results with a traditional method. In the case of Brazil, these two new methods of spatial disaggregation and cross …, livestock, forest, and fish allocation far outperforms the traditional method, at least in the case of Brazil, and can operate …

This paper explores the link between exports and total factor productivity in Brazilian manufacturing firms over the … significantly, but with stagnant aggregate growth in total factor productivity. The paper first estimates firm-level total factor … productivity under alternative assumptions (exogenous and endogenous law of motion for productivity) following a GMM procedure. In …

This paper attempts to study the impact of Brazilian Development Bank credit on resource misallocation in Brazil, using … improving the allocative efficiency of the earmarked credit system in Brazil …

This paper analyzes changes in agricultural productivity gender gaps in C?te d'Ivoire between 2008 and 2016 using …, but it is particularly remarkable for export crop productivity, likely due to increased adoption of fertilizer and … commercial agriculture and have witnessed greater reductions in land area compared with their male counterparts. The results show …

productivity. The fact that social interactions mainly occur within castes in rural India provides tools to show that the observed … correlation between farm productivity and neighbors' education is likely to be a spillover effect. In particular, there are no …

This paper provides evidence on the impacts of agricultural productivity on employment growth and structural … village sample leads to underestimation of agriculture's role in employment growth and transformation of non-farm activities …. Using rainfall as an instrument for agricultural productivity, empirical analysis finds a significant positive effect of …

) allowing assessment of the productivity of land use and taking measures to increase it; (ii) comparing productivity between …

on Agriculture. In addition, the paper (i) develops internationally comparable measures of overall agro-ecological crop …