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Welcome to your weekly update – a curated list of some of this week’s most interesting stories on economic growth and social inclusion.
- Facts and figures. Four charts on the state of Brazil’s economy in this week’s Financial Times.
- What are China’s growth prospects? (Project Syndicate)
- Development in Mexico is uneven. Why? (The Economist)
- Is global monetary tightening underway? And is it driven by emerging markets’ central banks? (Bruegel)
- This Friday the Sustainable Development Goals will be agreed at the United Nations in New York. For the first time among these is a target on reducing national income inequality. What is it about? (The Guardian)
- How is the world faring on reducing poverty? More than 1 billion people still live on less than 1 USD a day and this article argues that the momentum to reduce poverty will be difficult to maintain. (Financial Times)
- For a collection of articles on the Sustainable Development Goals, take a look here. (World Economic Forum)
- In case you missed it. Examining the introduction of watches in the 13th century, a recent paper suggests that the impact of technological innovation on productivity can occur with a big time lag. Do we underestimate the role of technology in current discussions about low productivity growth? (The London School of Economics and Political Science)
For our German readers, a discussion of the paper appeared in the most recent Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung (the article is accessible here).
Author: Jennifer Blanke is Chief Economist at the World Economic Forum
Image: Rice is seen at a local supermarket in Shanghai REUTERS/Aly Song
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