Interns (2022)

Each year, the Growth Lab offers students exciting opportunities to work as part of its team through internships and collaborations in policy research projects. Our teams work on a unique blend of research and real-world policy engagements, providing an opportunity to test theories and witness the impact of research on complex economic development problems. 


STUDENT STORIES AND RESEARCH BLOGS

Past interns share their experiences and research conducted in our projects. 

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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See also: Asia, Taiwan, Digital, Interns
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Setting the Grounds to Measure Smallholder Farmers' Complexity

By Laura Romero

The Growth Lab has estimated economic complexity, a measure of knowhow agglomeration, for several countries worldwide. However, measuring complexity in the agricultural sector poses a significant challenge. What is more, measuring it for smallholder farmers around the world is even more complex. Through our work, we have laid the groundwork for future measures of complexity for this population...

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