This is the background paper for the productivity extension of the World Bank's Long-Term Growth Model (LTGM). Based on … Penn World Table, and assesses the pattern of productivity growth across regions and income groups over the same sample … an extensive literature review, the paper identifies the main determinants of economic productivity as innovation …

drivers follow their historical or recent trends, and under different scenarios of reform, using the World Bank Long … capital and slowing growth rates of total factor productivity and human capital. Strong reforms are required for Malaysia to …, and total factor productivity. In the strong reform scenario, based on growth drivers achieving a target corresponding to …

capital, and productivity; and 3) what potential growth scenarios for Syria there could be in the aftermath of war. Estimates … are affected by the assumed levels of reconstruction assistance, repatriation of refugees, and productivity improvements …

What major insights have emerged from development economics in the past decade, and how do they matter for the World … Bank? This challenging question was recently posed by World Bank Group President David Malpass to the staff of the …