Leadership and Growth : Commission on Growth and Development

In May 2008, the commission on growth and development (the growth commission) issued its report entitled 'the growth report'. In it the commission attempted to distill what had been learned in the past two decades, from experience and academic and policy research, about strategies and policies that produced sustained high growth in developing countries. It became clear in the course of the work that politics, leadership, and political economy (the interaction of economic and political forces and choices) were centrally important ingredients in the story. Dealing with the politics and the interaction of political and economic forces is a work in progress in research, an important one. Given this breadth, one of the editors' roles is to focus the reader's attention on what they take to be common issues across these chapters. These common problems are fourfold: (1) promoting national unity; (2) building good, solid institutions; (3) choosing innovative and localized policies; and (4) creating political consensus for long-run policy implementation. This report represent an excellent first step toward understanding the role of leadership in generating economic growth, and the author hope that they generate ideas and lead to new research on the problem of leadership in economic growth.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Brady, David, Spence, Michael
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2010
Subjects:	ABORTION, AGRICULTURAL POLICIES, AGRICULTURAL SECTOR, AGRICULTURE, ANNUAL GROWTH, ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, ASSETS, AVERAGE GROWTH, AVERAGE INCOME, BASIC EDUCATION, BENCHMARK, BPI, BRIBE, BRIBE PAYERS, BRIBE PAYERS INDEX, BRIBERY, CAPITAL FLIGHT, CENTER FOR DEVELOPMENT, CENTRAL BANK, CHILD MORTALITY, CITIZEN, CITIZENS, CIVIL RIGHTS, CIVIL SERVANTS, CIVIL WAR, COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE, CONFIDENCE, CONSUMERS, CORRUPTION, CORRUPTION PERCEPTION, CORRUPTION PERCEPTION INDEX, CPI, CRIMINAL, DEBT, DECENTRALIZATION, DECISION MAKING, DEMOCRACIES, DEMOCRACY, DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS, DEMOCRATIC REFORMS, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE, DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS, DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS, DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES, DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY, DIET, DIVERSIFICATION, DIVIDENDS, ECONOMIC AFFAIRS, ECONOMIC CHANGE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC INSTITUTIONS, ECONOMIC MODELS, ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE, ECONOMIC POLICIES, ECONOMIC POLICY, ECONOMIC PROGRESS, ECONOMIC REFORM, ECONOMIC REFORMS, ECONOMIC RELATIONS, ECONOMIC RESEARCH, ECONOMIC STAGNATION, ECONOMIC STRUCTURE, ECONOMIC THEORY, ECONOMIC THOUGHT, ECONOMICS, ECONOMIES OF SCALE, EXCHANGE RATE, EXPORT GROWTH, EXPORTS, EXTERNAL FACTORS, EXTREME POVERTY, FINANCIAL CRISES, FINANCIAL SECTOR, FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT, FOREIGN INVESTMENT, FREE TRADE, FUTURE GROWTH, GDP, GDP PER CAPITA, GENOCIDE, GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT, GLOBAL ECONOMY, GLOBAL INITIATIVE, GOOD GOVERNANCE, GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE, GOVERNMENT SUPPORT, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, GROWTH MODEL, GROWTH MODELS, GROWTH OF NATIONS, GROWTH POLICY, GROWTH PROCESS, GROWTH RATE, GROWTH RATES, GROWTH SUCCESSES, HIGH GROWTH, HIV, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, INCOME INEQUALITY, INDEXATION, INDUSTRIAL ECONOMY, INDUSTRIALIZATION, INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES, INFORMATIONAL GAPS, INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS, INTEGRITY, INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS, INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, INTERNATIONAL TRADE, INVESTMENT CLIMATE, INVESTMENTS IN EDUCATION, JOB CREATION, JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE, JUSTICE, LAND REFORM, LEGAL STATUS, LOCAL ECONOMY, LONG-TERM GROWTH, LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES, MACROECONOMIC POLICY, MACROECONOMIC REFORM, MACROECONOMICS, MARKET FORCES, MARKET SYSTEM, MINISTER, MINORITY, MONETARY ECONOMICS, MONETARY POLICY, MONOPOLIES, MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE, MULTINATIONAL, NATIONAL CULTURE, NATIONAL INCOME, NATIONAL LEADERS, NATIONAL POLICIES, NATURAL ENDOWMENTS, NATURAL RESOURCES, PEACE, PENSIONS, PER CAPITA INCOME, PER CAPITA INCOME LEVELS, PLANET EARTH, POLICY DECISIONS, POLICY MAKERS, POLICY RESEARCH, POLICY-MAKING PROCESS, POLITICAL CHANGE, POLITICAL ECONOMY, POLITICAL EMPOWERMENT, POLITICAL INTERESTS, POLITICAL LEADERS, POLITICAL LEADERSHIP, POLITICAL PARTIES, POLITICAL POWER, POLITICAL RIGHTS, POLITICAL STABILITY, POLITICIAN, POLITICIANS, POVERTY REDUCTION, PRACTITIONERS, PRIVATIZATION, PRO-GROWTH POLICIES, PRO-POOR, PROPERTY RIGHTS, PUBLIC AFFAIRS, PUBLIC POLICY, PUBLIC SECTOR, PUBLIC SECTOR REFORM, PUBLIC SERVICE, PURCHASING POWER, PURCHASING POWER PARITY, RAPID GROWTH, REAL GDP, REAL INCOME, REGIONAL POLICY, RESOURCE ALLOCATION, RESPECT, RULE OF LAW, RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE, SERVICE DELIVERY, SKILLED LABOR, SMALL BUSINESS, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL DIMENSION, SOCIAL SCIENCE, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SOCIAL SECURITY, SOCIAL UNREST, SOVEREIGNTY, SPONSORS, STATE GOVERNMENT, STATE UNIVERSITY, STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES, STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT, STRUCTURAL CHANGE, SUSTAINABLE GROWTH, TAKEOVER, TAX HAVENS, TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TELEVISION, THEFT, TOLERANCE, TRANSPARENCY, UNION MEMBERS, UNIONS, URBAN AREAS, VIOLENCE, VOTERS, WAGES, WAR, WEALTH, WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION, WTO,
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