Hausmann, Ricardo2025-02-112024-07Hausmann, Ricardo. "Export-led Growth." Growth Lab Working Paper Series 2024.231, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, July 2024.https://nrs.harvard.edu/URN-3:HUL.INSTREPOS:37380369Growth Lab Working Paper Series No. 231In this paper, I argue that a focus on exports, both at the intensive margin (where existing products increase their volume), but especially at the extensive margin (where new products start being exported), can help countries figure out what policies to adopt in order to achieve sustained growth. I present five stylized facts about growth and its trends in the decades that followed the Washington Consensus.en-USResearch Paper or Report2025-02-11Hausmann, R., (2024). “Export-led Growth.” Growth Lab Working Paper Series, Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government