a decade of disappointing outcomes. A steep and widespread productivity growth slowdown has been underway in these … implement measures to rebuild macroeconomic policy space and to undertake reforms to rekindle productivity growth. These efforts …

productivity stands in the way of both higher growth and job creation. Firms, as the productive engines of the economy, appear … constrained in their ability to lift productivity reforms, limited competition, and the need to deepen further financial … (ECA) region, whileworkers' productivity has fallen. Learning outcomes seem to lag demand, both in terms of the level and …