The paper reviews the “stylized facts” on economic growth gathered by Easterly and Levine in their 2001 joint paper and … illustrates some of the points made on the basis of data from the IMF’s World Economic Outlook on real growth and per capita GDP … since 1970. The data show that the growth performance of many poor countries has been disappointing: most of the “developing …

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 …

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

Total factor productivity growth was stagnant or slowing in many advanced countries even prior to the crisis. This …

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 …

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