Empirical explorations of the growth and productivity impacts of infrastructure have been characterized by ambiguous … indirect) channels of influence between infrastructure and productivity improvements. The authors explore these possibilities … alternative measures of productivity, the prevalence of ambiguous (countervailing signs) results, with little systematic pattern …

the productivity of the economy. Africa has been lagging behind in the global manufacturing market. Among others …

infrastructure projects with high productivity effects and the crucial role of financing in determining the net effects of expanded … unless they are designed to raise productivity, perhaps via improvements in health, nutrition, and education outcomes. A … factor productivity. By 2022, 10 years of growth at a rate of 7 percent would spread across the macro demand indicators as …

addition to the conventional productivity, complementarity, and crowding-out effects typically emphasized in the literature …

The authors follow the Hellerstein, Neumark, and Troske (1999) framework to estimate marginal productivity … differentials and compare them with estimated relative wages. The analysis provides evidence on productivity and nonproductivity … training on wages and productivity differentials. Higher education yields higher productivity. However, highly educated workers …