productivity dynamics using firm-level administrative data for South Africa. It is the first paper to benchmark employment and … productivity dynamics against various comparator countries for which similar analysis has been undertaken. The paper finds that … and exit is negligible. The static and dynamic productivity decompositions raise a concern that although productive …

Ethiopia's competitiveness and attractiveness as an investment destination by comparing domestic productivity and input costs …, the labor cost advantage of Ethiopian firms is more than offset by low productivity. However, Ethiopia appears competitive … when compared to Bangladesh. Capital, firm size, or sectoral composition do not explain the low productivity of the …

performance and reduce avoidable absenteeism. It concludes with policy options for developing countries to explore as they work to …

absenteeism, accountability, and student learning. This paper explores this idea using data from 16,000 teachers across eight … types of suboptimal behaviors. These are (i) certain types of absenteeism, and (ii) paying extra attention to well …-performing and well-resourced students. Finally, the paper shows that ideas of accountability and absenteeism are strongly framed by …