HKS Center for International Development and MIT Media Lab
October 26, 2011
HKS Authors
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Rafik Hariri Professor of the Practice of International Political Economy
Abstract
The Atlas of Economic Complexity: Mapping Paths to Prosperity measures the diversity of productive knowledge of 128 countries and demonstrates remarkable predictive value in forecasting how fast countries will grow. Its authors argue that it is 10 times more accurate at predicting growth over a decade than the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Index. The framework is used to project growth to 2020.
Citation
Hausmann, Ricardo, César A. Hidalgo, Sebastián Bustos, Michele Coscia, Sarah Chung, Juan Jimenez, Alexander Simoes, and Muhammed A. Yildirim. "The Atlas of Economic Complexity: Mapping Paths to Prosperity." HKS Center for International Development and MIT Media Lab, October 26, 2011.