Inadequate infrastructure impedes the productivity of manufacturing firms, with negative consequences for the wider … unreliable water supplies on the productivity of manufacturing firms, focusing predominately on firms in developing economies …, the study finds that incidents of water outages lead to lower firm productivity for firms in less developed economies. For …

population. This study uncovers the effect of poor water infrastructure on the productivity of informal firms. This is achieved …

compares the level of labor productivity in 22 upper-middle-income countries and 11 high-income countries for which comparable … data are available. The results show that labor productivity in the upper-middle-income countries is about 57.5 percent … lower than in the high-income countries. The productivity difference is robust and holds for firms of different sizes and …

developing countries. Recent evidence indicates that the use of imported inputs can have a large, positive effect on productivity …

productivity and growth. It is hoped that the present paper inspires more work on the determinants of the use of imported inputs …