"This paper surveys the recent literature which examines the impact of business climate variables on productivity and … 100 countries around the world. The literature that has analyzed this data provides evidence that a good business climate … drives growth by encouraging investment and higher productivity. Various infrastructure, finance, security, competition and …

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 …

Caribbean Region"--World Bank web site …

to increase by 0.11 percentage point. This paper a product of the Global Knowledge and Learning Division, World Bank … Institute, is part of a larger effort in the Institute to assess the effects of knowledge on economic development"--World Bank …

total factor productivity growth in Korea, Mexico, and Jordan. Measures of foreign research and development are constructed … the South. The findings show that technology diffusion and productivity gains tend to be regional. Jordan benefits mainly …, the dynamic version of the "natural trading partners" hypothesis holds for these countries. "--World Bank web site …

development aid to Hubei and Sichuan would optimize the growth spillover impacts on inland regions. "--World Bank web site …

, affect the transformation of research and development into patents. "--World Bank web site …