Browsing by Author "Goldstein, Patricio"

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    • Air Transportation and Regional Economic Development: A Case Study for the New Airport in South Albania 

      Gadgin Matha, Shreyas; Goldstein, Patricio; Lu, Jessie (Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2020-06)
      Considering the case of the proposed airport in Vlora, South Albania, this report analyzes the channels through which a new greenfield airport can contribute to regional economic development. In December 2019, the Government ...

    • The Connectivity Trap: Stuck between the Forest and Shared Prosperity in the Colombian Amazon 

      Goldstein, Patricio; Freeman, Timothy; Rueda Sanz, Alejandro; Gadgin Matha, Shreyas; Bui, Ngoc Thao Nguyen; Rao, Nidhi; Cheston, Timothy; Bustos, Sebastián (CID Research Fellow and Graduate Student Working Paper Series, 2023-02)
      The Colombian Amazon faces the dual challenge of low economic growth and high deforestation. High rates of deforestation in Colombia have led to a perceived trade-off between economic development and protecting the forest. ...

    • Lockdown Fatigue: The Diminishing Effects of Quarantines on the Spread of COVID-19 

      Goldstein, Patricio; Levy Yeyati, Eduardo; Sartorio, Luca (Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2021-02)
      Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions (NPIs) have been for most countries the key policy instrument utilized to contain the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this article, we conduct an empirical analysis of the impact of ...

    • Macroeconomic risks after a decade of microeconomic turbulence 

      Hausmann, Ricardo; Sturzenegger, Federico; Goldstein, Patricio; Muci, Frank; Barrios, Douglas (Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2022-01)
      This study analyses the performance of macroeconomic policy in South Africa in 2007–2020 and outlines challenges for policy in the coming decade. After remarkable economic growth in 1997–07, South Africa’s progress slowed ...

    • A Roadmap for Investment Promotion and Export Diversification: The Case for Jordan 

      Hausmann, Ricardo; Goldstein, Patricio; Grisanti, Ana; O'Brien, Tim; Tapia, Jorge Andres; Santos, Miguel Angel (Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2020-03)
      Jordan faces a number of pressing economic challenges: low growth, high unemployment, rising debt levels, and continued vulnerability to regional shocks. After a decade of fast economic growth, the economy decelerated with ...

    • Seeing the Forest for More than the Trees: A Policy Strategy to Curb Deforestation and Advance Shared Prosperity in the Colombian Amazon 

      Cheston, Timothy; Goldstein, Patricio; Freeman, Timothy; Rueda Sanz, Alejandro; Hausmann, Ricardo; Gadgin Matha, Shreyas; Bustos, Sebastián; Lora, Eduardo; Bui, Sarah; Rao, Nidhi (Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2023-02)
      Does economic prosperity in the Colombian Amazon require sacrificing the forest? This research compendium of a series of studies on the Colombian Amazon finds the answer to this question is no: the perceived trade-off ...