Document Type

Conference Paper

Publication Date

1993

Conference Name

World Bank Annual Conference on Development Economics

Conference Dates

1993

First Page

1

Last Page

5

Keywords

Economic growth, Cross-country regressions, Africa

Abstract / Description

I am delighted to be a discussant of the paper by Robert Barro and Jong-Wha Lee. A whole endogenous growth industry has taken shape in the past several years, and Barro's contribution to this industry is both impressive and valuable. I would regard this latest paper as a continuation of the quest for enhancing our understanding as to why some countries grow faster than others. As a policy economist working on Africa, an area that has both grown less rapidly than other developing regions and has a disproportionate share of slow-growing countries, I am particularly attracted to the line of inquiry adopted in this paper.

Comments

Discussant comment presented at the World Bank Annual Conference on Development Economics 1993; published in the conference proceedings. IH0465

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