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productivity improvements historically have been driven primarily by capital-intensive investment, which often involves sector …
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Poland. Second, chapter 2 provides key insights from the results by linking technology adoption with productivity, managerial … Sectoral approach to the drivers of productivity growth in Polish sectors. A firm-level perspective on technology adoption and … in Poland that describes the role that the service sector can play in spurring productivity growth …
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increase productivity, spur innovation, and improve livelihoods. Digital technologies can drive economic growth in Malaysia … digital platforms - that are closely aligned with Malaysia's goal of becoming the e-commerce hub of the region. By leveraging … the internet, smartphones, Big Data, the internet of things, artificial intelligence, and other technologies, Malaysia can …
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As Malaysia continues to strive toward high-income status, accelerating productivity growth has become the country … underscore the vital importance of productivity growth to the continued development of the Malaysian economy. Malaysia … infrastructure and institutional quality, market efficiency, innovation, and workforce skills influence productivity in Malaysia …
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Malaysia's economic growth has slowed down but remains resilient to external headwinds. The economic growth rate slowed … remains on track despite lower oil-related revenues. External developments pose the greatest risk to Malaysia's growth … markets and its impact on the value of the ringgit. Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) has introduced measures to curb ringgit trading …
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with its European peers in terms of economic productivity and living standards. The coming year presents an important …
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Inefficiency is common in many of the world's water utilities, especially in developing countries. The problem derives from a range of different causes relating primarily to technical, organizational, and commercial (TOC) factors. Evidence from a World Bank study conducted in 2020 shows that...
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The International Comparison Program (ICP) is a worldwide statistical initiative led by the World Bank under the auspices of the United Nations Statistical Commission. It produces comparable price and volume measures of gross domestic product (GDP) and its expenditure aggregates across...
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Over the last two decades, successive governments and business leaders in the former Yugoslav Republic of (FYR) Macedonia have been actively working to transform the country's economy and put it on a higher, technology-based, growth trajectory. For a small, landlocked country with a limited...
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Industries create jobs, catalyze investments, and bring technological advancement to a country. However, as industries expand across borders and become increasingly complex, so do their risks, including impacts from disasters and climate change. Disasters,1 including earthquakes and extreme...
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