Place-based policies: How to design them and why
Effective place-based policies need to deliver desired spatial economic cohesion while minimizing resource waste and secondary distortions.
Effective place-based policies need to deliver desired spatial economic cohesion while minimizing resource waste and secondary distortions.
Demand-led industrial strategies can be highly effective, but need to be carefully designed and implemented to avoid possible pitfalls.
Road infrastructure can play a key role in ensuring that trade liberalization results in productivity enhancements for firms.
New evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa shows that public procurement policies improve domestic firm performance.