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Miguel Angel Santos

Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey - Escuela de Gobierno y Transformación Pública

Santa Fe

Mexico

Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)

Research Manager

79 John F. Kennedy Street

Cambridge, MA 02138

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (41)

1.

Impact of the 2017 Sanctions on Venezuela: Revisiting the Evidence

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 08 Apr 2021
Brown University - Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Tecnológico de Monterrey and Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey - Escuela de Gobierno y Transformación Pública
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Shifting Gears: A Growth Diagnostic of Panama 

CID Working Paper No. 325, HKS Working Paper No. RWP16-045
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 07 Dec 2016 Last Revised: 28 Jan 2017
Ricardo Hausmann, Luis Espinoza and Miguel Angel Santos
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey - Escuela de Gobierno y Transformación Pública
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Panama beyond the Canal: Using Technological Proximities to Identify Opportunities for Productive Diversification

CID Working Paper No. 324, HKS Working Paper No. RWP16-046
Number of pages: 130 Posted: 07 Dec 2016 Last Revised: 02 Aug 2021
Ricardo Hausmann, Jose Morales-Arilla and Miguel Angel Santos
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Tecnológico de Monterrey and Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey - Escuela de Gobierno y Transformación Pública
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A Growth Diagnostic of Namibia

Number of pages: 94 Posted: 28 Mar 2022
Miguel Angel Santos, Douglas Barrios and Ricardo Hausmann
Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey - Escuela de Gobierno y Transformación Pública, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Apocalypse Now: Venezuela, Oil and Reconstruction

Columbia | SIPA | Center on Global Energy Policy, 2017
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 22 Apr 2021
Antoine Halff, Francisco Monaldi, Luisa Palacios and Miguel Angel Santos
Columbia University - Center on Global Energy Policy (CGEP), affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey - Escuela de Gobierno y Transformación Pública
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Special Economic Zones in Panama: A Critical Assessment 

HKS Working Paper No. RWP16-044
Number of pages: 93 Posted: 07 Dec 2016 Last Revised: 28 Jan 2017
Ricardo Hausmann, Juan Obach and Miguel Angel Santos
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey - Escuela de Gobierno y Transformación Pública
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The Economic Complexity of Namibia: A Roadmap for Productive Diversification

CID Faculty Working Paper No. 410, March 2022
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 01 May 2022
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey - Escuela de Gobierno y Transformación Pública, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Harvard University, The World Bank Group and Harvard University - Center for International Development (CID)
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Complexity, diversification, structural transformation, Namibia, beneficiation

8.

Why is Chiapas Poor?

CID Working Paper No. 300, HKS Working Paper No. RWP16-049
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 07 Dec 2016
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey - Escuela de Gobierno y Transformación Pública, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Female Labor in Jordan: A Systematic Approach to the Exclusion Puzzle

Number of pages: 67 Posted: 08 Apr 2021
Harvard University, Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Center for International Development (CID), Students, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey - Escuela de Gobierno y Transformación Pública
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What Economic Complexity Theory Can Tell Us about the EU’s Pandemic Recovery and Resilience Plans

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2021/08/30/what-economic-complexity-theory-can-tell-us-about-the-eus-pandemic-recovery-and-resilience-plans/
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 24 Nov 2021
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey - Escuela de Gobierno y Transformación Pública, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
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The Hidden Treasure on the Peruvian Amazonia: Economic Complexity Analysis and Sustainable Opportunities to Productive Diversification

CID Faculty Working Paper No. 386, October 2020
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 26 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 04 May 2021
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey - Escuela de Gobierno y Transformación Pública, The World Bank Group, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Harvard University - Center for International Development (CID)
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12.

Emerging Cities as Independent Engines of Growth: The Case of Buenos Aires

HKS Working Paper No. RWP20-036
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 25 Nov 2020 Last Revised: 01 Dec 2020
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), International Monetary Fund (IMF), Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Brandeis University - International Business School, Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey - Escuela de Gobierno y Transformación Pública, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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13.

