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Misallocation and Productivity in Colombia’s Manufacturing Industries
Camacho, Adriana; Conover, Emily - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
using the Colombian Annual Manufacturing Survey (AMS) from 1982 to 1998. The United States is used as a benchmark to … manufacturing Total Factor Productivity (TFP) of approximately 3-8 percent and TPF is positively correlated with exporting status …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008616869
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Productivity and Resource Misallocation in Latin America
Busso, Matias; Pages, Carmen; Madrigal, Lucia - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
. Achieving an efficient allocation of resources could boost manufacturing TFP between 45 percent and 127 percent depending on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010547932
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(In)Formal and (Un)Productive: The Productivity Costs of Excessive Informality in Mexico
Busso, Matias; Fazio, Maria Victoria; Algazi, Santiago Levy - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
The laws that regulate relations between firms and workers in Mexico distinguish sharply between salaried and non-salaried workers, and they are at the root of the existence of informality. This paper provides a clear definition of informality, distinguishing it from illegality. Using Mexico’s...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010578244
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Financial Development and TFP Growth: Cross-Country and Industry-Level Evidence
Galindo, Arturo José; Arizala, Francisco; Cavallo, Eduardo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2009
a largely unexploited panel of 77 countries with data for 26 manufacturing industries for the years 1963 to 2003. A …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004985549
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The Emergence of China: Opportunities and Challenges for Latin America and the Caribbean Title: El impacto de China: Oportunidades y retos para América Latina y el Caribe
Rodríguez-Clare, Andrés; Devlin, Robert; … - Inter-American Development Bank
China's size, rapid growth, external openness, and trade performance have led to varying perceptions among the countries of Latin America: Is China a potential new market, a potent new competitor, or both? This book assesses the near-term strategic implications of China's economic performance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772418
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Is Geography Destiny?: Lessons from Latin America
Lora, Eduardo; Gaviria, Alejandro; Gallup, John Luke - Inter-American Development Bank
For decades, the prevailing sentiment was that, since geography is unchangeable, there is no reason why public policies … racist, made the subject a virtual taboo in academic and policymaking circles alike. "Is Geography Destiny?" challenges that … premise and joins a growing body of literature studying the links between geography and development. Focusing on Latin America …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772478
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Review of International Best Practices of Programs to Promote Regional Innovation Systems
Pietrobelli, Carlo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2009
This paper has two main objectives. First, it aims at briefly reviewing the concept of Regional Innovation System (RIS) as it has been proposed in the literature, and especially in light of the use that this notion has often had for policy purposes. Second, it reviews considerable empirical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010652498
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Review of International Best Practices of Programs to Promote Regional Innovation Systems
Pietrobelli, Carlo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2009
This paper has two main objectives. First, it aims at briefly reviewing the concept of Regional Innovation System (RIS) as it has been proposed in the literature, and especially in light of the use that this notion has often had for policy purposes. Second, it reviews considerable empirical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009193711
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Development Beyond Economics Title: Desarrollo más allá de la economía
Pagés-Serra, Carmen; Piras, Claudia; Behrman, Jere R.; … - Inter-American Development Bank
, geography and institutions- that are closely connected to economic and social development. Historical in nature and slow to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010895492
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The Emergence of China: Opportunities and Challenges for Latin America and the Caribbean Title: El impacto de China: Oportunidades y retos para América Latina y el Caribe
Rodríguez-Clare, Andrés; Devlin, Robert; … - Inter-American Development Bank
China's size, rapid growth, external openness, and trade performance have led to varying perceptions among the countries of Latin America: Is China a potential new market, a potent new competitor, or both? This book assesses the near-term strategic implications of China's economic performance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943484