This paper analyzes total factor productivity growth in agriculture in Latin America and the Caribbean between 1961 and … results show that among developing regions, Latin America and the Caribbean shows the highest agricultural productivity growth … policies and external shocks on agricultural productivity; policies that do not discriminate against agricultural sectors and …

Total factor productivity (TFP) in Latin America has not increased relative to the US since the mid- 1970s, and in many …-level data from 10 Latin American countries to quantify the heterogeneity of firm productivity and the degree of resource … misallocation within countries. Productivity heterogeneity and resource misallocation are found to be much larger than in the United …

provides evidence of a significant and negative relationship between total public debt and productivity growth. Looking at the … specific channels through which high debt affects productivity growth and the allocation of resources in Jamaica, the study … excessively on a few maturing sectors with limited scope for productivity growth. Furthermore, public investment has been crowded …

productivity (TFP) in Niger between 1963 and 2003. A growth accounting analysis indicates that the erosion in output per capita …

productivity resulting from stabilization and liberalization in 1993-94; or (iii) that it resulted from a favorable aggregate …

This paper estimates agricultural total factor productivity (TFP) in 162 countries between 1991 and 2015 and aims to …

The recovery from the current deep recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic will require raising productivity through … competition, firms face weak incentives to become more productive. Sizeable shares of labour and capital are trapped in low-productivity … directed credit, but thanks to a successful policy reform that aligned directed lending rates with market rates, they are now …