Welcome to the Growth Blog

The Growth Blog is a forum for you - the policy maker, the academic, the student, and the interested citizen of the world - to agree, disagree, or simply to engage current practitioners on policies and issues critical to development. This platform was inspired by the series of meetings that the Commission on Growth and Development held around the world over the course of the last two years. Of the many lessons that emerged in the deliberations, the one that stands out is that inclusive growth requires inclusive thinking, and inclusive discussion.

 

Education

SEX RATIOS AND ECONOMIC GROWTH

Submitted by Anil Deolalikar on Mon, 07/06/2009 - 15:04.

There is one aspect of health interventions influencing economic growth that has not attracted as much attention as it should have. And that relates to the problem of unbalanced sex ratios that prevail in some parts of the world, particularly China, India and (to a smaller extent) South Korea.

The Global Economical Crisis is not Gender Blind

Submitted by Carin Jämtin on Mon, 03/09/2009 - 10:25.

The last decades have seen a tremendous improvement of the situation for girls and women in developing countries. Today, more girls attend school. More women earn an income in the formal labour market. Women participate in society to a greater extent.

 

The Growth Commission - The View of Economic Experts

Submitted by Administrator on Thu, 06/05/2008 - 14:31.

Following the launch of The Growth Report, on May 21, 2008 in various cities around the world, there has been fruitful debate on the role of economics as the bedrock of development thinking, and the true expertise of economists in prescribing tools for growth.  Central to this debate has been the criticism of NYU Professor Bill Easterly in the pages of the Financial Times, and Surjit Bhalla in the Business Standard.  See their comments, and the responses by FT columnist, Martin Wolf, World Bank Senior Economist, Roberto Zagha, Harvard professor, Dani Rodrik, and CEPR economist, Paul Seabright.

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