Venezuela: Running en Empty

LASA Forum Winter 2017: Volume xlviii : Issue 1
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 06 Apr 2021
Miguel Angel Santos
Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey - Escuela de Gobierno y Transformación Pública
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14.

The Chiapas Puzzle

HKS Case Study 2174.0
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 10 Mar 2021
Miguel Angel Santos and Carolina Pan
Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey - Escuela de Gobierno y Transformación Pública and Brandeis University - International Business School
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La Complejidad Económica de Chiapas: Análisis de Capacidades y Oportunidades de Diversificación Productiva (The Economic Complexity of Chiapas: Analysis of Capabilities and Opportunities for Productive Diversification)

Harvard Center for International Development Faculty Working Paper Series
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 28 Apr 2021
Miguel Angel Santos, Ricardo Hausmann and Timothy Cheston
Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey - Escuela de Gobierno y Transformación Pública, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Chiapas, Mexico, Complejidad, Crecimiento Económico

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Towards a Prosperous and Productive Chiapas: Institutions, Policies, and Public-Private Dialog to Promote Inclusive Growth

CID Working Paper No. 317, HKS Working Paper No. RWP16-047
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 07 Dec 2016
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey - Escuela de Gobierno y Transformación Pública and University Roma Tre, Department of Economics
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Code Red: Venezuela's Oil and Debt Crises

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 21 Apr 2021
Antoine Halff, Francisco Monaldi, Luisa Palacios and Miguel Angel Santos
Columbia University - Center on Global Energy Policy (CGEP), affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey - Escuela de Gobierno y Transformación Pública
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18.

Crime Impacts of El Salvador's Crackdown Policy

Working Paper Series, School of Government and Public Transformation, Tecnológico de Monterrey https://egobiernoytp.tec.mx/sites/default/files/2026-01/crime_impacts_el_
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 26 Jan 2026
Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey - Escuela de Gobierno y Transformación Pública, School of Government, Tecnologico de Monterrey, University Anahuac Mexico, Business and Economics School and Tecnológico de Monterrey
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El Salvador, Incarceration, Drug markets, Violence, Homicides

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Diagnóstico de Crecimiento de El Salvador: Del fin de la violencia al desarrollo sostenible (A Growth Diagnostic of El Salvador: From the End of Violence to Sustainable Development)

Escuela de Gobierno y Transformación Pública,  Working Paper No. 2, Junio 2024
Number of pages: 171 Posted: 15 Aug 2024
Miguel Angel Santos, Helena Garcia and Maria Angelica Trujillo
Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey - Escuela de Gobierno y Transformación Pública, Independent and Government of the Republic of Ecuador - Ministerio de Producción
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20.

Growth Diagnostics and Competitiveness Study of the Manufacturing Sector in Tanzania

Number of pages: 138 Posted: 12 Jul 2023
Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey - Escuela de Gobierno y Transformación Pública, Harvard University - Center for International Development (CID), Harvard University - Center for International Development (CID) and Harvard University - Center for International Development (CID)
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manufacturing, structural transformation, growth, productivity, trade protection, Africa

21.

One More Resource Curse: Dutch Disease and Export Concentration

Harvard University Center for International Development, 2017, Journal of Development Economics, Vol. 132, No. Feb, 2018.
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 15 Mar 2021
Dany Bahar and Miguel Angel Santos
Brown University - Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs and Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey - Escuela de Gobierno y Transformación Pública
Downloads 91 (747,755)
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Dutch Disease, Export Concentration, Resource Rich, Their Index

22.

