is explained more by a decline in productivity rather than a lack of investment. Second, tourism has been a significant … contributor to higher growth (through both capital accumulation and productivity) and lower output volatility, and in many … countries there is scope for further expansion of this sector. Third, the small size and the fact that most of these countries …

With limited financing options, increasing investment efficiency will be a critical avenue to building infrastructure … costs and other pressures. Estimating investment efficiency, however, presents many methodological pitfalls. Using various … methods--stochastic frontier analysis, data envelopment analysis (DEA), and bootstrapped DEA-this paper estimates efficiency …

is explained more by a decline in productivity rather than a lack of investment. Second, tourism has been a significant … contributor to higher growth (through both capital accumulation and productivity) and lower output volatility, and in man …

This paper assesses productivity trends in Canada vis-a-vis the United States from two perspectives. The first one is … based on estimates of total factor productivity. The second one decomposes productivity growth into two sources: investment … underlying cause of the pickup in productivity in Canada and the narrowing of the productivity gap with the United States. …

productivity growth in the tradable goods sector in Australia, New Zealand, and their major trading partners accounts for a …

relief, would depend on a recipient country's initial economic conditions and level of total factor productivity. …

(FDI) between 1987 and 1996. In contrast to earlier work, our results suggest that FDI leads to substantial productivity … gains for domestic firms. The size of FDI spillovers is economically important, accounting for about 11 percent of … productivity growth in U.S. firms between 1987 and 1996. In addition, there is some evidence for import-related spillovers, but it …

collapsing investment and shrinking employment. Sharp declines in productivity, reflecting in part transition-related factors …

This paper examines the empirical relationship between trade and total factor productivity (TFP) in South Africa. It …

used determinants of total factor productivity, a measure of the effect of labor reallocation and an index of economic … suggest that growth will depend, to a large extent, on educational investments and productivity gains in agriculture. …