With urban industrialization on the scale achieved by East Asian economies looking increasingly less plausible, small economies in Africa need an alternative strategic approach to long-term growth. The purpose of this paper is to identify a growth strategy with the greatest potential for small,...

China, India y la economia mundial' da una mirada desapasionada y critica al crecimiento de estos dos paises, y postula algunas preguntas dificiles acerca de este ascenso: Donde esta ocurriendo? Quien se esta beneficiando mas? Es sostenible? Cuales son las implicaciones para el resto del mundo?...

Recommended readings (Machine generated): 1. Loren Brandt, Debin Ma and Thomas G. Rawski (2014), 'From Divergence to Convergence: Reevaluating the History behind China's Economic Boom', Journal of Economic Literature, 52 (1), March, 45-123 -- 2. Chenggang Xu (2011), 'The Fundamental Institutions...

This report stats that income gaps among countries are largely explained by differences in productivity. By raising the capital/labor ratio and rapidly assimilating technologies across a wide range of activities, China has increased factor productivity manifold since 1980 and joined the ranks of...