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The Political Economy of Productivity in Argentina: Interpretation and Illustration

Urbiztondo, Santiago; Cristini, Marcela; Moskovitz, Cynthia - Inter-American Development Bank - 2009

This paper examines how the main characteristics of Argentina’s policymaking process (PMP) affect the productivity of its economy using the conceptual framework presented in Murillo, Scartascini and Tommasi (2008), Stein et al. (2008), Spiller and Tommasi (2007), and IDB (2005). First, the...

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Politics, Policies and the Dynamics of Aggregate Productivity in Colombia

Eslava, Marcela; Melendez, Marcela - Inter-American Development Bank - 2009

This paper describes private actors’ involvement in Colombia’s policymaking process. While more transparent and formal channels are used to discuss horizontal policies, they are also less effective. The adoption of targeted policies, however, follows a faster track and depends more on...

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MRS. GANDHI GAVE NEW ECONOMIC APPROACHES

SUBRAMANIAM, DR. VSR. - EconWPA - 2004

Plenty of food, Sufficient clothing, Proper monitoring of the Key Socio- Economic factors, with commitment to Domestic Productivity were the Essence of the Administrative strategy of Mrs. Indira Gandhi (Late Prime Minister of India). These approaches could be critically related to the remarkable...

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MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT OF HAPPINESS : A PRIORITY IN SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Dr.VSR.Subramaniam - EconWPA - 2005

If bigger objects go into a jar, then there will be space to fill it with smaller objects in sequence. If the order of the objects are reversed, then it ends in filling it at the starting point. Happiness in life is similar to this. Fill high priority needs in the life, and smaller needs can be...

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Openness and Human Capital as Sources of Productivity Growth: An Empirical Investigation

Söderbom, Måns; Teal, Francis - EconWPA - 2004

Do openness to trade and higher levels of human capital promote faster productivity growth? That they do is a key implication of several versions of endogenous growth theory. To answer the question we use panel data on 93 countries spanning the 1970-2000 period. Controlling for fixed effects as...

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SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT : MATHEMATICAL MODELS BY DR.VSRS

DR.VSR.SUBRAMANIAM - EconWPA - 2005

The current population in the World has grown beyond the Break-even level of the food supplies, water, clothing and shelter. Techno- commercial systems are also within the utility of developed nations, but beyond the infrastructure and mental orientation of the Developing and Under Developed...

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Firm innovation and productivity in Latin America and the Caribbean : the engine of economic development

Grazzi, Matteo (ed.); Pietrobelli, Carlo (ed.) - 2016

This volume uses the study of firm dynamics to investigate the factors preventing faster productivity growth in Latin America and the Caribbean, pushing past the limits of traditional macroeconomic analyses. Each chapter is dedicated to an examination of a different factor affecting firm...

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Competitiveness: Sector Strategy (2003)

Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American … - 2003

knowledge and technologies by means of diagnosing science and technology systems, strengthening institutions for science and … creation of more effective institutions to support private productive activities, so as to promote the modernization of public … institutions that support private productive activities; and F) The productive and sustainable management of natural resources, for …

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Policy Benchmarking for Productivity and Growth: Review and Proposed Framework for the Caribbean

Melgarejo, Karl Alexander; D'Acosta, Michael; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013

This paper contributes to the analysis of the Caribbean's growth performance by setting out a framework for benchmarking indicators of key micro drivers and related structural policies that help explain differentials in productivity and real GDP per capita across the region, and relative to...

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Firm innovation and productivity in Latin America and the Caribbean : the engine of economic development

Grazzi, Matteo (ed.); Pietrobelli, Carlo (ed.) - 2016

This volume uses the study of firm dynamics to investigate the factors preventing faster productivity growth in Latin America and the Caribbean. Each chapter is dedicated to an examination of a different factor affecting firm productivity - innovation, ICT usage, on-the-job-training, firm age,...

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