Part I: The material basis of the economy and resource productivity. Natural resources: the material basis of the … economy -- An evolving economic context and new environmental challenges -- Sustainable resource use and resource productivity …

differences in a number of factors combine to boost or block productivity. Governments need such information to set priorities …. Investors need it too, and two new rankings are proposed as alternatives to a simple comparison of industrial productivity. The … first, called the “investor ranking”, is based on infrastructure, human capital and total factor productivity. The second …

Improving resource productivity and ensuring a sustainable resource and materials management building on the principle … throughout their life cycle, and of how this affects the productivity of the economy and the quality of the environment. This … of material flows and resource productivity in OECD countries in a global context. It considers the production and …

The 32nd issue of the International Productivity Monitor is a special issue produced in collaboration with the OECD … Forum on Productivity held in Lisbon, Portugal, July 7-8, 2016. The Forum was established by a large group of OECD member … bodies with a responsibility for promoting productivity-enhancing policies. The primary purpose of the Forum is to shed light …

This book addresses the rising productivity gap between the global frontier and other firms, and identifies a number of …