Karolina Nowak-Dubois
Director of Research
Economics & Development
Research area
Economics & Development
Comparative analysis of growth, trade, labour markets and long-run productivity.
- Publications
- 6
- Experts
- 4
- Datasets
- 2
Overview
About this programme
We produce comparative analysis of growth, trade, labour markets and long-run productivity. Studies combine national accounts, firm-level microdata and household surveys to document what drives economic performance.
What we study
Sub-topics within Economics & Development
- 01
Growth & productivity
The determinants of output per worker across countries and sectors.
- 02
Trade & value chains
How goods, services and inputs move through the world economy.
- 03
Labour markets
Employment, wages, informality and the changing nature of work.
- 04
Development finance
Investment, debt sustainability and the financing of public spending.
Latest publications
View all in this areaRecent evidence in Economics & Development
Latest publications in Economics & Development
Flagship Report · Climate, Environment & Resources
The Energy Transition: Investment, Policy and Climate-Technology Markets
PDF · 11 pp · 1.7 MB
Recently published
- ’25Food Systems and Agricultural Resilience under Climate StressSector Report · Climate, Environment & Resources
- ’25Development Finance and Institutional Resilience in Emerging MarketsPolicy Brief · Economics & Development
- ’25Sustainable Infrastructure: Investment Readiness and DeliverySector Report · Economics & Development
- ’25Healthcare Financing and System Reform in Ageing SocietiesPolicy Brief · Health Systems & Public Health
Associated experts
All expertsResearchers in this area
Related
Data & events
Data & indicators
All data- DatasetEconomics & Development
Emerging Market Trade & Productivity Dataset
Firm- and sector-level trade, output and productivity indicators for 54 emerging and frontier economies, 2008–2025.
- Coverage
- 54 economies · 2008–2025
- Format
- CSV · JSON · Stata · API
- Last updated
- Updated
- DatasetClimate, Environment & Resources
Climate Adaptation Finance Tracker
Project-level tracking of adaptation and resilience finance commitments and disbursements across 112 recipient countries.
- Coverage
- 112 countries · 2015–2026
- Format
- CSV · JSON · API
- Last updated
- Updated
Events
All events- OnlineOnlineClimate, Environment & Resources
Market Briefing: Energy-Transition Investment in 2026
An online briefing on findings from our flagship report on clean-energy investment, capital costs and grid bottlenecks, with a moderated question period for investors and journalists.
- HybridLondon, United KingdomGlobal Governance
Forum: State Capacity and Institutional Resilience in Emerging Markets
A forum held in person and streamed for registered attendees, examining regulatory quality, fiscal capacity and administrative reach across emerging economies. The discussion draws on our policy brief on development finance and institutional resilience and our comparative work on how state capacity is measured across emerging economies.
- In personNairobi, KenyaHealth Systems & Public Health
Health Systems Financing Symposium 2025
A two-day symposium reviewing evidence on health-financing reform, provider payment models and fiscal space for universal coverage in middle-income countries.
Commentary & analysis
All insightsFrom our researchers
CommentaryEconomics & DevelopmentReshoring supply chains: an evidence check
Investment and trade data show a modest, uneven reshoring trend — well short of the scale suggested by corporate announcements.
Diego Salgado Fuentes
AnalysisEconomics & DevelopmentCentral bank communication and the anchoring of inflation expectations
A comparative study finds central-bank forward guidance moves market expectations more reliably than household expectations.
Ingrid Solberg Halvorsen
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