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Russia's spatial disparities stem largely from its economic geography, which is unique and has no parallels even when compared to seemingly similar countries such as Australia and Canada. While Australia and Canada also have large land masses and even lower population densities than Russia, a...
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A recovery in the oil sector boosted recent economic performance. While the recovery in global oil prices would have a welcoming effect for Kazakhstan in terms of enhancing the economy's buffers and supporting growth, it may also reduce the perceived urgency for transitioning to the new growth...
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considerable gap in both productivity and income convergence when compared with aspirational peers. Poland successfully …-diversified and more resilient to shocks. Long-term growth has been supported by increased total factor productivity (TFP), grounded … together with reversals in education reforms in recent years could weigh down on labor quality and productivity in the future …
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still characterized by low energy and resource productivity, with significant impacts on health and the environment. As a …
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In the context of weakening global demand, growth in the Western Balkans decelerated over the course of 2022 and into 2023. Against the background of the lasting effects of shocks from Russia's invasion of Ukraine, sticky inflation, and tighter financial conditions, global demand has been...
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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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prices, and structural degradation of the economy. Kazakhstan's productivity growth has steadily fallen over the past two … decades. Falling within-sector productivity improvements are the driving force behind Kazakhstan's productivity slowdown. The … patterns must be corrected to revive productivity, which is essential for higher economic growth - since higher investment …
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growth and improvements in living standards in Turkey will require higher productivity in the economy. The Turkey … Productivity Report (2019) provides an in-depth analysis of firm productivity in Turkey and how this adds up to economic growth in … the country. The report has six parts. The first two provide macro and micro diagnosis of productivity in the economy …
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