the acceding countries, as reflected in protracted negotiations. We study the growth and investment consequences of WTO …

Do middle-income countries face difficult challenges producing consistent growth? Using transition matrix analysis, we …

growth and volatility in developing countries. The results suggest that it is difficult to establish a robust causal … relationship between financial integration and economic growth. Furthermore, there is little evidence that developing countries … have been consistently successful in using financial integration to stabilize fluctuations in consumption growth. However …

. In terms of drivers of innovation growth, we find that embracing expanded market opportunities in the world economy and …After more than three decades of high growth that was based on an exploration of its low-wage advantage and a … at a crossroad with a much higher wage and a shrinking work force. Future growth by necessity would have to depend more …