The theory of economic growth has been attracting attention of scholars since the very beginning of formulating economics as a branch of scientific interest, but it was fully developed in the second half of the twentieth century. At the beginning, the emphasis was put on direct factors of growth such as capital and labour. Gradually, these obvious resources were completed by various elements that could mark out the economy—technological progress, human capital development, energy consumption, institutional factors, etc. At present, due to strong globalization tendencies, increased capital, and labour mobility, it appears that many production and service processes can be located almost everywhere in the globe. However, these facts do not necessarily mean that each country is able to accelerate its aggregate growth rate easily and reach a higher level of its economic development. In such an environment, it is interesting how economies induce growth, the processes of which are responsible for intensive growth, and how countries manage to maintain the positive results of economic growth.

经济增长理论自经济学作为一门科学的分支学科提出以来就一直受到学者们的关注，但它在20世纪下半叶得到了充分的发展。一开始，重点放在直接的增长因素上，如资本和劳动力。逐渐地，这些明显的资源是由经济技术进步、人力资本开发、能源消耗、制度因素等多种因素所完成的。目前，由于全球化趋势强烈，资本增加，劳动力流动性大，生产和服务过程多几乎遍布全球各地。然而，这些事实并不一定意味着每个国家都能够轻易地加快其总增长率，达到更高的经济发展水平。在这种环境下，经济体如何诱导增长，增长的过程是密集增长的责任，以及各国如何设法保持经济增长的积极成果，这是一个有趣的问题。