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 …

causal links. The evidence on the micro linkages from health investments to productivity and income are robust. Progress in …

"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 …

"Empirical explorations of the growth and productivity impacts of infrastructure have been characterized by ambiguous … indirect) channels of influence between infrastructure and productivity improvements. The authors explore these possibilities … alternative measures of productivity, the prevalence of ambiguous (countervailing signs) results, with little systematic pattern …

with formal institutions. Second, the impact of labor market institutions on productivity growth has probably been … job creation, and poorly protect workers. But theory and anecdotal evidence also suggest that they, and other related …

gains in productivity and competitiveness necessary to propel economic growth to a much higher trajectory. This cannot … the rate of productivity growth of Serbia s enterprises so that better export performance and sustained growth could be …

gains in productivity and competitiveness necessary to propel economic growth to a much higher trajectory. This cannot … the rate of productivity growth of Serbia s enterprises so that better export performance and sustained growth could be …

, have a bearing on the country's growth agenda. The results have a bearing on the key issue of labor productivity and its …-Saharan Africa (SSA) and also to firms in China and India, but also relatively less productive. Labor productivity in Kenya had not …