, which has provided a significant boost to growth, productivity, competitiveness, profits and (more controversially …

This paper 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 …

Growth in emerging market economies (EMEs) is set to durably slow from the rates observed over 2010-12 as cyclical … effects fade, potential growth declines and external financing conditions tighten. Large negative current account balances … countries’ growth could be around ⅔ percentage points lower on average, with around ½ percentage point accounted for by trade …

Productivity growth has declined since the late 1990s, slowing the catching-up process. Structural reforms to …

Policy reforms aimed at boosting long-run growth often have side effects – positive or negative – on an economy … reconsideration of the role growth-promoting policies play in shaping the vulnerability and resilience of an economy to macroeconomic … growth – contained in Going for Growth and the Economic Outlook – and attempts to establish whether they underpin …

productivity growth and requires new thinking on policy. The returns to investing in KBC differ significantly across countries and …

gains, and the contribution of efficient resource allocation to this process. Realising the growth opportunities implied by …

vital role for the functioning of the economy, can contribute to raising growth and social welfare. But more is not always … identifies the policy framework that promotes investment that is conducive to growth and ensures the appropriate use of …

much better than the Barro and Lee (1996) or Nehru <I>et al.</I> (1995) series in a number of growth specifications. We … on the (lack of) relationship between educational investment and growth. Using our preferred empirical specification, we …