This paper examines the impact of North-South trade, education, governance and North-South distance, on technology … Great Recession (1976-2007). Findings are: i) TFP rises with education, trade, governance (ETG) and imports' R&D content … accounting for its TFP gap with East Asia; iii) the impact of the education gap equals the sum of the governance and openness …

issue in a dynamic context by focusing on the impact of education and North-South trade-related technology diffusion (NRD …) on TFP growth in small and large states in the South. The main findings are: i) TFP growth increases with NRD, education … and the interaction between the two; ii) the impact of NRD, education and their interaction on TFP growth in small states …

This paper examines the impact of education, governance and North-South trade- and distance-related technology …-related) model. Findings are: i) TFP increases with education, trade, governance (ETG) and imports' R&D content, and declines with …% of its TFP gap with East Asia; iii) raising LA’s education to East Asia's level has a larger impact on TFP and on the TFP …