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

considered: import tax cuts on rice and measures to increase productivity of domestic rice production. The results suggest that … an increase in productivity would have a much larger positive impact than a reduction in taxes. "--World Bank web site …

Initiative that involves two issues: cutting cotton subsidies and tariffs, and assisting farm productivity growth in Africa. The … tariffs globally, and (2) cotton productivity growth through the adoption of genetically modified (GM) cotton varieties. They …

importance of foreign direct investment (FDI) liberalization as part of Russian WTO accession, the authors also include FDI and … Dixit-Stiglitz endogenous productivity effects from liberalization of import barriers against goods and FDI in services. The …

using the global economywide computable general equilibrium model known as GTAP. The results suggest that farm productivity … would boost the productivity of unskilled workers among Asia's poor. This paper--a product of the Trade Team, Development …

The conclusions of the recently-conducted Kenya Investment Climate Assessment (ICA), based on a survey of 368 firms …-Saharan Africa (SSA) and also to firms in China and India, but also relatively less productive. Labor productivity in Kenya had not …, have a bearing on the country's growth agenda. The results have a bearing on the key issue of labor productivity and its …