trends in Canada and OECD countries. The two papers in the second section examine the impact productivity has on government …Productivity research is Canada has traditionally focused on narrow economic issues. In our view, it has given … Economic Performance and Social Progress is to attempt to fill, at least in part, the lacuna in the literature in Canada on …

of government productivity; and a review of a recent volume on productivity issues in Canada. … contains six articles. Topics covered are: the Canada-US manufacturing productivity gap; trends in Canadian living standards …