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Mixed Methods Valuable in Tackling Key Challenges in Wyoming

By Tim Freeman

Dressed in formal business attire, four Growth Lab researchers stand in front of the Capitol Building in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Since August 2022, the Growth Lab has collaborated with the state of Wyoming to understand pathways to stronger economic growth across the state. The project, Pathways to Prosperity, has been conducted in close partnership with the Office of the Governor of Wyoming and the Wyoming Business Council in order to help state and local officials overcome key challenges. Together, we've examined Wyoming's economic landscape, and further delved into problems within the state's housing, grants, fiscal, workforce, and energy systems.... Read more about Mixed Methods Valuable in Tackling Key Challenges in Wyoming

LEG in Practice: Exploring Growth Opportunities and Renewable Energy in Western Australia

Guest Blog by Warner Priest, LEG ’22

In many cases, I find when faced with a challenge it is difficult to know where to start and what to do and I find myself procrastinating. The step-by-step approach to Problem Driven Iterative Adaptation (PDIA) has become a useful tool to getting whatever challenge I am faced with underway. Breaking down the problem into its root cause, looking for possible solutions, identifying entry points then taking action, reflecting upon what was learned, adapting and then going through the process...

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LEG Learnings: Inclusive Growth and Redistributive Inequality in Namibia

Guest Blog by Charlotte Tjeriko-Katjiuanjo, LEG ’22

The growth problem I chose to look at for Namibia is a lack of a diversified sector, which has caused high unemployment and low economic growth. The country has a high and increasing public debt, limited fiscal space, fiscal consolidation, increasing unemployment with limited product space.

The course has taught me to look at the problem with a different eye, distinguishing between the actual cause of the growth problem to the symptoms of the growth. This was...

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Applying LEG Insights to Growth Challenges in Azerbaijan

Guest Blog by Anar Azimov, LEG ’22

I have come across to the Leading Economic Growth quite by chance. We were discussing with my colleague’s various capacity building options and resources, and one of our colleagues referred to this particular course at the Harvard Kennedy School. Of course, it goes without saying that quality and professionalism of Harvard Schools is a brand. I have read about the course consulted with wide range of colleagues and made decision to take it. After the 10 weeks of course, I can confidently say...

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Boosting future economic growth through diversification into more sophisticated industries: China, Viet Nam, Uganda, Indonesia and India leading the way

By: Timothy Cheston and Lorena Rivera León (World Intellectual Property Organization)

The journey towards economic development hinges upon the acquisition and utilization of productive knowledge, particularly in increasingly sophisticated – aka complex – industries and products. To chart a course toward robust economic growth, economies must effectively diversify into products that require rich and deep know-how which only a few other countries master, including innovation-intensive sectors such as information and communication technologies (ICTs), pharma, medical technologies...

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From Chips to Beyond: Taiwan’s Need for Economic Diversification

By Rachel Chang

The fate of Taiwan's economy hangs in the balance as the semiconductor industry encounters mounting geopolitical pressures from the United States and China. Although Taiwan's dominance in the chip market provides a short-term advantage, it also exposes the economy to vulnerabilities. Taiwan must diversify into other industries in order to achieve a more stable path of growth and development and...

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