Ricardo Hausmann

Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)

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1.

Structural Transformation and Patterns of Comparative Advantage in the Product Space

KSG Working Paper No. RWP06-041, CID Working Paper No. 128
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 03 Nov 2006
Ricardo Hausmann and Bailey Klinger
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Center for International Development
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Structural transformation, discovery, technological change, Economics - Economic and Econometric Theory, Economics - International Economics, Economics - Macroeconomics, Economics - Microeconomics, International Affairs/Globalization, International Development, International Trade and Finance

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Foreign Direct Investment: Good Cholesterol?

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Foreign Direct Investment: Good Cholesterol?

IADB, Research Department Working Paper No. 417
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 11 Dec 2000
Ricardo Hausmann and Eduardo Fernandez-Arias
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
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Foreign Direct Investment: Good Cholesterol?

IDB Working Paper No. 348
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 21 Apr 2011
Ricardo Hausmann and Eduardo Fernandez-Arias
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
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Reconfiguring Industrial Policy: A Framework with an Application to South Africa

HKS Working Paper No. RWP08-031
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 22 Aug 2008 Last Revised: 29 Aug 2008
Ricardo Hausmann, Dani Rodrik and Charles Sabel
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Columbia University - Columbia Law School
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industrial policy, South Africa

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Growth Accelerations

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Growth Accelerations

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 02 Aug 2004
Ricardo Hausmann, Lant Pritchett and Dani Rodrik
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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International Economics, Macroeconomics, International Development

Growth Accelerations

NBER Working Paper No. w10566
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 04 Jul 2004 Last Revised: 16 May 2022
Ricardo Hausmann, Lant Pritchett and Dani Rodrik
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Growth Accelerations

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 23 Sep 2004
Ricardo Hausmann, Lant Pritchett and Dani Rodrik
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Economic growth, economic reform

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The Roots of Banking Crises: The Macroeconomic Context

IDB Working Paper No. 262
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 20 Apr 2011
Michael Gavin and Ricardo Hausmann
affiliation not provided to SSRN and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Country Diversification, Product Ubiquity, and Economic Divergence

HKS Working Paper No. RWP10-045
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 13 Dec 2010
Ricardo Hausmann and Cesar Hidalgo
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - MIT Media Laboratory
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Capabilities, Poverty Trap, Economic Complexity, Structural Transformation, The Product Space, Networks

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Economic Development as Self-Discovery

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Economic Development as Self-Discovery

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 29 May 2002
Ricardo Hausmann and Dani Rodrik
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Economics - International Economics, International Development

Economic Development as Self-Discovery

NBER Working Paper No. w8952
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 24 May 2002 Last Revised: 19 Jun 2022
Ricardo Hausmann and Dani Rodrik
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Economic Development as Self-Discovery

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 11 Jun 2002
Ricardo Hausmann and Dani Rodrik
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Industrial policy, development

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China and the Global Economy: Medium-Term Issues and Options - a Synthesis Report

KSG Working Paper No. RWP06-029
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 09 Aug 2006
Ricardo Hausmann, Edwin Lim and A. Michael Spence
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), China Economic Research and Advisory Programme (CERAP) and Stanford Graduate School of Business
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China, global economy, macro-management, financial imbalances, exchange-rate regime, Economics - International Economics, International Development

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Global Imbalances or Bad Accounting? The Missing Dark Matter in the Wealth of Nations

KSG Working Paper No. RWP06-003, Harvard CID Working Paper No. 124
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 25 Jan 2006
Ricardo Hausmann and Federico Sturzenegger
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Universidad Torcuato Di Tella
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global imbalances, United States current account deficit, valuation problems, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)

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Why Do Countries Float the Way They Float?

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Why Do Countries Float the Way They Float?

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 22 May 2000
Ricardo Hausmann, Ugo Panizza and Ernesto Stein
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) - Department of Economics and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
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Exchange Rate, Emerging Markets, Dollarization

Why Do Countries Float the Way They Float?

IDB Working Paper No. 349
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 21 Apr 2011
Ricardo Hausmann, Ugo Panizza and Ernesto Stein
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) - Department of Economics and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
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Why Do Countries Float the Way They Float?

