Document Type

Lecture

Publication Date

11-15-2017

Publisher

Brookings Mountain West

Abstract

As part of the Brookings Scholar Lecture Series, Brookings Mountain West invites you to a lecture titled "What drives economic growth? A look into structural transformation and export diversification" by Brookings Fellow in Global Economy and Development, Dany Bahar.

About 60 percent of cross-country income differences can be explained by productivity differences. In the long-run, productivity is what best explains economic growth and welfare. This lecture seeks to understand the drivers of economic and productivity growth for countries, and in particular, the role of structural transformation and diversification. The lecture will draw on work by other scholars as well as original research on the link between diversification and economic growth as well as the determinants of diversification, including the role of migrants in this process.

Keywords

Global Economy; Economic Growth; Productivity; Diversification

Disciplines

Economics | Growth and Development | Income Distribution | International Economics

Additional Streaming Media

Language

English

Comments

Dany Bahar is a Brookings Fellow in Global Economy and Development.

This public lecture was delivered on November 15, 2017, in Greenspun Hall, on the campus of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV).

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