There are common narratives about economic growth in Ethiopia. We analyze four common narratives, namely, that (1) the … economy is transforming from agriculture to industry, (2) that national economic growth has been rapid and sustained, (3) that …

This essay reviews the historical and ongoing role played by trade in sustained high growth and human development … supply-side capacity. Given the strong links between trade-led growth, economic upgrading, and poverty reduction, the paper … argues that trade led economic growth must be prioritised in the post-2015 development agenda. …

factors in the growth and increasing wage inequality in an advanced economy (the UK) since 1979. Calibration of a model to … for both growth and inequality. Calibrated TFP growth is consistent with the results from nonparametric growth accounting … more problems to modelling inequality than with growth: in particular, the main models in the literature, which take skill …

This essay reviews the historical and ongoing role played by trade in sustained high growth and human development … supply-side capacity. Given the strong links between trade-led growth, economic upgrading, and poverty reduction, the paper … argues that trade led economic growth must be prioritised in the post-2015 development agenda. …

There are common narratives about economic growth in Ethiopia. We analyze four common narratives, namely, that (1) the … economy is transforming from agriculture to industry, (2) that national economic growth has been rapid and sustained, (3) that …

factors in the growth and increasing wage inequality in an advanced economy (the UK) since 1979. Calibration of a model to … for both growth and inequality. Calibrated TFP growth is consistent with the results from nonparametric growth accounting … more problems to modelling inequality than with growth: in particular, the main models in the literature, which take skill …

We discuss the role of contracting impediments created by the existence of national borders on open economy growth. In … a two-good neoclassical Ramsey growth model with lack of enforcement on international trade contracts we show that … many researchers believe, international trade affects growth by increasing investment rates. The model provides a new …

the transmission of the growth from the North to the South through international markets, both through trade and through … particular, I shall present a set of results that contradict the statement that he growth of the North is necessary or even at … all favorable to the growth of the South, which is central to much thinking about the New International Economy Order. I …

It has long been recognized that the forces that lead to the agglomeration of economic activity and to aggregate growth …

Trade is shown to increase economic growth purely through comparative advantage without recourse to scale effects …, technology transfer, research and development, or even international investment. The resulting growth rates are those that would … result from technology transfer, even though no technology transfer actually occurs. A balanced growth rate exists, is …