The Philippines is often referred to as a country from which export of services rather than manufactured goods is the … industry sector since the mid-1980s. Three major opportunities for leveraging service sector growth stands out. One is … other modern services in urban areas. Second is expanding tourism to foster economic development across social groups and …

The service sector is the largest and fastest growing sector in India and has the highest labor productivity, but … export of services is less than that of the People's Republic of China, and exports are competitive in only a few services … and are concentrated in a few markets. Most of the poor in India do not have access to basic services such as healthcare …

important characteristics. First, for middle-income economies, manufacturing pulls along services, instead of the other way … around. A decline in the manufacturing sector growth rate will negatively affect the growth rate of the services sector, in …

-enhancing properties. The share of manufacturing in GDP has been declining slightly over time in South Africa, while that of services has … found to be especially important as a source of demand for the services sector and the rest of the economy through its …

that of services has been growing. This study focuses on the "Hirschmanian" channels through which sectoral growth can lead … African economy. Manufacturing is found to be especially important as a source of demand for the services sector and the rest … in manufacturing on the South African economy. -- growth ; manufacturing ; services ; multipliers ; input-output tables …

We present the first comprehensive set of firm-level total factor productivity estimates for China's manufacturing … sector that spans her entry into WTO. We find that productivity growth is among the highest compared to other countries. For … our preferred estimate, the weighted average annual productivity growth for incumbents is 2.7% for a gross output …

estimates reveal a marked slowdown in revenue-based total factor productivity growth that cuts across all industries, ownership … productivity growth are especially prominent. …

knowledge sector is bounded, as productivity increases, the economy moves from a Solovian zone where wages increase with … productivity, to a Marxian zone where they paradoxically decline with productivity. This is because as consumption of a given good … more unevenly distributed than productivity, technical progress always increases inequality. Redistribution from profits to …

, whether the state can succeed in “creating winners” critically depends on the nature of an industry. When an industry is an … emerging one with rapid pace of technological change, China's industrial and S&T policies have indeed led to rapid productivity … growth and by implication, significant technological catch-up in the industry. In contrast, when an industry is a fairly …

Asian ones. Development ultimately requires, as it did across Asia, significant innovation and creativity in business … organization, technology, wider institutional structures, and government policies. -- Asia ; innovation ; lessons ; economic …