In the decade 1999-2009, Jordan experienced an impressive growth acceleration, tripling its exports and increasing income per capita by 38%. Since then, a number of external shocks that include the Global Financial Crisis (2008-2009), the Arab Spring (2011), the Syrian Civil War (2011), and the...

This report aims to summarize the main findings of the project as gathered by the three baseline documents, and frame them within a coherent set of policy recommendations that can help Panama to maintain their growth momentum in time and make it more inclusive. Three elements stand out as...

In the thirty years that have passed since independence, Namibia has been characterized by its overreliance on its mineral resource wealth, procyclicality of macroeconomic policy, and large income disparities. After an initial decade marked by nation-building and slow growth (1990-2000), the...

Are regions poor because they have bad institutions or are they poor because they are disconnected from the social channels through which technology diffuses? This paper tests institutional and technological theories of economic convergence by looking at income convergence across Colombian...

Chiapas is the state with the lowest income per capita in Mexico and the state that grew the least during the last decade. Therefore, the income gap between Chiapas and the rest of Mexico has widened remarkably. This weak performance contrasts sharply with the relative macroeconomic and...