Sustained and equitable economic growth is clearly a predominant objective of public expenditure policy. Many public programs are specifically aimed at promoting sustained and equitable economic ...

Openness to trade and foreign investment remains a critical accelerant of high-quality growth. Notably, countries that are ...

Fiscal policy is a critical tool for stabilizing the economy, particularly when aggregate demand is weak. While China has ...

In this paper, we make the case for why consumer policy must not be neglected as one of the key tools at government’s disposal to make markets work better and boost growth. Discussions about economic ...

The report also notes the tension between the government’s preference for faster economic growth with lower environmental standards, and the public’s inability to express its preference ... Asia ...

The Economic Issues series aims to make available to a broad readership of nonspecialists some of the economic research being produced on topical issues by IMF staff. The series draws mainly from IMF ...

LSE and Harvard are working together to combine policy expertise and academic research in the pursuit of growth-enhancing economic policies around the world. Pushing the frontiers of knowledge on ...

and long-term economic policy goals and examines the metrics which determine policy performance. This includes changes to the Chinese economic model and their impact on long-term economic growth and ...

The report says the U.S. economy outperformed expectations last year thanks to consumer and public-sector spending, but ...

Accordingly, the Trump Administration may wish to focus on developing a robust AI patent policy as a key part of its economic growth agenda. Specifically, it might consider supporting efforts to ...