New Podcast Series: Conversations on Transformation
The Conversations on Transformation series investigates some of the most important new research in structural transformation, growth and economic development.
Structural Transformation and Economic Growth
STEG is a research initiative funded by FCDO that aims to provide a better understanding of structural change, productivity, and growth in low- and middle-income countries. Our research will help to design and implement strategies that better facilitate growth.
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STEG Working Paper Series
The STEG Working Paper Series features leading research in the fields of structural transformation, productivity, and growth. Find the latest papers below!
Misallocation and Financial Constraints Among Firms in Sub-Saharan Africa
Fatou Kiné Thioune
The Short- and Long-Run Effects of Affirmative Action: Evidence from Imperial China
Melanie Meng Xue and Boxiao Zhang
Industry Linkages from Joint Production
Xiang Ding
Spatial Production Networks
Costas Arkolakis, Federico Huneeus, and Yuhei Miyauchi
Productivity, Investment and Wealth Dynamics under Financial Frictions: An Empirical Investigation of the Self-financing Channel
Alvaro Aguirre, Matías Tapia, and Lucciano Villacorta
Beyond the Hump: Structural Change in an Open Economy
Lidia Smitkova
Building the City Under Financial Frictions
David Gomtsyan
Bureaucratic Nepotism
Juan Felipe Riaño
The Who, What, When, and How of Industrial Policy: A Text-Based Approach
Réka Juhász, Nathaniel Lane, Emily Oehlsen, and Verónica C. Pérez