Posted: 11 Jan 2002
Ricardo Hausmann, Ugo Panizza and Ernesto Stein
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) - Department of Economics and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)

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Exchange rate regimes, Emerging Markets, Balance Sheets

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What You Export Matters

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What You Export Matters

KSG Working Paper No. RWP05-063
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 12 Apr 2006
Ricardo Hausmann, Jason Hwang and Dani Rodrik
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Harvard University - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Economics, International Economics, International Development, International Trade and Finance

What You Export Matters

NBER Working Paper No. w11905
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 13 Apr 2006 Last Revised: 14 Jul 2022
Ricardo Hausmann, Jason Hwang and Dani Rodrik
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Harvard University - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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What You Export Matters

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 5444
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 20 Apr 2006
Dani Rodrik, Ricardo Hausmann and Jason Hwang
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Specialization, productivity, growth

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Export Pioneers in Latin America

IDB Book No. IDB-BK-107, Columbia Law and Economics Research Paper No. 421
Number of pages: 329 Posted: 09 Jun 2012
Charles Sabel, Eduardo Fernandez-Arias, Ricardo Hausmann, Andres Rodriguez-Clare and Ernesto Stein
Columbia University - Columbia Law School, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
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Financial Turmoil and Choice of Exchange Rate Regime

IDB Working Paper No. 331
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 21 Apr 2011
Ricardo Hausmann, Michael Gavin, Carmen Pages and Ernesto Stein
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), affiliation not provided to SSRN, Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
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Inequality and the Family in Latin America

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Inequality and the Family in Latin America

IDB Working Paper No. 325
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 21 Apr 2011
Ricardo Hausmann and Miguel Székely
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Center for Education and Social Studies
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Inequality and the Family in Latin America

IADB Research Department Working Paper No. 393
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 16 Dec 2000
Ricardo Hausmann and Miguel Szekely
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Independent
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inequality, income distribution, social mobility

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Is FDI a Safer Form of Investment

IADB Research Department Working Paper No. 416
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 06 Nov 2000
Eduardo Fernandez-Arias and Ricardo Hausmann
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Growth Collapses

KSG Working Paper No. RWP06-046, CID Working Paper No. 136
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 31 Oct 2006
Ricardo Hausmann, Francisco Rodríguez and Rodrigo Andres Wagner
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Josef Korbel School of International Studies and UAI Business School
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stagnation, economic growth, duration analysis, structural transformation, exports

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Nature, Development and Distribution in Latin America: Evidence on the Role of Geography, Climate and Natural Resources

IADB, Research Department Working Paper No. 378
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 11 Dec 2000
Michael Gavin and Ricardo Hausmann
UBS Warburg and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Managing Fiscal Policy in Latin America and the Caribbean: Volatility, Procyclicality, and Limited Creditworthiness

IDB Working Paper No. 269
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 20 Apr 2011
Michael Gavin, Ricardo Hausmann, Roberto Perotti and Ernesto Talvi
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Bocconi University - Department of Economics and Centro de Estudios de la Realidad Economica y Social (CERES)
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In Search of the Chains that Hold Brazil Back

HKS Working Paper No. RWP08-061
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 13 Feb 2009
Ricardo Hausmann
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Growth diagnostics, Brazil, Business and Government Policy,International Economics, Macroeconomics, International Development

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Preventing Crisis and Contagion: Fiscal and Financial Dimensions

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Preventing Crisis and Contagion: Fiscal and Financial Dimensions

IADB Research Department Working Paper No. 401
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 08 Nov 2000
Ricardo Hausmann and Michael Gavin
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and UBS Warburg
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Preventing Crisis and Contagion: Fiscal and Financial Dimensions

IDB Working Paper No. 332
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 21 Apr 2011
Michael Gavin and Ricardo Hausmann
affiliation not provided to SSRN and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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What's Wrong with International Financial Markets?

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What's Wrong with International Financial Markets?

IADB Research Dept. Working Paper No. 429
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 07 Jun 2001
Eduardo Fernandez-Arias and Ricardo Hausmann
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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international financial architecture, financial rescue, bailout, financial crisis, liquidity crisis, financial contagion

What's Wrong with International Financial Markets?

