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

-level technical efficiency and the investment climate for 22 developing economies and eight manufacturing industries. The authors … first propose three measures of firms' productive performance: labor productivity, total factor productivity, and technical … efficiency. They show that, on average, enterprises in the Middle East and North Africa have performed poorly compared with other …

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 … services in many developing economies may help accelerate productivity growth in their manufacturing sectors. "--World Bank web …

productivity. "--World Bank web site …

"The author studies the determinants of total factor productivity (TFP) for manufacturing firms in Bangladesh using …. Controlling for industry, location, and year fixed effects, she finds that: (1) firm size and TFP are negatively correlated; (2 …

of the sources of productivity growth. In line with this framework, Chapter 1 begins with an overview of Thailand …'s productivity dynamics at the macroeconomic level and identifies the causes of its slowing GDP growth rate.7 Chapter 2 analyzes the … characteristics of Thai manufacturing firms and sub-sector productivity dynamics, revealing the drivers of firm productivity and …

which exporting is "permanent" vs. "transitory" are reviewed, together with the extent to which productivity gains from … suggest that while exporters have higher productivity rates, profitability is equal compared to non-exporters, but inventory …