The Global Prosperity Institute

Build for exports: it’s even fine if you export nothing.

Why the policies that create export booms pay off—even when no boom arrives.

Feb 3

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December 2025

Introducing the Sustainable Growth Fellows 2025

In October this year we welcomed five Sustainable Growth Fellows to Tanzania.

Dec 15, 2025

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November 2025

Roads: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of Development

Artwork by Elie Hatungimana, Stand With Me, 2023.

Nov 18, 2025

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July 2025

Fellowship Applications Closing Soon!

If you’ve been thinking about applying to the GPI Sustainable Growth Fellowship, now is the time.

Jul 10, 2025

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Research of the Week: UK evidence sheds new light on the impact of business training

We recently wrote a fairly pessimistic take on the potential for the business training industry to materially affect business performance in LMICs.

Jul 8, 2025

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June 2025

(US) Abundance > (US) Aid

USAID is gone. Unlock Aid has been thinking about this day for a while.

Jun 25, 2025

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Launch of the GPI Sustainable Growth Fellowship — Cohort 2

We are delighted to open applications for the GPI’s Sustainable Growth Fellowship.

Jun 16, 2025

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Where The Money Is

The real "tariff men" are in LMICs

Jun 11, 2025

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May 2025

Article of the Week

A sharp reminder of today’s global income divide

May 26, 2025

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Article of the Week

When formal jobs mean fewer jobs

May 16, 2025

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April 2025

The End of Flying in Formation

Simply following the well-trodden path of mid-century industrialisers no longer guarantees development. Wither the copycats, long live the reign of the…

Apr 14, 2025

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Find the right job. Hire the right person.

How to make a necessary but painful process deliver better results for everyone.

Apr 1, 2025

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