Author: The Growth Commission
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Keywords: growth, development, inclusive, strategies, report, sustained
Number of Pages: 196
Published: 2008-07-23
List price: $26.00
ISBN-10: 0821374915
ISBN-13: 9780821374917

Why have only 13 developing world economies achieved sustained, high growth since World War II? Why is engagement with the global economy necessary to achieve high growth? Why do some countries’ growth strategies fail to win the public’s confidence? Why are equity and equality of opportunity important components of successful growth strategies? Why do many countries, blessed with natural resource wealth, not achieve high growth? Why has no country ever sustained rapid growth without high rates of public investment? Why does it not always pay to devalue the exchange rate? When does

Author: Growth and the Future of the U.S Economy Committe
Publisher: National Academies Pre
Keywords: economy, future, report, symposium, growth, software, sustaining, new, measuring
Number of Pages: 226
Published: 2006-04-10
List price: $49.00
ISBN-10: 0309099501
ISBN-13: 9780309099509

Starting in the mid 1990s, the United States economy experienced an unprecedented upsurge in economic productivity. Rapid technological change in communications, computing, and information management continue to promise further gains in productivity, a phenomenon often referred to as the New Economy. To better understand this phenomenon, the National Academies Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy (STEP) has convened a series of workshops and commissioned papers on Measuring and Sustaining the New Economy. This major workshop, entitled Software, Growth, and the Future of the U.S. E