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 …

This report describes and explains how, in the period 1990-2008, China's railway sector has contributed and responded … to the incredibly challenging transport demands generated by China's economic development, and highlights the plans and … possibilities that lie ahead. In 1949, China had only 22,000 km of poorly maintained and war-damaged railway line, less than 1 …

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 …

"The author discusses regional development patterns in China and examines effective ways of using development aid to …

"This study measures the impact of investment climate factors on total factor productivity (TFP) of firms in Brazil and … China. The analysis is conducted in two steps: first an econometric production function is estimated to produce a measure of … productivity. In both countries, and in a variety of industry groups, indicators of poor investment climate, especially delays in …

network size; volume; passenger fares and freight tariffs; labor productivity; network density; and perceived service quality …, Australasia, and northeast Asia), private mining railways and China, whose railway network has been covered in numerous other …