first propose three measures of firms' productive performance: labor productivity, total factor productivity, and technical … countries in the sample. The exception is Morocco, whose various measures of firm-level productivity rank close to the ones of … handicapped by high unit labor cost, compared with main competitors like China and India. The empirical results show then? that …

This set of technical papers was commissioned by the Cement Sustainability Initiative (CSI) members in India. CSI is a … reduced greenhouse gas emissions from cement production in India today and in the longer-term. The results have been reviewed …

The report is divided into seven chapters. Chapter one discusses India's current carbon footprint, the drivers that … India; (2) scenario two, alternatively called delayed implementation, more closely follows historical performance in … challenges of low-carbon development in India. …

foreign ownership and plant productivity. To control for the possible endogeneity of the FDI decision, the difference in … of the observed changes in productivity and other aspects of plant performance. The results suggest that foreign … ownership leads to significant productivity improvements in the acquired plants. The improvements become visible in the …

"This paper studies how liberalization affects productivity growth using micro-level plant data. While previous studies … that, while the impact of liberalization on productivity growth is positive "on average", more advanced firms tend to … plants during the NAFTA liberalization. The results show that a 1 percent reduction in tariffs spurred productivity growth …