This paper develops a port productivity and efficiency analysis of all developing regions between 2000 and 2010, using …, and 1,750 data points-, we carry out an analysis of the evolution and drivers of productivity and efficiency changes … across developing regions. We show that productivity growth rates between 2000 and 2010 vary significantly and that this …

(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 …

these facts and quantify their aggregate effects on productivity and income per capita. In our model, men and women are … due to misallocation of resources and the resulting fall in aggregate productivity. This loss is 1.3 times larger than the … one obtained in a framework where barriers to entrepreneurship were assumed to be independent of talent. …

, less stringent financial constraints, greater managerial discipline, and enhanced labor productivity are some of the …