In 2015, the EU regional / cohesion policy has passed its 40th anniversary. During this time, it has undergone various manifestations with ever-changing objectives. It started as a mixture of structural and regional policy aimed at reducing regional economic disparities within the Union. Since...

Die Lage der russischen Wirtschaft ist dramatisch. Um 3,7% ist die gesamtwirtschaftliche Leistung 2015 eingebrochen. Die verhängten Wirtschaftssanktionen sowie der Ölpreisverfall haben zu der Abwärtsspirale beigetragen. Doch die eigentlichen Schwächen der russischen Wirtschaft sind eher...

In 2015, the EU regional / cohesion policy has passed its 40th anniversary. During this time, it has undergone various manifestations with ever-changing objectives. It started as a mixture of structural and regional policy aimed at reducing regional economic disparities within the Union. Since...

Following the European Commission's guidelines, WIFO has undertaken a monitoring of the implementation of the Austrian National Reform Programme within the framework of the European 2020 growth strategy. The main components are the development of normative target corridors to assess progress in...

Getting growth going is hard and rare -- History as prologue -- Dictators build and sustain pro-growth coalitions -- Dictators incite domestic capitalists to invest -- Selective interventions in rice agriculture -- The state and industrial development -- Technological upgrading -- Democrats,...

Machine generated contents note: -- Part I Setting the Stage -- 1. India at the Cusp -- 2. 1947-2016: A Tour d'Horizon -- 3. Ends and Means, State and Market -- Part II The Growth Challenge -- 4. Capital Accumulation and Animal Spirits -- 5. Growth and the Employment Problem -- 6. Productivity...

The advanced world is facing a crucial moment of transition. We argue that a successful outcome requires bringing innovation to the centre of government thinking and action and that, in order to do this, we must apply our knowledge of how innovation occurs and how to repair what has gone wrong....

"Abenomics" refers to the economic policies advocated by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe who became prime minister of Japan for a second time when his party, the Liberal Democratic Party, won an overwhelming majority at the general election in December 2012. Abenomics has "three arrows": (i)...

Following the European Commission's guidelines, WIFO has undertaken a monitoring of the implementation of the Austrian National Reform Programme within the framework of the European 2020 growth strategy. The main components are an analysis of Austria's progress towards reaching its five EU 2020...

This research focuses on identifying the main policy strategies that could potentially contribute to the advance of three Latin American economies, namely Brazil, Chile and Mexico towards a green growth model that is social and inclusive, given the actual patterns of development of those...

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has significant impact on economic growth of developing countries like Pakistan for many decades. This paper has an objective to know the effects foreign direct investment on economic growth for the period from 1971-2013 by establishing empirical relation between...