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productivity angle.In looking at a set of high-growth economies of the past, the Growth Report 2008 identified common … total factor productivity to growth is on a declining path.The structural shift of the Ghanaian economy into services and … marginally contributes to labor productivity growth.Second, concentration of economic activity in natural resources increase …
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This note takes stock of productivity trends of the Albanian non-agricultural private sector using granular firm …-level data. To understand better the sources of jobs and productivity growth, this note analyzes firm-level data from the … employment and productivity gaps remain. Between 2006 and 2016 the country has seen a doubling of its formal private sector …
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performance of the agriculture sector with an emphasis on productivity and competitiveness, and highlights opportunities for …
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The Kenyan economy rebounded in 2018 and economic activity in the first quarter of 2019 was healthy, although emerging drought conditions could curtail GDP growth for the remainder of the year. The economy expanded by 6.0 percent in the first three quarters of 2018 compared to 4.7 percent during...
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Lesotho's agricultural system faces a growing number of climate-related vulnerabilities with droughts, floods, pests, and extreme temperatures occurring more frequently. In response, the Government of Lesotho is collaborating with the World Bank to integrate climate change into the country's...
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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 …), compute labor productivity indices, and analyze the main productivity patterns between 2009 and 2019. Second, the authors …
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Igniting farm productivity can support growth and job creation in Kosovo. Agricultural production, in real terms, has … productivity and its growth in Kosovo, and implied constraints on growth of agriculture, using farm-level data. The results of the … productivity analysis suggest that in Kosovo there is a considerable misallocation of resources that if remedied can boost growth …
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To boost economic growth and foster sustained formal job creation in Kosovo, igniting firm productivity is crucial … particular attention to firm productivity. For the last decade, the landscape of firms in Kosovo has been dominated by … microenterprises with low productivity, employment, and survival rates. Firm creation and growth,small firm density, average size, and …
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As Malaysia continues to strive toward high-income status, accelerating productivity growth has become the country …'s central economic policy challenge. Productivity growth has become increasingly important as the country's traditional economic … underscore the vital importance of productivity growth to the continued development of the Malaysian economy. Malaysia …
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This report aims to provide policy makers in Albania with new evidence to inform the design and implementation of public policies on post-secondary education, vocational education and training (VET) system labor market information and intermediation, and labor policies. The STEP Employer Survey...
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