channel funds to new productive investment projects, particularly in hi …

investment. Stepping up structural reforms will also be necessary if double-digit growth rates are to be achievable over the …In recent years, India has enjoyed one of the highest growth rates worldwide, weathering the global financial crisis … improving in key sectors, partly thanks to greater private investment, bottlenecks endure and efforts to intensify competition …

economies, even though growth is likely to slow from near double-digit rates in the first decade of this millennium to around 7 …% at the 2020 horizon. However, in order to sustain vigorous growth and improve the well-being of most citizens, renewed …-friendly growth.<P>En marche pour la prospérité : Réformer pour poursuivre le rattrapage en Chine<BR>La Chine est bien placée pour ne …

This paper investigates the design of tax structures to promote economic growth. It suggests a “tax and growth” ranking … taxes are found to be most harmful for growth, followed by personal income taxes, and then consumption taxes. Recurrent … taxes on immovable property appear to have the least impact. A revenue neutral growth-oriented tax reform would, therefore …

In this paper we present an international comparison of growth trends in the OECD countries, with a special attention …. The main conclusions are that some “traditional” factors lay behind the disparities in growth patterns across the OECD …

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 … averaging of cross-section growth regressions confirm that infrastructure investment in telecommunications and the electricity …

This paper discusses growth performance in the OECD countries over the past two decades. Special attention is given to … capita growth, while differences in labour productivity have remained broadly stable. These patterns are explained by … different employment growth rates across countries. In the most recent years, a rise in MFP growth in ICT-related industries has …

years if underlying global trends relating to growth, trade, inequality and environmental pressures prevail. For example …, global growth is likely to slow and become increasingly dependent on knowledge and technology, while the economic costs of …

This report presents the results from a new model for projecting growth of OECD and major non-OECD economies over the … finding is that growth of the non-OECD G20 countries will continue to outpace OECD countries, but the difference will narrow … the absence of ambitious policy changes, global imbalances will emerge which could undermine growth. However, ambitious …