This study investigated the efficiency and productivity change of a sample of food distribution units (MERCAs) in Spain … productivity change. The mean pure sales efficiency index was high, around 0.8, the mean scale index being 0,9. As appears from the … over the 1.997-1.999 period, applying non-parametric frontier methodology in a sales efficiency framework. We specified a …

We analyze the evolution of Sub-Saharan Africa’s agricultural total factor productivity (TFP) over the past 45 years … of poor performance and decline. That recovery is the consequence of improved efficiency in production resulting from …

We analyze the evolution of Sub-Saharan Africa’s agricultural total factor productivity (TFP) over the past 45 years … of poor performance and decline. That recovery is the consequence of improved efficiency in production resulting from …

effort to improve production efficiency. In this paper we study the impact of the reform on efficiency of fossil-fired power … show that: 1) the total factor productivity (TFP) growth mainly comes from technological change; 2) the technical … efficiency of previously SPC-managed power plants is converging to that of better-performing independent power producers (IPPs …

There is considerable interest in projections of future productivity growth in agriculture. Whether one is interested …, deforestation and ecological diversity, the rate of productivity growth in agriculture is an essential input. Yet solid projections … in measuring historical productivity growth. The purpose of this paper is to report the latest time series evidence on …