A Peruvian community-based organization, a comedor popular (communal kitchen), is studied in this article to show how, as a micro-level institution, it fosters productivity in order to reduce poverty. The concepts of institutions, productivity and poverty are reviewed to establish a framework of...

The ninth issue of the International Productivity Monitor published by the Centre for the Study of Living Standards contains six articles. Topics covered are: the magnitude of the Canada-U.S. productivity gap at the industry level; productivity puzzles facing researchers; the link between...

French Abstract: L'impact de l'expansion économique et commerciale de la Chine sur l'économie du Burkina Faso est analysé dans ce travail à travers trois canaux : les échanges de biens et services, les investissements directs étrangers et l'aide au développement. Pour capter les effets...

French Abstract: Le démantèlement de l'accord multifibres d'ici le 1er janvier 2005 et l'adhésion de la Chineà l'OMC, vont modifier profondément les conditions de la concurrence internationale dansle secteur du textile et de l'habillement. La forte progression de la régionalisation...

This tenth issue of the International Productivity Monitor produced by the Centre for the Study of Living Standards contains six articles. Topics covered are: the puzzling recent behaviour of labour productivity in Canada; an international perspective on Canada's productivity performance since the...