Labour productivity growth in the service sector has been low relative to manufacturing. This is explained in part by … inflows of foreign direct investment (FDI). Increasing productivity growth in the service sector, which accounts for 67% of … boost productivity in service industries with high growth potential, such as telecommunications and financial and business. …

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 …