July 2025, Paper: Place-based policy in the United States comprises a wide range of government programs that are spread across federal, state, and local agencies and that rely on…
June 10, 2025, Opinion: "Advanced economies’ most glaring failure, reflected in divided societies and polarized politics, has been their inability to deliver adequate numbers of…
May 2025, Paper: "Recent growth accelerations in Africa are characterized by declining shares of the labor force employed in agriculture, increasing labor productivity in…
The future of developing countries is in services as that is where the jobs will be. Enhancing productivity in labor-absorbing services must be an essential priority, for reasons…
To promote economic growth and inclusion, the tools of industrial policy must be oriented towards micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises by targeting firms with high-…
June 10, 2024, Opinion: "Today’s developing economies are in a bind, because innovation in manufacturing has taken a predominantly skill-biased form, reducing demand for workers…
