Essays and updates on export-led growth, industrial policy, and what it takes to create good jobs in developing countries.

Anna Christina Thorsheim used the Export Boom Atlas to ask whether foundations, entrepreneurs and firms could set off export booms on purpose.
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Export Booms: Neither Magic nor Mystery Observers of economic development often search for a “silver bullet” that can explain why some countries achieve rapid…
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Introducing the Export Boom Atlas
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We’re pleased to share a research paper by our advisor and leading economist Lant Pritchett, "The Case for Economic Growth as the Path to Human…
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Industrial policy is a process–not merely a policy or set of policies–that the public and private sectors engage in jointly. We make this case and offer…
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Developing countries need “knowhow” to competitively produce goods and services for the global economy. The quickest and cheapest way to acquire this knowhow…
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Our latest piece in Stanford Social Innovation Review argues that instead of treating education like a silver bullet, a demand-side job creation strategy…
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Our article on Stanford Social Innovation Review makes the case for development philanthropists to focus on building the productive capacity of entire…
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Rwanda is building an outsourcing sector that will create thousands of good jobs. This is the story of its emergence and the role of Growth Teams in supporting…
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Originally posted here on the Progress Forum (with full footnotes), this piece was co-authored by Growth Teams co-founders Kartik Akileswaran and Jonathan…
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🚨 🎙 New #podcast out featuring Growth Teams ! Check out our co-founder Kartik Akileswaran on the # BrettonGoods podcast hosted by Pradyumna Shyama Prasad. He…
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(This is a repost of a blog originally posted on the International Growth Centre for Africa Industrialization Week 2022 - bit.ly/3GwmEft ) Industrialisation in…
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Start, adjust, iterate
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