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Groningen Growth and Development Centre
The University of Groningen has a long academic tradition with a broad range of scientific and scholarly disciplines, organized in ten faculties. The Groningen Growth and Development Centre was created in 1992 within the Economics Department by a group of researchers working on comparative analysis of levels of economic performance and differences in growth rates. The activities of the GGDC are primarily in the field of research and are largely based on a range of comprehensive databases on indicators of growth and development, which the GGDC compiles and maintains on a regular basis. Part of the centre’s work is carried out in collaboration with the Economics Program of The Conference Board, which among other things supports the GGDC Total Economy Data Base. The GGDC participates in various programmes funded by the European Commission. Since 2004 the Centre coordinates the EU KLEMS project on comparative productivity at industry level in the European Union. This is part of the 6th Framework Programme, Priority 8, ‘Policy Support and Anticipating Scientific and Technological Needs’. Since 2005 members of the GGDC coordinate the project ‘An International Historical Database on Economic Growth and Development’, which is funded by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research. This projects aims to make available historical national accounting data for Western Europe, North and South America, and East Asia. Since 2006 the members of the GGDC participate in GlobalEuroNet, the ESF Research Networking Programme on European Economic History. The GGDC is closely linked to the N.W. Posthumus Instituut.
Contact details
Groningen Growth and Development Centre
Faculty of Economics
University of Groningen
P.O. Box 800
9700 AV Groningen
The Netherlands
+31 50 363 3675
ggdc@eco.rug.nl
http://www.ggdc.nl/
Hub(s)
(Historical) National Accounts
