inproductivity. Indeed, between 1960 and 1980 productivity gains increased output perworker by nearly 1% per year. Since 1980 …, productivity losses have reduced output perworker at about the same rate. The time series analysis suggests that the implosion … and productivity. This explanation is supportedby cross-country evidence that shows that Colombia´s underperformance …

In this chapter, Quentin Grafton, Stephen Knowles and Dorian Owen examine the implications for productivity arising … barriers to communication among groups, inhibiting the diffusion of knowledge and lowering the level of productivity in the …