IDB Working Paper No. 360
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 21 Apr 2011
Ricardo Hausmann and Eduardo Fernandez-Arias
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
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Nature, Development, and Distribution in Latin America. Evidence on the Role of Geography, Climate, and Natural Resources

IDB Working Paper No. 313
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 20 Apr 2011
Michael Gavin and Ricardo Hausmann
affiliation not provided to SSRN and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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International Initiatives to Bring Stability to Financial Integration

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International Initiatives to Bring Stability to Financial Integration

IADB Research Department Working Paper No. 402
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 17 Jan 2001
Eduardo Fernandez-Arias and Ricardo Hausmann
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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international financial architecture, financial crisis, financial contagion

International Initiatives to Bring Stability to Financial Integration

Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department Working Paper No. 402
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 11 Dec 2000
Ricardo Hausmann and Eduardo Fernandez-Arias
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
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financial architecture, financial turmoil, exchange rates, IMF, lender of last resort, moral hazard, capital flows

International Initiatives to Bring Stability to Financial Integration

IDB Working Paper No. 333
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 21 Apr 2011
Eduardo Fernandez-Arias and Ricardo Hausmann
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Closing the Gender Gap in Education: Does it Foretell the Closing of the Employment, Marriage, and Motherhood Gaps?

HKS Working Paper No. RWP11-021
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 14 Jun 2011
Ina Ganguli, Ricardo Hausmann and Martina Viarengo
University of Massachusetts at Amherst - College of Social and Behavioral Sciences - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE)
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development, gender gap, education

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Exchange Rate Regimes and Financial-Market Imperfections

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Exchange Rate Regimes and Financial-Market Imperfections

UCSC Dept. of Economics Working Paper No. 493
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 29 Oct 2001
Joshua Aizenman and Ricardo Hausmann
University of Southern California - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Exchange rate regimes, Financial imperfections, Working Capital

Exchange Rate Regimes and Financial-Market Imperfections

NBER Working Paper No. w7738
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 12 Jun 2000 Last Revised: 23 Feb 2022
Joshua Aizenman and Ricardo Hausmann
University of Southern California - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Final Recommendations of the International Panel on the Accelerated and Shared Growth Initiative for South Africa (ASGISA)

HKS Working Paper No. RWP08-032
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 27 Jun 2008
Ricardo Hausmann
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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South Africa, economic growth

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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 Santos
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Implied Comparative Advantage

HKS Working Paper No. RWP14-003
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 19 Mar 2014 Last Revised: 03 Feb 2019
Ricardo Hausmann, Cesar Hidalgo, Daniel Stock and Muhammed Ali Yildirim
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - MIT Media Laboratory, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Economic Growth: Shared Beliefs, Shared Disappointments?

KSG Working Paper No. RWP06-030, Center for International Development Working Paper No. 125
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 05 Nov 2006
Ricardo Hausmann
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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economic growth, growth diagnostics, Washington consensus, Economics - International Economics

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International Knowledge Diffusion and the Comparative Advantage of Nations

HKS Working Paper No. RWP12-020
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 19 Jun 2012
Dany Bahar, Ricardo Hausmann and Cesar Hidalgo
Brown University - Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - MIT Media Laboratory
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knowledge diffusion, trade economics, international economics

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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 Santos
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Securing Stability and Growth in a Shock Prone Region: The Policy Challenge for Latin America

IDB Working Paper No. 259
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 20 Apr 2011
Ricardo Hausmann and Michael Gavin
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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How Should Uganda Grow?

