estimates potential growth for China, India, and five ASEAN countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and … Vietnam) during 1993–2013. The main findings include: (i) both China and India have recently exhibited a slowdown in potential … growth, largely reflecting a decline of total factor productivity (TFP) growth; (ii) by contrast, trend growth for the five …

At the macro level, productivity is driven by technology and the efficiency of resource allocation, as outcomes of … reducing labor market rigidities in states with high informality has a net positive effect on aggregate productivity …

A large share of cross-country differences in productivity is explained by differences in agricultural productivity … productivity differences …

Most estimates of Indian manufacturing productivity find a slowdown in the 1990s. This has puzzled analysts, given that … points. This paper tests the hypothesis of the J curve of Productivity and Growth following major liberalization and finds it … result in negative effects on measured productivity …