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Productivity, structural change, and skills dynamics: Evidence from a half-century analysisThis paper explores the contribution of structural change and the skill upgrading of the labour force to productivity...
MENA Productivity SkillsBook Chapter
Local content in Zambia—a faltering experience?From the book: Mining for Change
Industrialization Local content Economic linkagesBook Chapter
The construction sector in ZambiaFrom the book: Mining for Change
Industrialization Local content Economic linkagesBook Chapter
Unemployment, Employment and DevelopmentFrom the book: Asian Transformations
Labor Employment Economic growthWorking Paper
Resource misallocation and total factor productivity: Manufacturing firms in South AfricaMisallocation of labour and capital can greatly reduce aggregate productivity. In this study, we use tax administrative data to examine the extent of resource misallocation in the South African context...
resource misallocation ProductivityJournal Article
Drivers of productivity in Vietnamese SMEs: the role of management standards and innovationUsing a rich panel dataset of small and medium scale manufacturing enterprises (SMEs) active in the manufacturing sector in Viet Nam, this paper investigates the drivers of firm productivity, focusing on the role played by international management st...
Management standards ISO certification Technological innovationsBook Chapter
Trade in services: Opening markets to create opportunitiesFrom the book: Industries without Smokestacks
Services Productivity GrowthWorking Paper
Natural resources, structural change, and industrial development: Local content in Zambia—a faltering experience?This paper traces the role of local content in Zambia’s mining sector in supporting industrialization and economic diversification...
Industrialization Local content Economic linkagesWorking Paper
Market constraints, misallocation, and productivity in Vietnam agricultureWe examine important changes in agriculture in Vietnam in the context of ongoing structural changes in the economy...
Agriculture Misallocation ProductivityWorking Paper
Employment and development in AsiaHow have economic development, employment, and labour markets in Asian countries interacted since the publication of Myrdal’s Asian Drama?...
Labor Employment Economic growthWorking Paper
The gender gap in firm productivity in Rwanda: Evidence from establishment and household enterprise dataRwanda is one of the countries with the best strategies for women empowerment and gender equality in Africa and globally. Nonetheless, some inequalities exist especially in education attainment...
Gender Economic policy (Business enterprises) ProductivityWorking Paper
Innovation activity in South Africa: Measuring the returns to R&DImprovements in productivity are necessary to effectively increase economic growth in the long term. The literature emphasizes a positive correlation between firm-level innovation and productivity gains...
ProductivityWorking Paper
New data, new approaches and new evidence: A policy synthesisThe Republic of South Africa faces the imperative of escaping economic stagnation...
South Africa Growth ProductivityWorking Paper
Drivers of productivity in Vietnamese SMEs: The role of management standards and innovationUsing a rich panel dataset of SMEs active in the manufacturing sector in Vietnam, this paper investigates the drivers of firm productivity, focusing on the role played by international management standards certification...
Management standards ISO certification Technological innovationsJournal Article
Structural Transformation, Biased Technological Change and Employment in VietnamEmployment in Vietnam and elsewhere in Asia has grown more slowly than GDP over the last several decades. This means GDP per capita is rising...
Economic development Economic growth LaborWorking Paper
Effect of non-farm work on agricultural productivity: Empirical evidence from northern GhanaThis paper investigates the factors influencing participation in non-farm work and the effect of participation on farmers’ productivity, using survey data from 300 smallholder farm households in northern Ghana...
non-farm work smallholder farmers Productivity