This study estimates Climate Adjusted Total Factor Productivity (CATFP) for agriculture in Latin America and Caribbean … convergence across LAC countries. Argentina defines the frontier in LAC and TFP convergence is found across all South American … induces significant reductions in productivity (2.3% to 10.7%), over the 2013-2040 period. Estimated output losses due to …

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 …

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 …

(NRRP) on the persistent North-South productivity gap. Our model underscores public investment as a catalyst for sustained … management - the NRRP only slightly reduces the NorthSouth productivity gap from 75% to 76.4%. Finally, our research highlights …