important role in aggregate productivity gains immediately following the start of India's trade reforms in 1991. However … productivity, which can be attributed to India's trade liberalization and FDI reforms … productivity growth, while the older literature focused on average productivity improvements ( "learning" ). The authors use …

This paper analyzes the scale and productivity consequences of varied input use in Indian manufacturing using detailed … closer spatial proximity to one of India's largest cities. Plants in the organized sector utilizing a greater variety of … inputs display higher productivity, with the effects mostly concentrated among smaller plants with fewer than 50 employees …

Investment growth in many emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs) has slowed sharply since 2010. Investment … investment growth in six EMDE regions, documents remaining investment needs, especially for infrastructure, and presents a set of … region-specific policy responses to address these needs. It reports three main findings. First, investment growth has been …

Evidence shows that foreign direct investment can provide many benefits to host countries, including productivity … better integration with global value chains. Nonetheless, these benefits are not automatic. Investment policies are required … to maximize the potential gains of foreign direct investment. One challenge is that there are different kinds of foreign …

compatible" -- future. However, private investment will only flow at the scale and pace necessary if it is supported by clear …, credible, and long-term policy frameworks that shift the risk-reward balance in favor of less carbon-intensive investment. The … lower investment risk. Barriers to low carbon investments often include unclear and inconsistent energy policies, monopoly …

level adoption of information and communications technology leads to increases in firm productivity and wages, and that the … effects are heterogeneous across firms, being larger for initially high-productivity and high-skill firms. The increase in … wages occurs even after controlling for skill composition, implying that there are productivity and rent-sharing mechanisms …

study examines the link between services sector reforms and the productivity of domestic firms in downstream manufacturing … lead to two conclusions. First, the study finds that services policy matters for the productivity of manufacturing firms … barriers to foreign investment today are not in goods but in services sectors, the findings may strengthen the argument for …

The infrastructure gap is one of the most significant impediments to India realizing its growth and poverty reduction … potential. Although India?s transport network is one of the most extensive in the world, accessibility and connectivity are … require an investment of nearly US$500 billion over the next 10 years. This paper investigates the impact of the Golden …

The growth of India's manufacturing sector since 1991 has been attributed mostly to trade liberalization and more … permissive industrial licensing. This paper demonstrates thesignificant impact of a neglected factor: India's policy reforms in … services. The authors examine the link between those reforms and the productivity of manufacturing firms using panel data for …

between servicification and productivity in Turkey. Although servicification has the potential to boost firm performance, the … particularly less productive. Regulatory restrictions in services are explored as an explanatory factor. Productivity gaps appear …