effective. The result appears to be robust across different specifications and estimation techniques. In particular, new methods …

importance of total factor productivity and the accumulation of factors of production in the economic development performance of … advanced countries and peer countries in other regions. The paper finds that total factor productivity is the predominant … factor: low productivity and slow productivity growth, as opposed to impediments to factor accumulation, are the key to …

process (PMP) and productivity. Bolivia’s PMP has shifted from a formal representative democracy to a “participative and … dominant. While reforms have increased productivity, they have failed to secure the political support necessary to assure long …-term sustainability. In contrast, counter-reforms have so far enjoyed extensive political support, but productivity has stagnated since …

Following Hsieh and Klenow (2009), this paper studies productivity dispersions in Colombian industrial establishments … manufacturing Total Factor Productivity (TFP) of approximately 3-8 percent and TPF is positively correlated with exporting status … in 1991 is associated with an increase in plant productivity levels for firms that export goods. The 1990 reform that …

This paper attempts to establish a formal relationship between innovation and productivity using Colombian firm … sales and Total Factor Productivity (TFP). Innovation in processes likewise improves firms` productivity and sales. Finally …

Total factor productivity (TFP) in Latin America has not increased since the mid- 1970s, and in many countries it has … 10 Latin American countries to quantify the heterogeneity of firm productivity and the degree of resource misallocation … within countries. Productivity heterogeneity and resource misallocation are found to be much larger than in the United States …

productivity losses due to distortions that misallocate resources, the paper finds that one peso of capital and labor allocated to … informality reduce total factor productivity. …

This paper analyzes total factor productivity growth in agriculture in Latin America and the Caribbean between 1961 and … results show that among developing regions, Latin America and the Caribbean shows the highest agricultural productivity growth … policies and external shocks on agricultural productivity; policies that do not discriminate against agricultural sectors and …