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Productivity revisited : shifting paradigms in analysis and policy /
Productivity has again moved to center stage in two critical academic and policy debates: the slowing of global growth amid spectacular technological advances, and developing countries' frustratingly slow progress in catching up to the technological frontier. Productivity Revisitedbrings togeth...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Washington, DC :
World Bank Group,
[2018]
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| Series: | World Bank e-Library.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Executive Summary: The Elusive Promise of Productivity; 1. The Elusive Promise of Productivity; The Twin Productivity Puzzles; The Current Productivity Conjuncture; The Mechanisms of Productivity Growth: Second-Wave Analysis; Plan of the Volume; Notes; References; 2. Enhancing Firm Performance; New Thinking about Within-Firm Productivity; Firm Performance: Beyond Efficiency; Concluding Remarks; Annex 2A. Quality and Physical Total Factor Productivity Estimation; Notes; References
- 3. Misallocation, Dispersion, and RiskReconsidering the Hsieh-Klenow Model; What Else Could Be Driving Dispersion?; Dynamic Effects of Distortions; Concluding Remarks; Notes; References; 4. Entry and Exit: Creating Experimental Societies; Drivers of Entry and Exit; Moving from Opportunity to Entrepreneurship; Operating Environment; Capabilities of Entrepreneurs; Concluding Remarks; Notes; References; 5. Productivity Policies; Summary of Main Lessons from the Second Wave of Productivity Analysis; The National Productivity System; Government Productivity and Policy Making; Concluding Remarks
- Annex 5A. Policy Coherence and Effectiveness Supporting Productivity Growth: A Proposal for World Bank Productivity Public Expenditure ReviewsNotes; References; Appendix A. Measuring the Productivity Residual: From Theory to Measurement; Boxes; 1.1 Are the Current Productivity Lags Just the Calm before the Next Productivity Storm?; 1.2 Structural Transformation Decompositions; 4.1 Successful Industrializers "Got Out" Early and Often; 4.2 Capital Market Development and the Facilitation of Exit-Novo Mercado in Brazil; 4.3 Is Inherited Culture Stymying Experimentation?
- 4.4 Changing Culture, Plugging In: Start-Up Chile and Followers4.5 The Nanoeconomics of Entrepreneurial Strategy in Meiji-Era Cotton Spinning: Evidence from Japan's First Manufacturers; 4.6 Industrial Retrogressions: Insights from Chile and Brazil into the Relative Roles of Learning and the Culture and Business Climate; 5.1 Structural Transformation: What Are the Conclusions for Policy?; 5.2 The Role of a Modern and Efficient Quality Infrastructure Ecosystem in Enhancing Competitiveness and Increasing Productivity
- 5.3 How Do Microenterprises and Informal Firms Unplugged from the National Productivity System Affect Overall Productivity?5.4 Regulatory Uncertainty: A Barrier to Productivity Growth; 5.5 Examples of National Productivity Agencies: Ensuring Coherence across the National Productivity System; 5.6 Industrial or Productivity Policies? Natural Resource Blessings and High-Tech Disappointments; Figures; 1.1 The Rate of Growth of Output per Worker Has Been Falling in Both Industrial and Developing Countries for Decades