ESID Working Paper No 30
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 21 May 2014 Last Revised: 11 Feb 2015
Ricardo Hausmann, Brad Cunningham, John Mary Matovu, Rosie Osire and Kelly Wyett
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Center for International Development, Harvard University - Center for International Development (CID), Center for International Development and Center for International Development
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economic growth, urbanisation, industries, diversification, complexity, Uganda

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Saving Behavior in Latin America: Overview and Policy Issues

IDB Working Paper No. 286
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 20 Apr 2011
Michael Gavin, Ricardo Hausmann and Ernesto Talvi
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Centro de Estudios de la Realidad Economica y Social (CERES)
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Getting it Right: What to Reform in International Financial Markets

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Getting it Right: What to Reform in International Financial Markets

IADB, Research Department Working Paper No. 428
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 08 Aug 2000
Ricardo Hausmann and Eduardo Fernandez-Arias
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
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international financial architecture, burdensharing, financial rescue, crisis prevention

Getting it Right: What to Reform in International Financial Markets

IDB Working Paper No. 359
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 21 Apr 2011
Ricardo Hausmann and Eduardo Fernandez-Arias
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
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The Redesign of the International Financial Architecture from a Latin American Perspective: Who Pays the Bill?

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The Redesign of the International Financial Architecture from a Latin American Perspective: Who Pays the Bill?

IADB, Research Department Working Paper No. 440
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 28 Dec 2000
Eduardo Fernandez-Arias and Ricardo Hausmann
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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The Redesign of the International Financial Architecture from a Latin American Perspective: Who Pays the Bill?

IDB Working Paper No. 370
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 21 Apr 2011
Eduardo Fernandez-Arias and Ricardo Hausmann
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Is FDI a Safer Form of Financing?

IDB Working Paper No. 347
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 21 Apr 2011
Eduardo Fernandez-Arias and Ricardo Hausmann
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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South Africa's Export Predicament

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South Africa's Export Predicament

KSG Working Paper No. RWP06-040
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 05 Nov 2006
Ricardo Hausmann and Bailey Klinger
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Center for International Development
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South Africa, Structural Transformation, Economics - Economic and Econometric Theory, Economics - International Economics, Economics - Macroeconomics, Economics - Microeconomics, International Affairs/Globalization, International Development, International Trade and Finance

South Africa's Export Predicament

Economics of Transition, Vol. 16, Issue 4, pp. 609-637, October 2008
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 17 Sep 2008
Ricardo Hausmann and Bailey Klinger
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Center for International Development
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Currency Mismatches, Debt Intolerance and Original Sin: Why They are Not the Same and Why it Matters

NBER Working Paper No. w10036
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 21 Oct 2003 Last Revised: 05 Jun 2022
Barry Eichengreen, Ricardo Hausmann and Ugo Panizza
University of California, Berkeley, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) - Department of Economics
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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 Santos
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Budget Institutions and Fiscal Performance in Latin America

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Budget Institutions and Fiscal Performance in Latin America

NBER Working Paper No. w5586
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 01 Oct 1996 Last Revised: 18 Apr 2022
Alberto F. Alesina, Ricardo Hausmann, Rudolf Hommes and Ernesto Stein
Harvard University - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Universidad de los Andes and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
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Budget Institutions and Fiscal Performance in Latin America

IDB Working Paper No. 326
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 21 Apr 2011
Alberto F. Alesina, Ricardo Hausmann, Rudolf Hommes and Ernesto Stein
Harvard University - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Universidad de los Andes and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
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Macroeconomics of Capital Flows to Latin America: Experience and Policy Issues

IDB Working Paper No. 254
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 20 Apr 2011
Michael Gavin, Ricardo Hausmann and Leonardo Leiderman
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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The Other Hand: High Bandwidth Development Policy

HKS Working Paper No. RWP08-060
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 12 Dec 2008
Ricardo Hausmann
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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structural transformation, coordination failures, Business and Government Policy, International Economics, Macroeconomics, International Development, Regulation

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An Alternative Interpretation of the 'Resource Curse': Theory and Policy Implications

NBER Working Paper No. w9424
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 03 Jan 2003 Last Revised: 03 Apr 2022
Ricardo Hausmann and Roberto Rigobon
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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The Challenge of Fiscal Adjustment in a Democracy: The Case of India

IMF Working Paper No. 04/168
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Ricardo Hausmann and Catriona Purfield
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Fiscal responsibility legislation, federal relations, fiscal deficits, debt

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Exchange Rates and Financial Fragility

NBER Working Paper No. w7418
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 07 Aug 2012 Last Revised: 10 Apr 2022
Barry Eichengreen and Ricardo Hausmann
University of California, Berkeley and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Determining the Differences that Matter: Development and Divergence in US States Over 1850-2010

HKS Working Paper No. RWP18-030
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 29 Aug 2018
Penny Mealy, J. Doyne Farmer and Ricardo Hausmann
University of Oxford - Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford - Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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regional development, structural change, economic complexity, rustbelt, economic growth

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Why is Chiapas Poor?

