dimensions coincided with significant growth in aggregate labor productivity. However, in and of itself, the same reallocation … could only have held back, rather than aid, the observed productivity gains. This was because labor was more productive … productivity of the reallocation of employment between the two sectors could only have been reinforced by the impacts on the same …

industrialization only played a significant role in Vietnam …

The latest push for industrialization in Ethiopia has attracted much academic and public interest. This paper assesses … Ethiopia's competitiveness and attractiveness as an investment destination by comparing domestic productivity and input costs …, the labor cost advantage of Ethiopian firms is more than offset by low productivity. However, Ethiopia appears competitive …

variety of imitation- to innovation-based intermediate goods. A key mechanism through which productivity increases initially … imitation sector. The process of industrialization increases the demand for high-skill labor, inducing individuals to invest in …

Governments are resource and bandwidth constrained, and hence need to prioritize productivity-enhancing policies. To do …, coordination ability, and defending against capture is critical to successful implementation of productivity policies and should be …

This paper examines the role of changes in sectoral productivity gaps over time in accounting for growth realized by … countries over the past few decades. To quantify the productivity impact of the sectoral gaps, a simple model of resource … changes in distortions is because of unrealized gains suggested by high levels of present distortions, productivity gains are …