Productivity growth is the driving force behind economic development. A large development accounting literature has shown that much of the difference in income per capita...

As rates of globalisation increase in most developing countries, trade openness and foreign market access have become even more important determinants of growth. Trade offers...

This sub-thematic summary highlights the IGC’s research on transport and infrastructure over the past 10 years. Transport and infrastructure are fundamental aspects in...

This sub-thematic summary highlights the IGC’s research on management practices in the private sector over the past 10 years. The substantial productivity differences...

Africa has seen massive trade liberalisation in the last three decades. But the success of translating reduced tariffs into increased international trade has been limited and...

During the last decade and a half, African economies grew at nearly double the rate of the 1990s. However, the commodity boom obscured a key weakness in African economic...