This paper investigates the sources of growth in manufacturing productivity in Cote D'Ivoire, Ethiopia and Tanzania in … reallocation of market share between firms contributed substantially to productivity growth in each of the four countries, although … associated with increases in within-plant productivity. In addition, plant closure (or exit) boosted productivity more than new …

-side and supply-side factors on industrywide aggregate productivity. The paper focuses on the effects of three factors: (1 … competition, which enables interpreting the estimated coefficients of a reduced form, dynamic productivity equation. The paper … blocks. In this industry, the expansion of the local market boosts industrywide total factor revenue productivity, while …

Labor productivity in EMDEs is just under one-fifth of the advanced economy average, while in LICs, it is just 2 … percent. Average productivity growth in EMDEs has picked up rapidly since 2000, renewing interest in the convergence … hypothesis, which predicts that economies with low productivity should close productivity gaps over time. However, the average …