The Commission on Growth and Development (informally known as the Growth Commission) was an independent body chaired by American economist Michael Spence that brought together 22 policy-makers, academics, and business leaders to examine various aspects of economic growth and development.
Launched in 2006, the Commission set out to take stock of the state of theoretical and empirical knowledge on economic growth with a view to drawing implications for policy for the current and future policymakers. Its work culminated in two publications – The Growth Report: Strategies for Sustained growth and Inclusive Development in May 2008 – and a Special Report on Post Crisis Growth in Developing Countries in October 2009. Five thematic volumes and nearly 70 working papers were also published by the Commission. The Growth Commission’s work was sponsored by the governments of Australia, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and Sweden, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and the World Bank Group. The group's activities formally ended in June 2010.
Montek Ahluwalia (India), Minister of Planning
Edmar Bacha (Brazil), Board member of Banco Itau, former President of the National Bank for Economic and Social Development
Dr. Boediono (Indonesia), Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs
Lord John Browne (Great Britain), Former CEO, British Petroleum
Kemal Dervis (Turkey), Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme, former Minister of Finance of Turkey
Alejandro Foxley, (Chile), Minister of Foreign Affairs
Han Duck-Soo (Korea), Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Facilitating KORUS FTA Finalization
Goh Chok Tong (Singapore), Senior Minister and Chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore
Danuta Huebner (Poland), Member of the European Commission
Carin Jaemtin (Sweden), Former Minister for International Development Cooperation
Pablo Kuczynski (Peru), Former Prime Minister
Danny Leipziger (USA), World Bank, Vice President, PREM
Trevor Manuel (South Africa), Minister of Finance
Mahmoud Mohieldin (Egypt), Minister of Investment
Ngozi N. Okonjo-Iweala (Nigeria), Managing Director, World Bank
Robert Rubin (USA), Director, Chairman of the Executive Committee and Member of the Office of the Chairman of Citigroup, is the former Secretary of the US Treasury
Robert Solow (USA), Professor Emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Michael Spence (USA), Nobel Laureate, Chair of the Growth Commission, former Dean of Stanford Graduate Business School
Sir K. Dwight Venner (Saint Kitts and Nevis, West Indies) Governor of the Eastern Caribbean Bank
Hiroshi Watanabe (Japan), President and CEO of the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC)
Ernesto Zedillo (Mexico), Director of the Yale Center Study of Globalization, former President of Mexico
Zhou Xiaochuan (China), Governor of the People’s Bank of China
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