country's dual agricultural policy focus towards large commercial agribusiness enterprises, led by the Ministry of Agriculture … in Brazil's agricultural total factor productivity (TFP) growth, which has accelerated at one of the world's fastest …

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 …-constrained countries. Within agriculture, crops and non-ruminant sectors have displayed the strongest growth between 1961 and 2001, and …

This paper uses the data envelopment analysis (DEA) based Malmquist productivity index to estimate total factor … productivity growth (TFPG), technical change, and efficiency change for a panel of firms during the period 1991 to 2001 in 26 … Indian manufacturing industries. The paper then analyses the factors explaining productivity growth, technical change and …

productivity enhancing performance of the European Union's CO2 Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) in its pilot phase. Using Data … Envelopment Analysis methods, we measure the environmental efficiency and the productivity growth registered in public power … productivity and efficiency over time using state-of-the-art econometric techniques. Our analysis suggests two conclusions: on the …