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The sources of growth and the global financial crisis
Chinese construction workers Flickr muenzer http://flickr.com/photos/muenzer/

The Investment and Growth programme's research on the causes of growth examines vertical drivers (e.g. the role of sectors) and horizontal drivers (e.g. finance, globalisation) of growth, and relates this to standard and new growth theory and empirics.

The role of sectors in growth >

Refinery in Brazaville, Congo EC F.LefèbvreSector-specific work undertaken by the programme has looked at the role of natural-resources, the services sector and textiles and clothing industries in growth.

Global economic processes and growth >

Spanish call centre for migrants to make cheap international phone calls, send home money, and seek jobs on the internet Flickr kastakephoto http://flickr.com/photos/kastakephoto/The programme has developed a large stream of work on the role of regional integration and other global processes (for example, migration) on economic growth.

Growth diagnostics >

Gear stick Flickr Bashed http://flickr.com/photos/enigmatic/2431902112/This is a new area of work, which aims to identify the binding constraints to growth. It investigates a variety of tools to understanding the most binding constraints to economic growth in an economy.