A Roadmap for Investment Promotion and Export Diversification: The Case of Jordan

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 08 Apr 2021
Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey - Escuela de Gobierno y Transformación Pública, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Harvard University - Center for International Development (CID) and Harvard University, Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Center for International Development (CID), Students
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The Low Productivity Trap: Chiapas Growth Diagnostics

CID Working Paper No. 304 October 2015
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 05 May 2021
Ricardo Hausmann, Luis Espinoza and Miguel Angel Santos
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey - Escuela de Gobierno y Transformación Pública
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Appraising the Economic Potential of Panama: Policy Recommendations for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth

CID Faculty Working Paper No. 334
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 07 Apr 2021
Miguel Angel Santos, Ricardo Hausmann and Juan Obach
Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey - Escuela de Gobierno y Transformación Pública, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Looking for Virtue in Remoteness:Policy Recommendations for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth in the Peruvian Amazonia

HKS Working Paper No. 388
Number of pages: 96 Posted: 11 Apr 2023
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey - Escuela de Gobierno y Transformación Pública, The World Bank Group, Independent, Independent, - College Park, Harvard University - Center for International Development (CID) and Harvard University - Center for International Development (CID)
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Inclusive growth, environment, economic complexity, growth diagnostics, Peru, ecosystems services

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Diagnóstico de Complejidad Económica de El Salvador (Diagnostic of Economic Complexity for El Salvador)

Escuela de Gobierno y Transformación Pública Working Paper No. 1 Junio 2024
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 07 Aug 2024
Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey - Escuela de Gobierno y Transformación Pública, Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey - Escuela de Gobierno y Transformación Pública, Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey - Escuela de Gobierno y Transformación Pública, Tecnológico de Monterrey and Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey - Escuela de Gobierno y Transformación Pública
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Overcoming Remoteness in the Peruvian Amazonia: A Growth Diagnostic of Loreto

Number of pages: 81 Posted: 31 Oct 2022
Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey - Escuela de Gobierno y Transformación Pública, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), The World Bank Group, Harvard University - Center for International Development (CID) and Harvard University - Center for International Development (CID)
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Remoteness, Sustainability, Amazonia, Development

From Financial Repression to External Distress: The Case of Venezuela

NBER Working Paper No. w21333
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 27 Jul 2015 Last Revised: 17 Apr 2022
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)World BankCentre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)International Monetary Fund (IMF)- School of Public AffairsHarvard University, Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs (BCSIA)Harvard University - Center for Business and GovernmentPeterson Institute for International Economics and Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey - Escuela de Gobierno y Transformación Pública
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From Financial Repression to External Distress: The Case of Venezuela

NBER Working Paper Series Working Paper No. 21333
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 12 Mar 2021
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)World BankCentre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)International Monetary Fund (IMF)- School of Public AffairsHarvard University, Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs (BCSIA)Harvard University - Center for Business and GovernmentPeterson Institute for International Economics and Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey - Escuela de Gobierno y Transformación Pública
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Jordan: The Elements of a Growth Strategy

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 08 Apr 2021
Miguel Angel Santos, Ricardo Hausmann and Ana Grisanti
Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey - Escuela de Gobierno y Transformación Pública, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Harvard University - Center for International Development (CID)
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Place-Specific Determinants of Income Gaps: New Sub-National Evidence From Mexico

Journal of Business Research, Forthcoming, CID Faculty Working Paper No. 343
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 12 Mar 2021
Ricardo Hausmann, Carlo Pietrobelli and Miguel Angel Santos
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), University Roma Tre, Department of Economics and Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey - Escuela de Gobierno y Transformación Pública
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Case Study Cantv-Telmex: Which is the Appropriate Discount Rate?

Academia Revista Latinoamericana de Administración, número 44, 2010, pp. 137-154.
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 12 Mar 2021
Carlos Alberto Molina and Miguel Angel Santos
IESA and Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey - Escuela de Gobierno y Transformación Pública
Downloads 47 (1,109,210)
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Discount Rate, Cost of Capital, Cost of Equity, Country Risk Premium, Sovereign Debt, Latin America, Cash Low Valuation

32.

