and total factor productivity growth in small and large states in the South. There are three main findings. First …, productivity growth increases with North-South trade-related technology diffusion and education and the interaction between the two … their interaction on productivity growth in small states is more than three times that for large countries, with the …

The book introduces several models for assessing health and economic policies in relation to NCDs; shows how the models …

of health care are among the issues addressed in this publication. Many health policies depend on our ability to measure … pay providers of high-quality care more than those who underperform. However, measuring the quality of health care is … challenging. The OECD’s Health Care Quality Indicator project has overcome some of the problems, though many remain. If policy …

"There is a growing literature that investigates the effect of trade liberalization on productivity. Nearly all such … studies assume that trade policy is determined independently of productivity, hence it is exogenous. The author shows that … the positive effect of liberalization on productivity when they do not account for the endogeneity bias. On the theory …

for greater capital accumulation, without being fully reflected in a higher rate of total factor productivity (TFP) growth …