"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 …

of infrastructure on labor productivity, and the indirect impact of infrastructure on total factor productivity. "--World …"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 …

with formal institutions. Second, the impact of labor market institutions on productivity growth has probably been … poorly and both could benefit from substantial reform. "--World Bank web site …

. The answer in this report is that Serbia will need to fundamentally alter its growth model to compete effectively in world … 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 …

. The answer in this report is that Serbia will need to fundamentally alter its growth model to compete effectively in world … 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 …

joining the European Union (EU), Poland was one of the fastest-growing economies in the world by 2020. This report … investigates differences in productivity dynamics across economic segments and attempts to derive policy recommendations to improve … the Polish economy's productivity performance. First, the authors estimate firm-level total factor productivity (TFP …

of the market economy, improved productivity, and enhancement of competitiveness. This report focuses on three critical …