total factor productivity growth for crops, ruminants and non-ruminant livestock, on a global basis. We then follow with … suggest that most regions in the sample are likely to experience larger productivity gains in livestock than in crops. Within …There is considerable interest in projections of future productivity growth in agriculture. Whether one is interested …

The study of demographic trends in sub-Saharan Africa though crucial in the assessment of the impact of population size … improvement in the socio-economic indicators i.e. education and health services; relaxation of traditional controls i … Cameroon; and child mortality in North Sudan and Senegal. Overall mortality levels are high in Western and Central Africa and …

difference in productivity level between formal and informal firms in favour the former. We also show, however, that the … productivity gap is much smaller for large informal firms than for small informal firms, again suggesting that large informal firms …

throughout the U.S. GreatPlains. In doing so, it implements a research design that extends methods (farremoved from conventional …

This study explores the research productivity of Addis Ababa University (AAU) faculty. AAU was established in 1950 and … research conducted by the institution's faculty. Academic institutions measure research productivity primarily based on … published work. The purpose of this study was to analyze the research productivity of AAU faculty, and to examine the …

health. Only the higher education of poor urban households seems to have affected prospects for growing out of poverty, and …This paper uses three waves of panel surveys at the household level to study growth and poverty in Albania over the … analysis is to investigate the importance of health, education, and infrastructure indicators for income growth. The second …

it, and the areas in which more research would be especially valuable. The literature has found sizable negative effects … of air pollution on health and mortality. There is also some evidence that air ... …

of total productivity are examined by analyzing human and technological capital and business dynamics within each sector …

on the productivity side, analysing human and technological capital and business dynamics within each sector. Second, the … pharmaceutical products, are well placed in terms of both productivity and resilience. However, in general these sectors have little …

function model used was a relatively simpleinput model, consisting of wheat yield, effective rainfall, fertilizer application …