result of low investment. Latin America is poorer because of lower human capital levels and lower TFP-not because of a lower … business climate indicators converge rapidly. Poor countries without those attributes do not. We show that low investment is …

response of investment to continued demand weakness, leading in turn to a deterioration in potential output via a hysteresis … government investment as a share of GDP has further exacerbated post-crisis weakness in capital stock growth, both directly and … probably indirectly via adverse spillover effects on business investment. Finally, at a time when the use of conventional macro …

capital stock since the financial crisis can be explained by an accelerator response of investment to continued demand …. In many OECD countries, declining government investment as a share of GDP has further exacerbated post-crisis weakness in … capital stock growth, both directly and probably indirectly via adverse spillover effects on business investment. Finally …

investment. Stepping up structural reforms will also be necessary if double-digit growth rates are to be achievable over the … improving in key sectors, partly thanks to greater private investment, bottlenecks endure and efforts to intensify competition … and ensure continued strong investment are required. Labour market reforms are also required to promote job creation …