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This study estimates Climate Adjusted Total Factor Productivity (CATFP) for agriculture in Latin America and Caribbean … induces significant reductions in productivity (2.3% to 10.7%), over the 2013-2040 period. Estimated output losses due to …
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importance of total factor productivity and the accumulation of factors of production in the economic development performance of … advanced countries and peer countries in other regions. The paper finds that total factor productivity is the predominant … factor: low productivity and slow productivity growth, as opposed to impediments to factor accumulation, are the key to …
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the contribution of inputs, and total factor productivity (TFP) to growth in output per worker. A growth accounting … performance of agriculture was the result of fast growth in the use of fertilizer, increases in land productivity, and growth in … the use of capital that expanded cultivated area per worker. Higher productivity of the animal stock, fast growth in the …
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This chapter examines gender inequality, focusing on two critical spheres in which gender inequality is generated: education and work. The objective is to provide a current snapshot of gender inequality across key indicators as well as a dynamic perspective that highlights successes and...
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Education is a crucial asset for a country's economic prospects and for its inhabitants. In addition to its direct impact on growth via the accumulation of human capital, it is a critical ingredient in producing an informed citizenry, enhancing their ability to obtain and exert human and...
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potentially cumulate into lower levels of aggregate productivity and GDP. In this paper, we exploit data from household surveys …
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This paper analyzes total factor productivity growth in agriculture in Latin America and the Caribbean between 1961 and … results show that among developing regions, Latin America and the Caribbean shows the highest agricultural productivity growth … policies and external shocks on agricultural productivity; policies that do not discriminate against agricultural sectors and …
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output and productivity between 2002 and 2006 as the result of rapid growth in beef and milk production and a reduction of … than doubled between 2005 and 2016, driven by productivity growth which increased by 70 percent during this period. The … factors behind increased productivity. Despite these positive developments, livestock sectors in Uruguay and Paraguay still …
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Predominant views on the political economy of Latin America and the Caribbean tend to emphasize that elite domination helps to understand the high levels of inequality. The contemporary fiscal version of that assertion goes something like “the rich are powerful and they dont like taxes, hence...
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