markets (EM) are now entering a period of slower growth. In fact, growth is now lower than the post-crisis peak of 2010-11, as … growth rates seen in the last decade or whether their prospects are dimmer than thought a few years ago. This SDN we will … explore the drivers of the slowdown, how changes in external conditions that supported high growth in EMs will affect them …

Total factor productivity growth was stagnant or slowing in many advanced countries even prior to the crisis. This … paper documents sector-level productivity patterns across advanced economies prior to the crisis and examines the role of … driving productivity differences across sectors and countries. Since productivity payoffs of reforms evolve over time, we also …

contribution of total factor productivity (TFP) to growth is largely responsible for the slowdown in trend growth in many SMICs …, which highlights the need for policy actions to reinvigorate productivity growth. This paper explores the question of what … kind of structural policies could boost productivity growth in SMICs and the political economy factors that may be …

The need to revive Euro area growth highlights the importance of the evolution of domestic and external demand in the …

in the private sector, increase productivity and sustainable growth, and help create the non-oil economy that will be …-wage foreign labor and the rapid growth in government spending, while the continued availability of high-paying and secure public …

The small states of the Asia and Pacific region face unique challenges in raising their growth potential and living … often face more limited policy tools, policies do matter and can further help build resilience and raise potential growth … improve the composition of public spending in order to foster inclusive growth. Regional solutions should also continue to be …

become a main engine of growth in the United States, we find that U.S. manufacturing exports could provide nonnegligible … growth opportunities going forward. …

The inefficiency of the Italian judicial system has contributed to reduced investments, slow growth and a difficult …

find no evidence of any particular debt threshold above which medium-term growth prospects are dramatically compromised …. Furthermore, we find the debt trajectory can be as important as the debt level in understanding future growth prospects, since …

growth, real wages and the supply of public services. Senegal does not need, however, to undertake such difficult fiscal …