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Can service be a growth escalator in low-income countries ?

Ghani, Ejaz; O'Connell, Stephen D. - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014

Several high-level reports have raised the concern that low-income countries, especially in Africa, are experiencing premature de-industrialization. The concern is that they are growing without transforming. Have the latecomers to development missed the boat? Although these concerns are well...

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The exceptional persistence of India's unorganized sector

Ghani, Ejaz; Kerr, William R.; O'Connell, Stephen D. - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2013

The transformation of India's unorganized sector is important to its modernization, growth, and attainment of regional economic equality. This paper documents several key facts about India's unorganized sector in manufacturing and services. First, the unorganized sector is large, accounting for...

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What explains big gender disparities in India ? local industrial structures and female entrepreneurship

Ghani, Ejaz; Kerr, William R.; O'Connell, Stephen D. - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2012

Despite rapid economic growth, gender disparities in women's economic participation have remained deep and persistent in India. What explains these huge gender disparities? Is it poor infrastructure, limited education, and gender composition of the labor force and industries? Or is it...

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Productivity, innovation and growth in Sri Lanka : an empirical investigation

Dutz, Mark A.; O'Connell, Stephen D. - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2013

variables from the World Bank Enterprise Survey to the comprehensive Sri Lanka Census of Industry productivity data available … World Bank Enterprise Survey with those from 2004. For the firm-level innovation analysis, it compares findings from the … 2011 World Bank Enterprise Survey with a representative sample of enterprises collected as part of the Sri Lanka …

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Public and private investments in innovation capabilities : structural transformation in the Chilean wine industry

Dutz, Mark A.; O'Connell, Stephen D.; Troncoso, Javier L. - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014

This paper assembles novel data on the Chilean wine industry to investigate the role of investments in knowledge capital on sales growth in domestic and international markets. The study uses archival data collected from the Government of Chile to compile and categorize public expenditures and...

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Input usage and productivity in Indian manufacturing plants

Ghani, Ejaz; Kerr, William R.; O'Connell, Stephen D. - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2013

This paper analyzes the scale and productivity consequences of varied input use in Indian manufacturing using detailed plant-level data. Counts of distinct material inputs are higher in urban settings than in rural locations, unconditionally and conditional on plant size, and they are also...

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Friend or foe or family ? a tale of formal and informal plants in India

Ghani, Ejaz; O'Connell, Stephen D.; Sharma, Gunjan - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2013

This paper examines the interaction between formal (organized) and informal (unorganized) plants in the manufacturing sector in India. How has the size and productivity of the plants in the organized sector affected the plants in the unorganized sector? How have informal plants affected formal...

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Female business ownership and informal sector persistence

Ghani, Ejaz; Kerr, William R.; O'Connell, Stephen D. - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2013

The informal sector in India has been exceptionally persistent over the past two decades. Is this a bad thing? Not necessarily. This paper shows that a substantial share of the persistence in India's unorganized manufacturing sector is due to the rapid increase in female-owned businesses. Had...

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