The atlas of economic complexity : : mapping paths to prosperity / / edited by Ricardo Hausmann and César A. Hidalgo.

• Superior document: The MIT Press
• TeilnehmendeR: Hausmann, Ricardo.; Hidalgo, César A., 1979-
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : The MIT Press,, [2013]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: Updated edition.
• Language: English
• Series: The MIT Press
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (369 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Maps capture data expressing the economic complexity of countries from Albania to Zimbabwe, offering current economic measures and as well as a guide to achieving prosperityWhy do some countries grow and others do not? The authors of The Atlas of Economic Complexity offer readers an explanation based on "Economic Complexity," a measure of a society's productive knowledge. Prosperous societies are those that have the knowledge to make a larger variety of more complex products. The Atlas of Economic Complexity attempts to measure the amount of productive knowledge countries hold and how they can move to accumulate more of it by making more complex products.Through the graphical representation of the "Product Space," the authors are able to identify each country's "adjacent possible," or potential new products, making it easier to find paths to economic diversification and growth. In addition, they argue that a country's economic complexity and its position in the product space are better predictors of economic growth than many other well-known development indicators, including measures of competitiveness, governance, finance, and schooling.Using innovative visualizations, the book locates each country in the product space, provides complexity and growth potential rankings for 128 countries, and offers individual country pages with detailed information about a country's current capabilities and its diversification options. The maps and visualizations included in the Atlas can be used to find more viable paths to greater productive knowledge and prosperity.

Table of Contents

Contents; Part 1 What, Why and How?; Section 1 What Do We Mean by Economic Complexity?; Section 2 How Do We Measure Economic Complexity?; Section 3 Why Is Economic Complexity Important?; Section 4 How Is Complexity Different from Other Approaches?; Section 5 How Does Economic Complexity Evolve?; Section 6 How Can This Atlas Be Used?; Section 7 Which Countries Are Included in This Atlas?; Part 2 Complexity Rankings; Ranking 1: Economic Complexity Index; Ranking 2: Complexity Outlook Index; Ranking 3: Expected Growth in Per Capita GDP to 2020; Ranking 4: Expected GDP Growth to 2020

Ranking 5: Change in Economic Complexity (1964-2010)Part 3 Country Pages; How to Read the Country Pages; ALBANIA; ALGERIA; ANGOLA; ARGENTINA; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRIA; AZERBAIJAN; BANGLADESH; BELARUS; BELGIUM; BOLIVIA; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; BOTSWANA; BRAZIL; BULGARIA; CAMBODIA; CAMEROON; CANADA; CHILE; CHINA; COLOMBIA; CONGO REPUBLIC; COSTA RICA; CÔTE D'IVOIRE; CROATIA; CUBA; CZECH REPUBLIC; DENMARK; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; ECUADOR; EGYPT; EL SALVADOR; ESTONIA; ETHIOPIA; FINLAND; FRANCE; GABON; GEORGIA; GERMANY; GHANA; GREECE; GUATEMALA; GUINEA; HONDURAS; HUNGARY; INDIA; INDONESIA

ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN IRELAND; ISRAEL; ITALY; JAMAICA; JAPAN; JORDAN; KAZAKHSTAN; KENYA; KOREA, REPUBLIC; KUWAIT; KYRGYZ REPUBLIC; LAO PDR; LATVIA; LEBANON; LIBYA; LITHUANIA; MACEDONIA, FYR; MADAGASCAR; MALAWI; MALAYSIA; MALI; MAURITANIA; MAURITIUS; MEXICO; MOLDOVA; MONGOLIA; MOROCCO; MOZAMBIQUE; NAMIBIA; NETHERLANDS; NEW ZEALAND; NICARAGUA; NIGERIA; NORWAY; OMAN; PAKISTAN; PANAMA; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PARAGUAY; PERU; PHILIPPINES; POLAND; PORTUGAL; QATAR; ROMANIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAUDI ARABIA; SENEGAL; SERBIA; SINGAPORE; SLOVAK REPUBLIC; SLOVENIA; SOUTH AFRICA; SPAIN; SRI LANKA; SUDAN

SWEDEN SWITZERLAND; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; TAJIKISTAN; TANZANIA; THAILAND; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; TUNISIA; TURKEY; TURKMENISTAN; UGANDA; UKRAINE; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; URUGUAY; UZBEKISTAN; VENEZUELA, RB; VIETNAM; YEMEN; ZAMBIA; ZIMBABWE; Product Codes; Glossary; References & Further Reading