Paulo Alexandre Francisco CastilhoSumma, RicardoTeixeira, Lucas2025-12-012025-12-012025-11SUMMA, Ricardo; TEIXEIRA, Lucas; CASTILHO, Paulo. Demand-led growth: decompositions and its uses to explain growth experiences. Brasília: Ipea, Nov., 2025. (Discussion Paper, 3173). DOI: https://dx. doi.org/10.38116/td 3173-enghttps://repositorio.ipea.gov.br/handle/11058/19641The objective of this paper is to provide a survey on the methods of demand-led decom position and its different uses on the analyses of the patterns of growth, as well as some criticisms and limitations of such methods and analyses. We will present and compare the decompositions based on the net-exports method – used mainly by neo-Kaleckians and Comparative Political Economy –, the attribution method, and the supermultiplier method, used mainly by some Sraffians. We will then present how such decompositions are used to discuss the patterns of growth of some countries, such as the demand and growth regimes, the growth models, as well as the insights provided by the supermul tiplier analysis. We will present and discuss some criticisms and limitations of such decomposition methods and its uses, based on the literature.42engAcesso AbertoWorking paperInstituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (Ipea)Crescimento EconômicoLicença ComumÉ permitida a reprodução deste texto e dos dados nele contidos, desde que citada a fonte. Reproduções para fins comerciais são proibidas. Reproduction of this text and the data contained within is allowed as long as the source is cited. Reproduction for commercial pur poses is prohibitedDemand-led growth decompositionGrowth modelsComparative political economySupermultiplierE Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics::E1 General Aggregative Models::E12 Keynes - Keynesian - Post-Keynesian - Modern Monetary TheoryF International Economics::F4 Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance::F43 Economic Growth of Open EconomiesO Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth::O4 Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity::O47 Empirical Studies of Economic Growth - Aggregate Productivity - Cross-Country Output ConvergenceO Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth::O5 Economywide Country Studies::O57 Comparative Studies of CountriesP Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems::P5 Comparative Economic Systems::P52 Comparative Studies of Particular EconomiesDecomposição do crescimento liderado pela demandaModelos de crescimentoEconomia política comparadaSupermultiplicadorhttps://dx. doi.org/10.38116/td 3173-eng