"The Zambian cotton sector went through significant reforms during the 1990s. After a long period of parastatal control …, a process of liberalization in cotton production and marketing began in 1994. These reforms were expected to benefit … the dynamics of the cotton sector and the dynamics of poverty and evaluate to what extent cotton can work as a vehicle for …

"The authors examine the price linkages among polyester (the dominant chemical fiber), cotton (the dominant natural … cotton and polyester prices, well above the co-movement observed between these two prices and prices of other primary … commodities. b) Crude oil prices have a stronger effect on polyester prices compared with cotton prices. c) Price shocks …

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 …

first propose three measures of firms' productive performance: labor productivity, total factor productivity, and technical … countries in the sample. The exception is Morocco, whose various measures of firm-level productivity rank close to the ones of … handicapped by high unit labor cost, compared with main competitors like China and India. The empirical results show then? that …

"This paper surveys the recent literature which examines the impact of business climate variables on productivity and … drives growth by encouraging investment and higher productivity. Various infrastructure, finance, security, competition and …

productivity growth in Chile between 1992 and 2004. The authors estimate an extended production function where plant output growth … positive and significant effect of foreign direct investment in services on productivity growth of Chilean manufacturing plants … investment in services account for almost 5 percent of the observed increase in Chilean manufacturing productivity growth during …

productivity. "--World Bank web site …

"The author studies the determinants of total factor productivity (TFP) for manufacturing firms in Bangladesh using …