multifactor productivity (MFP), which plays a crucial role in GDP growth and accounts for a significant share of its cross … productivity. Both privatisation and entry liberalisation are estimated to have a positive impact on productivity. In manufacturing …

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 … by high trade barriers that have precluded Brazil from the opportunities that an increasingly integrated world economy …

significant positive impact on sectoral output and productivity growth in a sample of 25 OECD countries. More specifically … banking services and financial instruments. The regulatory indicators are assembled from surveys conducted by the World Bank …