Agricultural productivity in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries between 1961 and 2001 increased due to … evolution of this productivity as well as the output and input growth for the agricultural and livestock sectors. We look … closely at economic indicators related to food demand and population growth as well as total factor productivity growth for …

importance of total factor productivity and the accumulation of factors of production in the economic development performance of … advanced countries and peer countries in other regions. The paper finds that total factor productivity is the predominant … factor: low productivity and slow productivity growth, as opposed to impediments to factor accumulation, are the key to …

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 …

This paper explores the roles of agglomeration economies and aggregate human capital in accounting for productivity … statistically positive relationship between worker productivity and population density at the sub-national level even after … externalities play a stronger role in explaining productivity variations than do agglomeration economies in our region. By providing …

total factor productivity (TFP) of twenty Latin American and Caribbean countries over the period 2000-2018. In estimating …

America and the Caribbean. Growth amid persisting structural problems: inequality, poverty and low investment and productivity …