CID Working Paper No. 300, HKS Working Paper No. RWP16-049
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 07 Dec 2016
Dan Levy, Ricardo Hausmann, Miguel Santos, Luis Espinoza and Miguel Flores
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Horrible Trade-offs in a Pandemic: Lockdowns, Transfers, Fiscal Space, and Compliance

CID Faculty Working Paper No. 382
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 04 Aug 2020
Ricardo Hausmann and Ulrich Schetter
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Harvard University - Center for International Development (CID)
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COVID-19, lockdown, fiscal policy, government borrowing constraint, political economy, inequality, developing countries

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Institutions vs. Social Interactions in Driving Economic Convergence: Evidence from Colombia

HKS Working Paper No. RWP14-014
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 28 Mar 2017
Michele Coscia, Timothy Cheston and Ricardo Hausmann
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Economic convergence, institutions, technological diffusion, growth, development, Colombia

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The Workforce of Pioneer Plants

HKS Working Paper No. 16-006
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 22 May 2016
Ricardo Hausmann and Frank Neffke
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Diversification, technological diffusion, local labor markets, industry-specific human capital, mobility, clusters, Germany

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Dealing with Negative Oil Shocks: The Venezuelan Experience in the Eighties

IDB Working Paper No. 251
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 20 Apr 2011
Ricardo Hausmann
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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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
Ricardo Hausmann, Miguel Santos, Corrado Macchiarelli and Renato Giacon
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
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Welcome Home in a Crisis: Effects of Return Migration on the Non-Migrants’ Wages and Employment

HKS Working Paper No. RWP17-015
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 28 Mar 2017
Ricardo Hausmann and Ljubica Nedelkoska
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Harvard University - Center for International Development (CID)
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Return migration, wages and employment of non-migrants

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The Long-Run Volatility Puzzle of the Real Exchange Rate

NBER Working Paper No. w10751
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 24 Sep 2004 Last Revised: 19 May 2022
Ricardo Hausmann, Roberto Rigobon and Ugo Panizza
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) - Department of Economics
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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
Ricardo Hausmann, Douglas Barrios, Daniela Muhaj, Sehar Noor, Carolina Pan, Miguel Santos, Jorge Tapia and Bruno Zuccolo
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, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Exploring the Uncharted Export: An Analysis of Tourism-Related Foreign Expenditure with International Spend Data

CID Faculty Working Paper No. 328, HKS Working Paper No. RWP16-048
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 07 Dec 2016
Michele Coscia, Ricardo Hausmann and Frank Neffke
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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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
Ricardo Hausmann, Timothy Cheston, Miguel Santos and Carlo Pietrobelli
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and University Roma Tre, Department of Economics
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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
Ricardo Hausmann, Miguel Santos, Douglas Barrios, Nikita Taniparti, Jorge Tudela-Pye and Jessie Lu
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), 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

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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
Ricardo Hausmann, Miguel Santos, Jorge Tudela-Pye, Yang Li and Ana Grisanti
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), The World Bank Group, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Harvard University - Center for International Development (CID)
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Volatile Capital Flows: Taming Their Impact on Latin America

Volatile Capital Flows: Taming Their Impact on Latin America, Ricardo Hausmann and Liliana Rojas-Suarez, eds, Inter-American Development Bank, 1996
Number of pages: 118 Posted: 09 Feb 2015
Ricardo Hausmann and Liliana Rojas-Suarez
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Center for Global Development
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Latin America, Capital Flows, Mexican Peso Crisis, Economic Liberalization

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Gender Differences in Professional Career Dynamics: New Evidence from a Global Law Firm

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Gender Differences in Professional Career Dynamics: New Evidence from a Global Law Firm

