economic growth

Closing the gender gap in entrepreneurship is not just a social equity issue—it is a powerful lever for economic growth. Evidence from India shows that women hire more women, and so efforts to boost female entrepreneurship will increase female labour...

China’s accession to WTO reduced trade policy uncertainty, spurred structural change towards manufacturing and services, and increased economic growth

Democratically elected leaders are less likely to impose socially inefficient regulations or engage in rent-seeking and, hence, enhance firm productivity

The economic success of democratisation crucially depends on the education level of the newly elected local leaders

In an era of deglobalisation, developing countries need more equality within their borders

Eliminating power outages in the developing world would substantially raise firm productivity and worker wages in the long run

Why has economic growth stuttered in Mexico despite, on the face of it, implementation of sensible economic policies by successive governments?

Money in the hands of mothers increases expenditure on children. Does this human capital investment promote economic growth in developing countries?

Economic growth can reduce corruption. A Vietnamese study shows that when employment in an industry doubled, bribery fell by 1.6 percentage points