productivity growth in Chile between 1992 and 2004. The authors estimate an extended production function where plant output growth … positive and significant effect of foreign direct investment in services on productivity growth of Chilean manufacturing plants … investment in services account for almost 5 percent of the observed increase in Chilean manufacturing productivity growth during …

study examines the link between services sector reforms and the productivity of domestic firms in downstream manufacturing … lead to two conclusions. First, the study finds that services policy matters for the productivity of manufacturing firms …

. As a consequence, productivity increases and expansion in the commercial primary production sector will cause …

with formal institutions. Second, the impact of labor market institutions on productivity growth has probably been …

developing countries services are already the largest sector in the economy and an important determinant of overall productivity …

productivity and stronger growth rates are attributed to trade reform, its contribution to medium-term poverty reduction is rather …

variety of imitation- to innovation-based intermediate goods. A key mechanism through which productivity increases initially …

Using panel data models, the author examines the threshold effects of the productivity of infrastructure investment in … particular, the productivity of infrastructure investment generally exhibits some network effects. When the available stock of … infrastructure is very low, investment in this sector has the same productivity as noninfrastructure investment. On the contrary …

undernourishment (hunger), largely through gaining farmers and others access to productivity-enhancing equipment, translating into … productivity, including higher cereal yields, through increased fertilizer and tractor use. Higher productivity in turn leads to …