CESifo Working Paper No. 8257
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 06 May 2020
Ina Ganguli, Ricardo Hausmann and Martina Viarengo
University of Massachusetts at Amherst - College of Social and Behavioral Sciences - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID)
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gender gaps, human capital, job mobility, promotion, culture, legal sector

Gender Differences in Professional Career Dynamics: New Evidence from a Global Law Firm

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13174
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 27 Apr 2020
Ina Ganguli, Ricardo Hausmann and Martina Viarengo
University of Massachusetts at Amherst - College of Social and Behavioral Sciences - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID)
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gender gaps, human capital, job mobility, promotion, culture, legal sector

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The Impact of Inflation on Budgetary Discipline

NBER Working Paper No. w5338
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 19 Jun 2000 Last Revised: 04 Aug 2022
Joshua Aizenman and Ricardo Hausmann
University of Southern California - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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A Growth Diagnostic of Namibia

Number of pages: 94 Posted: 28 Mar 2022
Miguel Santos, Douglas Barrios and Ricardo Hausmann
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), 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
Semiray Kaasolu, Timothy O'Brien, Ricardo Hausmann and Miguel Santos
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 Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Optimal Tax and Debt Policy with Endogenously Imperfect Creditworthiness

NBER Working Paper No. w5558
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 07 Aug 2012 Last Revised: 11 Mar 2022
Joshua Aizenman, Michael Gavin and Ricardo Hausmann
University of Southern California - Department of Economics, UBS Warburg and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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You Get What You Pay For: Sources and Consequences of the Public Sector Premium in Albania and Sri Lanka

HKS Working Paper No. RWP20-004
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 27 Feb 2020
Ricardo Hausmann, Ljubica Nedelkoska and Sehar Noor
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Harvard University - Center for International Development (CID) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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public sector premium, self-selection, Albania, Sri Lanka, wage compression

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Why is Inflation Skewed? A Debt and Volatility Story

NBER Working Paper No. w4837
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 24 Nov 2000 Last Revised: 21 Mar 2022
Joshua Aizenman and Ricardo Hausmann
University of Southern California - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Make or Buy? Approaches to Financial Market Integration

IDB Working Paper No. 278
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 20 Apr 2011
Michael Gavin and Ricardo Hausmann
affiliation not provided to SSRN and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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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 Santos, Ricardo Hausmann and Timothy Cheston
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), 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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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 Santos, Ricardo Hausmann and Juan Obach
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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A Roadmap for Investment Promotion and Export Diversification: The Case of Jordan

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 08 Apr 2021
Miguel Santos, Ricardo Hausmann, Ana Grisanti and Patricio Goldstein
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), 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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A New Era at the Inter-American Development Bank: Six Recommendations for the New President

Center for Global Development Working Paper
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 14 Apr 2015
Nancy Birdsall, Pedro de Mello, Guillermo Chapman, Claudio R. Contador, Roque Benjamin Fernandez, Pablo E. Guidotti, Angel Gurria, Ricardo Hausmann, Ruth de Krivoy, Guillermo Le Fort, Liliana Rojas-Suarez, Ernesto Talvi and Roberto Zahler
Center for Global Development, Independent, Independent, National School of Insurance Foundation (Funenseg), Universidad del CEMA, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Independent, University of Chile, Center for Global Development, Centro de Estudios de la Realidad Economica y Social (CERES) and Independent
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Inter-American Development Bank

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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 Santos
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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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 Santos
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), University Roma Tre, Department of Economics and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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The Proliferation of Sovereigns: Are There Lessons for Integration?

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 02 Jan 2019
Matías Braun, Ricardo Hausmann and Lant Pritchett
ESE Business School, Universidad de los Andes, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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independences, trade, cross-country, globalization

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Jordan: The Elements of a Growth Strategy

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 08 Apr 2021
Miguel Santos, Ricardo Hausmann and Ana Grisanti
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Harvard University - Center for International Development (CID)
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Lessons from the Mexico Crisis

Posted: 04 Mar 1998
Nancy Birdsall, Michael Gavin and Ricardo Hausmann
Center for Global Development, UBS Warburg and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)

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