Led by @ricardo_hausman, we push the frontiers of economic growth & development policy research. Housed @Kennedy_School, @HarvardCID. Home to @Atlas_Facts.
Nov 15, 2023 • 12 tweets • 4 min read
Our report summarizing the findings of our two-year engagement research in #SouthAfrica is out!
This thread highlights its main points. 1/12🧵
🔗growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/publications/g…
🌈The hope of the #RainbowNation that captivated the world after apartheid is still a vision rather than a reality. While #SouthAfrica’s economic potential remains unrealized, the promise of the Rainbow Nation remains alive. 2/12
Dec 23, 2020 • 22 tweets • 19 min read
At the Growth Lab, an interdisciplinary team of researchers explores the secret of #EconomicGrowth from both an academic and applied angle. These are our most important academic papers of the past decade on #EconomicComplexity. (1/22) growthlab.cid.harvard.edu/academic-resea…
The economic complexity approach starts from the assumption that technology takes the form of tools, codes and #Knowhow. Knowhow grows by putting different bits of knowhow in different brains. (2/22)
