-up scenarios, analyzing how improving the efficiency of capital spending and of tax revenue collection affect growth and debt … learn how to invest more efficiently, accelerating public capital accumulation and therefore growth. We discuss the pros and …, achieving higher GDP growth with substantially lower debt-to-GDP ratios, and will help policymakers efficiently meet the …

the result of low TFP and thus GDP growth-not the cause …

trade and TFP growth both over time and across sectors …

This study examines the drivers of growth in Asian countries, with focus on the role of investment, the exchange rate … 1980 to 2012. Our results indicate that private and public investments are strong drivers of growth, while more limited … evidence is found that reduced financial risk and higher foreign direct investment support growth. The exchange rate regime …

This study examines the drivers of growth in Sub-Saharan African countries, using aggregate data, from the past decade …. We correlate recent growth experience to key determinants of growth, including private and public investment, government … specification, higher private and public investments boost growth. Some evidence is found that government consumption exerts a drag …

We examine the effects of aid on growth-- in cross-sectional and panel data--after correcting for the bias that aid … evidence of a positive (or negative) relationship between aid inflows into a country and its economic growth. We also find no …: what aspects of aid offset what ought to be the indisputable growth enhancing effects of resource transfers? Thus, our …

aid on the long-term growth of poor countries, even those with good policies. We look for a possible offset to the …