extent to which the knowledge production of a multilateral development bank can reach its beneficiaries. We find that IDB …

This paper documents the effects of an intervention on knowledge sharing, in which information embedded in efficient … the Knowledge for Results (K4R) program on the efficiency of public agencies in Colombia. The findings of the study …

process of innovation, and the growth of total factor productivity. Evidence indicates that the PDPs and structural reforms … are to transform the productive structure, increase total factor productivity, and enhance innovation, government …

This paper explores the link between Brazil's political institutions and its disappointing productivity and growth in … and cuts in unprotected expenditures, which put a drag on productivity and growth. In a context of robust checks and … distortions that conspire against its realization. While some improvements in productivity and growth have occurred in the past …

productivity leaving aside other effects that arise through the market selection process. Additionally, most studies have focused … Chile to analyze how trade affects aggregate productivity through the process of resource reallocation and to explore not …

in export mix and by firm size. In general, export mix changes are associated with improvements on productivity, although … export mix are more important for firm growth in large firms, but not in terms of productivity. In contrast, SMEs can have a … higher potential for productivity improvement through export product churning but this does not translate necessarily in …

productivity gains that result from technological adoption. We use data obtained from a sample of 1,287 households-817 … productivity variables. The lack of productivity impacts is probably due to the short period after program implementation, which … knowledge with regards to their effective use of the newly acquired technologies or to adjust the production process through …

This paper develops a port productivity and efficiency analysis of all developing regions between 2000 and 2010, using …, and 1,750 data points-, we carry out an analysis of the evolution and drivers of productivity and efficiency changes … across developing regions. We show that productivity growth rates between 2000 and 2010 vary significantly and that this …

CRIAR is to increase smallholders' agricultural income and food security through productivity improvements triggered by … present evidence that program participation increased agricultural productivity, household income and improved food security …