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Product Market Regulation and Macroeconomic Performance : A Review of Cross Country Evidence
Schiantarelli, Fabio - 2021
of product market regulation on mark-ups, firm dynamics, investment, employment, innovation productivity, and output …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318222
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Innovative and Absorptive Capacity of International Knowledge : An Empirical Analysis of Productivity Sources in Latin American Countries
Castillo, Leopoldo Laborda - 2017
evidence demonstrates that foreign direct investment and trade can contribute to overall domestic productivity growth only when … and absorptive capacity of the country. The spillover effects in productivity are analyzed using a stochastic frontier … approach. This productivity (in terms of total factor productivity) is decomposed using a generalized Malmquist output oriented …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012975524
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Root for the Tubers : Extended-Harvest Crop Production and Productivity Measurement in Surveys
Kilic, Talip - 2018
To document the relative accuracy of methods for microdata collection on root and tuber crop production, an experiment was implemented in Malawi over a 12-month period, randomly assigning cassava-producing households to one of four approaches: daily diary-keeping, with semi-weekly supervision...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012909230
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Smallholders? Land Ownership and Access in Sub-Saharan Africa : A New Landscape?
Deininger, Klaus - 2017
While scholars agree on the importance of land rental markets for structural transformation in rural areas, evidence on the extent and nature of their operation, including potential obstacles to their improved functioning, remains limited. This study uses household-level data from six countries...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012971669
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Agricultural Intensification : The Status in Six African Countries
Binswanger-Mkhize, Hans P - 2017
The Boserup-Ruthenberg framework has long been used to explain and understand the determinants of agricultural growth, the nature of the intensification of farming systems, investment, and technology adoption. The literature has produced an extensive body of evidence that summarizes or tests the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012972473
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Sub-Saharan Africa's Recent Growth Spurt : An Analysis of the Sources of Growth
Cho, Yoonyoung - 2017
accumulation, and total factor productivity, unlike previous periods. Resources play a role by attracting capital inflows …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012973251
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Accounting for Gender Production from a Growth Accounting Framework in Sub-Saharan Africa
Fofack, Hippolyte - 2017
This paper draws on an expanded growth accounting framework to estimate the relative contribution of women to growth in Sub-Saharan Africa. Empirical results show a consistently positive contribution of women to growth in gross domestic product in the region, both during economic downturns and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012975083
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Crop Production and Road Connectivity in Sub-Saharan Africa : A Spatial Analysis
Dorosh, Paul - 2017
This study examines the relationship between transport infrastructure and agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa using new data obtained from geographic information systems (GIS). First, the authors analyze the impact of road connectivity on crop production and choice of technology. Second, they...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012976425
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Learning from the Chinese Miracle : Development Lessons for Sub-Saharan Africa
Zafar, Ali - 2017
-fertilization of experiences. Total factor productivity comparisons suggest that capital accumulation in China coupled with more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012976678
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Agricultural Factor Markets in Sub-Saharan Africa : An Updated View with Formal Tests for Market Failure
Dillon, Brian - 2020
This paper uses the recently collected Living Standard Measurement Study-Integrated Surveys on Agriculture Initiative data sets from five countries in Sub-Saharan Africa to provide a comprehensive overview of land and labor market participation by agrarian households and to formally test for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012854802