STEG funding is back!
The Sixth SRG Call and Fifth PhD Call are currently open with a number of other calls scheduled to open later in the year, including the Fourth LRG Call. Find all open and upcoming calls through the button below.
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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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.
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!
AI and Service-Led Growth: Evidence from Indian Job Adverts
Alexander Copestake, Max Marczinek, Ashley Pople, and Katherine Stapleton
Rural Marketplaces and Local Development
Tillmann von Carnap
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