This paper assesses two research questions: has the presence of foreign firms contributed to productivity increases in … foreign direct investment will see an increase in productivity after the fourth year. The paper finds evidence of negative but …

Uganda's growth in gross domestic product of the 2000s was accompanied by high growth rates of labor productivity … other fixed assets, but also entailed substantial gains in total factor productivity Based on data from two waves of the … Uganda Business Indicators survey this paper estimates that economy wide aggregate labor productivity and aggregate TFP grew …

as usage by firms, innovation, and productivity using firm-level data for a sample of six Sub-Saharan African countries … countries. However, the final impact on productivity depends on the degree of novelty of the innovation introduced by the firm …

This paper examines the role of changes in sectoral productivity gaps over time in accounting for growth realized by … countries over the past few decades. To quantify the productivity impact of the sectoral gaps, a simple model of resource … changes in distortions is because of unrealized gains suggested by high levels of present distortions, productivity gains are …

This paper provides evidence on the impacts of agricultural productivity on employment growth and structural …. Using rainfall as an instrument for agricultural productivity, empirical analysis finds a significant positive effect of … agricultural productivity growth on growth of informal (small-scale) manufacturing and skilled services employment, mainly in …