This paper empirically assesses the role of structural and institutional reforms in driving productivity growth across … reforms matter more for increasing productivity growth at the aggregate and sectoral levels for some emerging market and … payoffs, the paper also examines how productivity gains from various reforms evolve over the the short- and medium-term …

even feared that it may reduce total factor productivity (TFP) and may discourage recipient countries ́efforts. This study …) on productivity, controlling for institutional factors and economic policy, using time-series panel techniques and … focusing solely on the aid-productivity link. In order to examine possible vicious circles of aid, we run quantile regressions …