Growth is a complex and multi-dimensional topic, encompassing a huge range of issues, including:
the contribution of business and trade to growth;
the role of investment and technological progress in stimulating growth;
sectoral sources of growth such as services, agriculture, or tourism;
the role of government in creating the right conditions for growth;
strategies for ensuring growth reduces poverty and inequality (is pro-poor);
the impact of growth on the environment; and
the political economy of growth.
Much recent work on growth at ODI has looked at the effects of the global financial crisis , and suitable responses to it.
Key publications and resources by issue - click for listings
How global economic processes can drive growth
Regional integration, growth and convergence: analytical techniques and preliminary results Background paper, May 2008 African Growth - Forgotten Issues Improving Institutions for Pro-Poor Growth (IPPG) Briefing Papers 19, March 2008 Growth in Africa: can it be sustained? ODI Blog Posts, November 2007 Is Zambia contracting Dutch disease? ODI Working Papers 279, February 2007 How can the rural poor participate in global economic processes? Briefing paper - ODI Natural Resource Perspectives 103, December 2006 Foreign direct investment and development: An historical perspective Background paper, January 2006 Sustained Oil, Gas and Mineral windfalls mean that Africa could fund a substantial portion of its own MDG Financing Gap Article - ODI Opinions 51, September 2005 Supporting industrial development: overcoming market failures and providing public goods Report, July 2005 Regional Integration and Poverty ODI Briefing Papers, March 2005 Foreign Direct Investment, Income Inequality and Poverty: Experiences and Policy Implications Book, September 2004 Foreign direct investment: Who gains ODI Briefing Papers, April 2002
National policies to encourage growth
Policies for low carbon growth ODI Background Notes, November 2009 How to achieve growth: The million dollar question Article - ODI Opinions 95, February 2008 Growth in Africa: can it be sustained? ODI Blog Posts, November 2007 Linking social protection and the productive sectors ODI Briefing Papers 28, October 2007 Can tourism offer pro-poor pathways to prosperity? ODI Briefing Papers 22, June 2007 Assessing how tourism revenues reach the poor ODI Briefing Papers 21, June 2007 State-Business Relations and Firm Performance in Zambia Working paper - Improving Institutions for Pro-Poor Growth (IPPG) Discussion Papers 5, March 2007 Whither Business Regulation Institutions and Private Sector Development Improving Institutions for Pro-Poor Growth (IPPG) Briefing Papers 5, November 2006 Meeting the challenge of the resource curse: International experiences in managing the risks and realising the opportunities of non-renewable natural resource revenue management Report, January 2006 Levers and Pulleys: Extractive Industries and Local Economic Development ODI Business and Development Performance Briefing Notes 3, September 2005 Rethinking agricultural policies for pro-poor growth Briefing paper - ODI Natural Resource Perspectives 94, September 2004 Growth and investment in sub-Saharan Africa: Case Studies Report, September 2004
How can donors support growth?
Growth and Development ODI Podcasts audio playlist, April 2008 How to achieve growth: The million dollar question Article - ODI Opinions 95, February 2008 Use of subsidies by Development Finance Institutions in the infrastructure sector ODI Project Briefings 2, December 2007 Linking social protection and the productive sectors ODI Briefing Papers 28, October 2007 Important messages from the UK Government on international development. Are we listening? ODI Blog Posts, October 2007 Growth and Poverty in Asia: Where Next? ODI Working Papers 267, June 2006 The New International Benchmark Standard for Environmental and Social Performance of the Private Sector in Developing Countries: Will It Raise or Lower the Bar? Article - ODI Opinions 66, February 2006 From Brain Drain to Brain Gain: How the WTO can make migration a win-win Article - ODI Opinions 59, November 2005 Bridging the Economic Benefits Gap: A Management Framework for Improved Economic and Socio-Economic Performance Reporting by Energy Companies Report, October 2004 Developed country support for growth and investment in Sub-Saharan Africa Report, September 2004
Reducing poverty through growth
The political economy of pro poor growth ODI Briefing Papers 35, January 2008 Market-Oriented Agricultural Infrastructure: Appraisal of Public–Private Partnerships ODI Project Briefings 9, January 2008 Supporting pro-poor growth processes: Implications for donors ODI Briefing Papers 34, January 2008 Pro-poor growth and development ODI Briefing Papers 33, January 2008 Participatory Tourism Value Chain Analysis in Da Nang, Central Vietnam Report, September 2007 Can tourism offer pro-poor pathways to prosperity? ODI Briefing Papers 22, June 2007 Assessing how tourism revenues reach the poor ODI Briefing Papers 21, June 2007 How can the rural poor participate in global economic processes? Briefing paper - ODI Natural Resource Perspectives 103, December 2006 Growth and Poverty in Asia: Where Next? ODI Working Papers 267, June 2006 Regional Integration and Poverty ODI Briefing Papers, March 2005 Rethinking agricultural policies for pro-poor growth Briefing paper - ODI Natural Resource Perspectives 94, September 2004 The business of poverty Article - ODI Opinions 10, February 2004
Green growth: The environment and growth
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Achieving economic growth is essential for securing long term development and poverty reduction: no country has succeeded in sustainably reducing poverty in the absence of growth.