Better access to foreign capital reduces misallocation and stimulates growth, with the highest gains where local capital markets are least developed

Why a country is rich or poor may be explained by the quality of its managers. Can better management practices improve firm productivity?

Manager characteristics matter for productivity, but Indian garment manufacturers may not know what constitutes good management or how valuable it is

The industrial sectors a government chooses to support are critical to development by inducing ripple effects on production networks at large

Incentivising accuracy in peer evaluations of microentrepreneurs can support the allocation of capital to those with the greatest likelihood of growth

Compliant factories have higher quality and performance. Even so, noncompliant firms dominate the market. Could stronger financial incentives help?

Participation in drafting regulation appears to make firms more willing to see government as a legitimate regulatory authority

How do countries that compete on low labour costs react to international economic incentives to reduce restrictions on organised labour?

A deficit of superstar plants, an excess of microestablishments, and the success of underperformers are key symptoms of Colombia’s development problem