There is a Future after Cars: Economic Growth Analysis for Hermosillo, Sonora

Number of pages: 64 Posted: 08 Apr 2021
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Harvard University - Center for International Development (CID), Tecnológico de Monterrey, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), National University of Colombia, Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey - Escuela de Gobierno y Transformación Pública and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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The Right Fit for the Wrong Reasons: Real Business Cycle in an Oil-Dependent Economy

Latin American Journal of Economics (former Cuadernos de Economía), Vol. 53 No. 1, pp. 61–94, December 2016.
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 12 Mar 2021
Miguel Angel Santos
Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey - Escuela de Gobierno y Transformación Pública
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Macroeconomics, RBC, Oil Shocks, Labor Markets, Venezuela

34.

Fool’s Gold: The Impact of Venezuelan Currency Devaluations on Multinational Stock Prices

Economia LACEA Fall 2018 Issue. Vol. 19 no. 1, 2018, pp. 93-128.
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 12 Mar 2021
Dany Bahar, Carlos Alberto Molina and Miguel Angel Santos
Brown University - Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, IESA and Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey - Escuela de Gobierno y Transformación Pública
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From Collective Punishment to Constraints on Authority: Rethinking the Impacts of US Sanctions on Venezuela

Santos MA, Morales-Arilla J, Cornielles ZP. From Collective Punishment to Constraints on Authority: Rethinking the Impact of US Sanctions on Venezuela. Cambridge University Press; 2026.
Number of pages: 100 Posted: 22 May 2026
Miguel Angel Santos, Jose Morales-Arilla and Zinedine Partipilo
Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey - Escuela de Gobierno y Transformación Pública, Tecnológico de Monterrey and Harvard University
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Public-Private Dialogs to Spur Export-led Growth: The Case of Productivity Task Forces in Namibia

Number of pages: 80 Posted: 28 Apr 2025
Miguel Angel Santos
Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey - Escuela de Gobierno y Transformación Pública
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Productivity, Export-led Growth, Public-Private Dialog, Africa

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Beneficiation Vs. Knowledge-Based: Dead Ends and Steppingstones to Productive Diversification

The paper has been submitted to a journal and is in the process of peer reviewed


Number of pages: 54 Posted: 19 Oct 2025
Sebastian Bustos and Miguel Angel Santos
Harvard University and Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey - Escuela de Gobierno y Transformación Pública
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Economic Complexity, Beneficiation, Resource-Based Development, Structural Transformation

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Expropriation Risks and Housing Prices: Evidence from an Emerging Market

Journal of Business Research, 2014, Vol. 67, pp. 935-942
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 11 Apr 2023
Víctor Contreras, Urbi Garay, Miguel Angel Santos and Cosme Betancourt
Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración (IESA), Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración (IESA), Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey - Escuela de Gobierno y Transformación Pública and Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración (IESA)
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Rethinking International Affairs and Public Training in the Age of AI and Emerging Technologies

Number of pages: 6 Posted: 26 Mar 2026
Miguel Angel Santos
Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey - Escuela de Gobierno y Transformación Pública
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International Affairs, Artificial Intelligence, Public Service Schools, Institutional Frameworks, Technology

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Beneficiation vs. Knowledge-based:Dead ends and steppingstones to productive diversification

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 21 Feb 2026
Miguel Angel Santos and Sebastian Bustos
Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey - Escuela de Gobierno y Transformación Pública and Harvard University
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Structural Transformation, productive diversification, Natural Resources, occupational relatedness, capabilities and knowhow

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Diagnosing Human Capital as a Binding Constraint to Growth: Tests, Symptoms, and Prescriptions

Diagnosing Human Capital as a Binding Constraint to Growth: Tests, Symptoms and Prescriptions (Elements in the Economics of Emerging Markets). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021. doi:10.1017/9781108975223
Posted: 10 Mar 2022 Last Revised: 17 Feb 2023
Miguel Angel Santos and Farah Hani
Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey - Escuela de Gobierno y Transformación Pública and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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human capital, skills, economic growth, Growth Diagnostics, developing countries