percent. Average productivity growth in EMDEs has picked up rapidly since 2000, renewing interest in the convergence … rate of convergence remains low, with current growth differentials halving the productivity gap only after over 100 years … productivity levels (convergence clubs). Many EMDEs have moved into higher-level productivity convergence clubs since 2000, with 16 …

from the frontier (for example, the United States scores 0.62). This average mask the wide heterogeneity in practices ….75. Consistent with the findings in other countries, better managed firms in Russia show stronger firm performance, measured as gross … revenue per employee, value added per employee, total factor productivity, and employment growth. Improving the management …

services foreign direct investment accrue mostly to firms that are further from the productivity frontier. Taken together …This paper examines productivity dynamics and drivers for Pakistani firms listed in the stock exchange (publicly listed …, to assess their impact on productivity downstream. The paper presents three main findings. First, the productivity of …